Trade Services Web Development

A trades website that filtersthe rubbish and books real work.

Stop wasting time quoting bad leads. We build high-converting trade websites with area checkers, photo triage flows, emergency capture, and direct API integration into ServiceM8, Simpro, and Fergus — so qualified jobs land in your dispatch board ready to go.

ServiceM8, Simpro & Fergus nativeLocal SEO suburb pages24/7 emergency captureArea & budget filtering6-week build

Every missed call after 5pm is a job you'll never know you lost.

Plumbers and electricians get their busiest enquiries outside business hours — burst pipes at 9pm, power faults on a Sunday. A generic site with no after-hours capture sends those jobs straight to the tradie who answers. We build emergency capture flows that work around the clock, so you wake up to qualified leads instead of missed opportunities.

Your contact form doesn't filter. Your team does. At $80 an hour.

When any enquiry can submit 'Can you fix my tap?', your admin is spending hours on the phone figuring out the scope, the suburb, and whether the client has a realistic budget. We build triage flows that collect trade type, job description, suburb, urgency, and photos upfront — so every lead your team touches is worth touching.

New job requests sit in email while competitors answer on the second ring.

Speed wins trade jobs. An enquiry hits your generic form at 10am and gets manually entered into ServiceM8 at 4pm — the client booked someone who answered faster. We build direct API connections into your job management software so leads land as structured job cards the moment they submit. Zero manual entry. Zero delay.

The Conversion Gap

Your contact form is costing you real jobs.

Traffic isn't the problem. A generic contact form is. Here's what the data shows when you compare a standard tradie website to a purpose-built lead machine.

Website visitors who submit a qualified, actionable enquiry

A standard tradie site — stock photos, list of services, one-field contact form — converts around 0.3% of visitors into a lead worth actioning. That's not a traffic problem. Multi-step triage flows that collect trade type, suburb, urgency, and photos upfront push qualified lead conversion to 4–7% on identical traffic volumes. Same Google spend. Better jobs in the board.

Industry average3%
Humm&Buzz42%

Enquiries that arrive with full job scope and location context

When a plumber gets 'Can you fix my tap?', their admin makes three calls to figure out which tap, which suburb, whether there's access, and if the client has a realistic budget. Our multi-step triage collects trade type, job description, suburb, urgency level, and photo uploads before the lead lands in your board. Your tradies walk into every call already knowing the job — not cold-calling a stranger.

Industry average8%
Humm&Buzz91%

Leads that reach job management software without manual data entry

Email forwarding is how jobs disappear. An enquiry hits your form at 11am, someone types it into ServiceM8 at 3pm, and by then the customer has booked whoever answered faster. We build direct API integrations into ServiceM8, Simpro, Fergus, and AroFlo. Every enquiry lands as a structured job card — trade type, contact, suburb, scope, urgency — the moment it's submitted. Zero manual entry. Zero delay.

Industry average14%
Humm&Buzz100%
Sources: Humm&Buzz client conversion data; Google Local Services benchmarks; ServiceM8 and Simpro lead attribution data.

Interactive UX Playground

16 live components. Not a single mockup.

These are the exact conversion blocks we deploy on top trade websites. Every calculator is functional. Every form captures. Every component is purpose-built for Australian tradies.

Every component is wired directly to your job management software — ServiceM8, Simpro, Fergus, or AroFlo. Leads land as structured job cards, ready to dispatch. Zero manual entry.

Lead & Capture

Request a quote

Three quick steps. We get what we need upfront so we can give you an accurate answer — not a vague ballpark three calls later.

What trade do you need?

Need a component not shown here?

Everything is custom-built. If it serves your customers and filters your bad leads, we build it.

How We Build

6 weeks from brief to live. No ambiguity.

Every week has a deliverable. Every deliverable is signed off. You always know exactly where your build sits and what comes next.

Phase 01Week 1

Service mapping & area strategy

We document every service, every suburb, and every job type worth targeting before a line of code is written.

We audit your current lead flow, job management system setup, and service radius. Map your most profitable services, best performing suburbs, and the types of jobs you want more of versus the ones you want to filter out. Wireframe every page, every triage pathway, and every conversion step. The full architecture is signed off in writing before design starts — no surprises, no scope creep.

Phase 02Weeks 2–3

Premium brand design & trust architecture

A site that looks like a serious operation — not another tradie with a logo slapped on a template.

Full UI design in Figma. Licence numbers, insurance certificates, industry memberships (QBCC, Master Plumbers, NECA, HIA), and Google star rating positioned above the fold where they earn trust. Before/after project gallery, team member profiles, and suburb coverage map. Every element is designed to build instant credibility with a customer who has three other quotes open in different browser tabs.

Phase 03Weeks 3–5

Engineering, triage flows & API integration

Every form wired. Every submission pushed directly into your job management software as a structured job card.

Built on Next.js with direct API integration into ServiceM8, Simpro, Fergus, or AroFlo. Multi-step triage flows collect trade type, suburb, job scope, urgency, and photo uploads. Emergency capture fires SMS alerts after hours. Service area checker blocks out-of-area enquiries automatically. Full mobile QA across iOS and Android before any release — because your customers book on their phones, not their desktops.

Phase 04Week 6

Launch & local search dominance

Live — with suburb hub pages indexed and your existing rankings fully protected from day one.

Every existing URL 301-redirected to its new equivalent. Suburb hub pages submitted to Google Search Console. Schema markup (LocalBusiness, Service, FAQPage) implemented across every page. Core Web Vitals confirmed passing. Google Business Profile optimised and linked to the site. Your trade website launches as a proper local search asset — not a brochure that just exists on the internet.

Common Questions

What trade business owners actually want to know.

CRM integration, after-hours capture, local SEO, suburb coverage, and timelines. Direct answers — no hedging.

Yes — and this is a core part of every trade website we build, not an optional extra. We build direct API and webhook integrations that push every enquiry as a structured job card — with the client's name, mobile, suburb, trade type, job description, urgency level, and any uploaded photos already populated. Your admin enters nothing manually. The job appears in your dispatch board the moment the client submits.

Ready when you are

Ready to stop quoting jobs that were never worth your time.

A trade website that filters bad leads, captures the real enquiries, and pushes qualified jobs straight into your dispatch board. Custom-engineered in 6 weeks.