If you are handy enough to work a website builder, you can absolutely make a plumbing site yourself on something like Wix or Squarespace. The question is not whether you can, it is what those evenings are worth against a callout. This page lays out both sides, including when doing it yourself is the right answer. SiteDone builds and hosts it for you from $89 a month, live within 7 working days.
$0 setup fee, 2 of 3 build slots open right now.
We would rather lose the sale than have you sign up for something you did not need. These are the cases where DIY is the better answer.
Some people genuinely enjoy it. If a few quiet evenings sorting out your own site sounds fine rather than a chore, DIY is cheaper and you will learn something useful about your own business along the way.
If you are three months into the trade and mainly need something to point people at, a one-page DIY site is a sensible starting point. Come back when the phone should be ringing more than it is.
If yours loads fast on phone data, your number is tappable, and people are finding you, leave it alone. Rebuilding a site that is already doing its job is a cost with no return.
A subscription is a subscription. If cash flow is the problem right now, a DIY site and a properly filled out Google Business Profile will get you further than either of us would like to admit.
Rarely the money. It is the hours, and yours are billable.
Most tradies who build their own site describe it in evenings, not dollars. Put your own callout rate against those hours and the sum usually looks different from the one on the pricing page.
The common ending is not a bad site, it is an unfinished one. The pages are up, the number is not tappable on a phone, and the whole thing sits in a browser tab you stop opening.
A builder gives you pages. It does not tell you that a suburb page needs to be about the suburb, or how to structure a services page so emergency work can be found. That is the part that decides whether anyone arrives.
New suburb, changed callout fee, dropped a service. Every one of those is you, at night, remembering how the editor works. That does not stop after launch.
Not a stitch-up. The column on the left is what a DIY builder genuinely gives you.
| Doing it yourself | SiteDone | |
|---|---|---|
| Up-front cost | Low. A subscription plus your own hours. | $0 setup right now, then from $89 a month. |
| Who builds it | You do, in the evenings. | We do, from one voice note. |
| Time from starting to live | However long you can give it. | 7 working days from your details reaching us. |
| Who writes the words | You do. | We write them, you review with two rounds of changes. |
| Search setup | Yours to learn and do. | Structure, headings, local signals and schema done during the build. |
| Hosting and backups | Usually included in the plan. | Included, on Cloudflare's network. |
| Making a change later | You do it, whenever you get to it. | Send a voice note. 20 to 60 minutes included monthly by tier. |
| Who owns the domain | You, if you registered it yourself. | You, from day one, in your name. |
| If nothing comes of it | You have spent the hours either way. | On the Core Hub and Local Dominator plans, billing pauses if no real lead in 90 days. |
| Getting out | Stop paying. You keep what you built. | 3 months to start, then month to month. 30 days' notice, no exit fee. Domain yours from day one. Site handover after 9 paid months, no fee. |
We have deliberately not quoted any builder's prices or plan features here, because they change often and we have not verified them. Check them yourself before deciding.
Three plans, one flat monthly fee, and the rate you start on is the rate you keep.
Plans are $89, $129 and $199 a month, setup is $0 at the moment, and every plan covers the build, hosting, SSL, backups and a set allowance of content changes each month. Your site is live within 7 working days of your details reaching us, and if it has not brought you a real lead within 90 days, your billing pauses until it does (on the Core Hub and Local Dominator plans).
$89/mo
Locked-in rate · standard $99/mo
$0 setup right now
Standard $179 one-off
A sole trader who needs to be findable and reachable, fast.
Three to five pages
20 min of changes a month
Want the 90-day lead guarantee? Choose Core Hub, or upgrade later.
Claim Starter →$129/mo
Locked-in rate · standard $149/mo
$0 setup right now
Standard $269 one-off
A small team covering a few suburbs or a few distinct services.
Five to eight pages in total, including two or three suburb or service pages
40 min of changes a month
✓ 90-day lead guaranteeNeeds a Google Business Profile. We help you set one up and walk you through Google's verification.
Claim Core Hub →$199/mo
Locked-in rate · standard $249/mo
$0 setup right now
Standard $399 one-off
An established business chasing a wider service area.
Ten to fifteen pages in total, including five to ten suburb or service pages
60 min of changes a month
✓ 90-day lead guaranteeNeeds a Google Business Profile. We help you set one up and walk you through Google's verification.
Claim Local Dominator →No long-term contract. 3 months to start, then month to month.
Prices are in AUD and charged monthly. We're not currently registered for GST, so none is added. The $49 domain registration and any add-ons are separate.
Full comparison and the fine print are on the pricing page, and all five guarantees are on the guarantee page.
More on the full FAQ page if yours is not here.
In dollars, usually yes. In hours, usually not, and for a plumber those hours are billable. Work out what an evening is worth to you and the comparison changes shape.
Yes, and plenty do. Register the domain in your own name from the start and switching is straightforward, because the address your customers know comes with you.
Send us the link and we will tell you honestly whether it is worth replacing. If it loads fast, your number is tappable and people are finding you, we will say to keep it.
No. The sites are static builds served from Cloudflare's network, which is why they load quickly on poor phone reception. That is a meaningful difference on a trade site, where most visitors are on a phone.
After your first 3 months you can cancel with 30 days' notice and no exit fee. The domain is yours either way. Your site stays live until your paid month ends, then we keep it in backup for 6 months so you can restore it. After 9 paid months you can take the site with you at no charge.
Ready to look at the build itself? See plumber website design. Everything else is on the full FAQ page, or start from tradie websites.
From $89 a month. One voice note, live within 7 working days. No monthly fees until your site is live. The $49 domain registration is separate.
$0 setup fee, 2 of 3 build slots open right now. 90-day lead guarantee on Core Hub and Local Dominator, in writing.