hipages leads vs your own website

Job invitations

Your subscription includes credits to accept invitations. hipages does not take a commission on the job value. Optional payment processing has a separate fee. Source: hipages membership costs, checked 12 October 2026.

Business profile and tools

Your subscription includes a profile for your business, reviews and tools for quoting, invoicing and scheduling. You can also use the job-management tools for work that came from elsewhere. Source: hipages membership costs, checked 12 October 2026.

These are hipages Group's published figures, checked 12 October 2026. The Quick Facts page gives no measurement date. They cover the platform as a whole.

You subscribe

The standard marketplace plans cost $139, $249, $449 or $649 a month plus GST. Each includes monthly credits. Source: hipages membership costs, checked 12 October 2026.

You accept an invitation

Acceptance spends credits from your allowance. The amount varies by work category, location, job size and demand. Buying a top-up pack is additional cash spending. Source: hipages credits policy, checked 12 October 2026.

You contact the homeowner

The first three businesses can accept. Homeowners can also choose to connect with waitlisted businesses. Acceptance gives you an opportunity to quote, rather than a booked job. Source: hipages Business contract, checked 12 October 2026.

Contract terms

Standard membership starts with a 6-month introductory term, then renews for 12 months. Credits expire under your package terms. Sources: membership costs and credits policy, checked 12 October 2026.

The published contract gives a 7-day cooling-off period on joining or renewal, which accepting an invitation waives. Outside that period, an early termination fee may equal the unpaid subscription fees for the rest of the term. Auto-renewal can be turned off by phone, email or in the app. Source: Business contract, checked 12 October 2026.

Check your package email and contract before changing your membership. Our hipages review explains the plans and terms in more detail.

• The type of work and whether it was in your service area.
• Whether you spoke to the person and provided a quote.
• Whether you won the job and received payment.
• The time spent quoting and the money left after doing the work.

Use the same checks for marketplaces, referrals and enquiries through your own website. An enquiry delivered directly to your business does not prevent the person asking other businesses for quotes.

Total platform spending ÷ paying jobs from the platform = marketing cost per paying job

Count subscription payments, purchased top-up packs and any other charges once. Included credits are already paid for by the subscription, so do not add their value again. Include periods when you paid but won no work.

If there were no paying jobs, record the spending and zero jobs. You cannot calculate a cost per paying job for that period.

Check quoting time and job profit separately. For your own marketing, count website costs, ongoing fees and ad spend as well. Keep the one-off build cost visible when comparing it with recurring subscriptions.

hipages column: membership costs and Business contract, checked 12 October 2026. Free Google listing: Google Business Profile, checked 12 October 2026.

A hipages profile can appear in Google search results, but its reviews are separate from reviews on your Google listing. Neither buying a website nor collecting reviews guarantees where your business appears on Google.

The costs of your own marketing

Our websites for tradies start from $3,990 for a 5-page website. More pages get a clear, fixed price before we start. Allow for hosting to keep your website online, renewal of your website address and any maintenance as well. Our tradie website cost guide explains the costs to check.

KINGTRADIE's SEO, the work that gets your business found on Google, starts from $1,200 a month and goes up with the size of your goals. We work for 3 months at a time. You can see movement within about 2 months, then it keeps building.

Our Google Ads management starts from $1,400 a month. Ad spend is separate, paid to Google on your own card. The minimum term is 3 months, then month to month.

Airtasker's published Australian standard service fees range from 12.5% to 20% plus GST, depending on your Tasker tier. This is Airtasker's fee level, based on how reliably you complete assigned tasks and your earnings over the previous 30 days. Check the fee on your actual offer. An optional Pro Pass has separate subscription terms. Sources: Tasker tiers, service fee and Pro Pass terms, checked 12 October 2026. Our Airtasker review covers the detail.

ServiceSeeking says membership pricing depends on expected work, category, area and competition. Get a quote for your business before comparing the cost. Source: ServiceSeeking membership update, published 17 June 2025, checked 12 October 2026.

Oneflare retired on 30 June 2026 and redirected to Airtasker. It is no longer a separate option. Source: Airtasker's retirement notice, checked 12 October 2026.

Our Google listing guide explains the free listing. Our digital marketing for tradies guide compares the marketing options in more detail.

We sell websites, SEO and Google Ads for trade businesses. We do not sell enquiries. Read this comparison with that commercial interest in mind.