Websites for every trade · Canterbury
I build fast, phone-first websites for plumbers, sparkies, builders, painters, cleaners and anyone else who works with their hands. Real copy about your work, a quote form that lands in your inbox, and someone local to text when you need a change.
Every site is written around your trade and your area. Here are some I’m set up for. Don’t see yours? Ask.
Ollie, UC commerce
Who you’re dealing with
I’m a commerce student at the University of Canterbury, and I build websites for local trades. I started because plenty of good operators around Canterbury either have no site or one that’s hard to use on a phone, and they lose work to whoever shows up first on Google.
You deal with me directly. I answer my phone, I reply to texts, and I won’t lock you into anything you can’t get out of.
Example work
Window cleaning · Demo site
A made-up Rolleston window cleaner, built to show what a $290 one-page site can do. Prices sit right under the first screen, and the quote form lands in the owner’s inbox. Extras like a price calculator and a before-and-after slider show what can be added later.
Southlight is a made-up business, built to show the kind of site you’d get. Your site is designed around your trade, your photos and your prices.
What you get
A website for a tradie has one job: get the phone ringing with the work you want. Everything on it is there for that.
Most of your customers find you on a phone, often standing in their driveway. Buttons are big, the number is one tap away, and pages load fast on patchy 4G.
Tap-to-call on every page and a quote form that lands in your inbox with the job details already filled in.
Proper titles, local service areas and your Google Business Profile set up or tidied, so people searching nearby can find you.
For jobs with set prices I can add a simple estimator, like the one on the Southlight demo, so customers ring already knowing the ballpark.
Hosting, the domain renewal, the security certificate and small changes are all covered by the care plan. Text me a new photo and it goes up.
The domain is in your name and you own the words and photos. If you ever leave, you get the files.
How it works
You tell me what work you want more of, and I tell you straight whether a site will help.
Your logo if you have one, some photos of your work, your services and rough prices. Phone snaps are fine.
You get a private preview link in about a week. Tell me what to change and I change it.
I connect your domain, test it on real phones and set up your Google profile. From then on the care plan keeps it ticking over.
Pricing
Prices in NZ dollars. I’m not GST registered, so there’s no GST on top.
To build your site
$290
paid once, when it goes live
Then, to look after it
$35/month
cancel any time after the first month
Your first year: $290 + $35 × 12 = $710.
FAQ
About one to two weeks from when you send your photos and prices. The slow part is usually getting the photos together, so start snapping.
No. If you don’t have one, I’ll set your business name in a clean typeface with your colours. You can add a proper logo later.
You do. The domain is registered in your name and the content is yours. If you stop the care plan, I hand over the files and help you move it.
Hosting, the domain renewal, the security certificate, the quote form, a monthly check that everything works, and small updates like new prices, photos or opening hours.
Most owners would rather text me and have it done the same week, which the care plan covers. If you want to edit it yourself, say so up front and I’ll set it up that way.
Nobody can honestly promise that. What I can do is build the site so Google understands what you do and where, set up your Google Business Profile, and make it quick to load. Reviews from real customers do the rest.
Yes. Most of the work happens over the phone and by text, so anywhere in New Zealand is fine. I’m in Christchurch if you’d like to meet in person.
Get a site
Fill this in and I’ll get back to you the same day, usually after classes finish. Or skip the form and text me.