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Websites for painters
Quote request while you're cutting in? On Growth, it gets a reply.
Your site is built before you pay, and changed whenever you ask. On Growth, each repaint enquiry is sent an automatic reply and a follow-up, and you answer once the brush is down.
- Free preview, no card
- Live 5 business days after approval
- Month to month
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How customers choose
Painting is judged on prep and finish.
Homeowners compare painters on photos and on what the quote includes, because the cheapest quote often skips the preparation.
"house painters" plus the suburb
They scroll photos of homes like theirs, inside and out, before they ask anyone to quote.
"exterior house painting"
A big job. They want to know how you prepare weatherboards and render, and how long the house is under scaffold or ladders.
"interior painting quote"
They want to know you move furniture, protect floors and say which paint you use.
"end of lease painting"
Landlords and property managers want quick turnarounds and a clear price per room.
"heritage house painting"
Period homes with fretwork and many old coats. They look for a painter who names the extra preparation and how old paint is dealt with.
The gaps
Painting runs on the weather and the phone.
Both let work slip away. Here's how it happens.
The wet week
Rain holds up the exterior, and there's no interior job booked to swap in. The homeowner with three rooms to repaint rings someone else, unaware you'd have started Monday.
The rental between tenants
A property manager has a few days between tenants for a repaint and some patching. They search "end of lease painting", and without a page of yours, the job goes elsewhere.
Two quotes, one number each
Without your prep, your coats and photos of clean cutting in, the cheaper number wins by default.
The call you missed on the ladder
You can't answer with a brush in one hand and an extension pole in the other. It rings out, and they try the next painter they find.
What's included
Give a homeowner something to compare besides price.
Photos of the finish and a page on your prep, then a call or a quote request.
- Ringing you takes one tap
- A homeowner looking at your weatherboard photos can ring you from that page, or any other.
- A quote form for rooms and photos
- Photos of the rooms, the peeling eaves or the cracked plaster show you the prep before you ring back. They land on your phone, with spam stopped at the form.
- Galleries of finished jobs
- Interiors, weatherboards, feature walls and rental repaints, grouped so a homeowner finds a job like theirs.
- Your prep, in writing
- A page that says how you prepare and patch, which paint you use and how many coats, how you protect floors, and how you deal with lead paint on older homes.
- Suburb pages
- Up to 3 suburbs have a page of their own (8 on Growth), backed by a Google Business Profile we set up, for searches like "house painter Camberwell".
- Your licence where it applies
- In New South Wales, Queensland and Western Australia, painting above a set job value needs a licence or registration, and your number goes on the site. Where none applies, the site leads with your work and insurance.
Service pages
A page for each kind of painting job.
Interior and exterior work are searched for differently, so they get separate pages, each with its own photos.
- Interior painting
- Exterior painting
- Weatherboard and render
- Roof painting
- Fences and decks
- Feature walls
- Commercial and strata painting
- End-of-lease repaints
- Plaster repairs before painting
Licences by state
Licensed in some states, not all.
Painting licences differ more by state than most trades. The basics:
- New South Wales
- Painting and decorating is a licence category. A licence is needed for residential work above a set job value.
- Queensland
- Painting and decorating is a QBCC trade licence class, needed above a set job value.
- Western Australia
- Painting work above a set job value needs a registered painting contractor; the Building Services Board registers them, and there is a public "find a registered painter" search.
- Victoria
- There is no painter-specific licence. Customers judge you on photos, insurance and reviews instead.
If you hold a licence or registration, the number goes on the site. If you don't need one, the site leads with your work and your insurance details.
Sources, checked October 2026: NSW Government: categories of building and trade work; QBCC: trade licence classes; WA Government: painters registration. Rules change; check with the regulator before you rely on this.
How it works
Your part takes two minutes.
Nothing to pay until you’ve seen your site.
- 2 minutes
Tell us your trade and suburb
No card. No call.
- Within 1 business day
Get your site
Your services and contact details, already in.
- Free
Ask for changes
We make them before you pay anything.
- Within 5 business days
Approve it. It goes live.
Domain, hosting, SEO and Google profile, done.
- Every month
We keep it working
Updates, support and small changes.
Pricing
Two plans. Nothing to pay until you approve your site.
Standard
$149 + GST per month
For getting found and called.
Growth
$199 + GST per month
For winning more searches every month.
+ $499 go-live fee, after you approve
The promise
Your site, your call.
Pay after you approve
The preview is free. No card.
No lock-in
Month to month. Leave and it stays live to the end of the paid period.
Your content is yours
Leaving? We export your pages and photos.
FAQ
Questions painters ask.
Can the site say which paint brands I use?
Yes. Naming the paint and the number of coats is one of the few ways a customer can compare quotes fairly, so we add it if you tell us.
Can I take bookings from property managers?
Yes. A page for rental and end-of-lease work, with its own enquiry form, keeps those jobs apart from homeowner quotes.
Can the site show my colour consultation service?
Yes, if you offer one. It gets a short page of its own, separate from the painting work, with the way you charge for it in your words.
Will the site help with commercial and strata jobs?
A page for commercial and strata work speaks to owners corporations and managers: access, working hours, and how you keep a building running while you paint.
Will the site keep my brushes busy?
We can't promise that. Nor can we promise a number of jobs, a Google position or income. What the site does is put your weatherboards and interiors in front of people searching "house painter Camberwell", and send every enquiry to your phone.
Is there a minimum term?
None. You pay month by month. Cancel and the site stays up for the time you've already paid, and we send you your pages and photos.
Do you sell the enquiries my site gets?
No. Each one is yours only and goes to your phone, whether it's three bedrooms in Hawthorn or a rental repaint between tenants. We don't take a fee per enquiry or per repaint, and the plan costs the same flat amount every month.
Rain moves my week around. Can I change what the site leads with?
Yes. Tell us, for example, that you're taking interior jobs this month, and we change the site to say so. Small changes are unlimited.
Can I show before-and-after photos?
Yes. Send us the photos and we put them in your gallery, or add new jobs yourself in the editor whenever you finish one.
Another question? Add it to the preview form and we will answer it when we reply.Ask it there
Read before you decide
Guides for painters
Free preview
Look over your painting site before you pay for it.
Send your trading name, the jobs you'd like and your suburbs. The link comes within 1 business day, so you can tap through it between coats. No card until you approve.
- You send the form
- We reply within one business day with your site concept
- You decide. No card, no obligation