# KINGTRADIE - Marketing Agency for Australian Trade Businesses > KINGTRADIE is a founder-led digital marketing agency for Australian trade businesses. Founder-led by Lachlan Edwards. ABN 53 642 140 313. Contact: contact@kingtradie.com / +61 468 053 028. No lock-in contracts. Australian team, direct access to the people doing the work. Services: custom-coded websites, Google Ads management, and local SEO for plumbers, electricians, builders and roofers (email retention launching Q3 2026). ## Pages - [Homepage](https://kingtradie.com/): Websites, Google Ads, and SEO that bring Australian trade businesses more work. Founder-led, Australian team, no lock-in contracts. - [Websites for tradies](https://kingtradie.com/websites-for-tradies/): Custom websites for Australian trade businesses, built to get found on Google and turn visitors into booked work. - [SEO for tradies](https://kingtradie.com/seo-for-tradies/): SEO for Australian trade businesses. Rank on Google, get found by clients searching for your services, and get leads that compound without paying per click. - [Local SEO for tradies](https://kingtradie.com/local-seo-for-tradies/): Local SEO for Australian tradies. Get into the Google map pack, optimise your Business Profile, fix citations and build reviews so local clients find you first. - [Local SEO for plumbers](https://kingtradie.com/local-seo-for-plumbers/): Local SEO for Australian plumbers. Map pack, Business Profile, citations and reviews, built around burst-pipe emergencies, blocked drains and hot water call-outs across the suburbs you cover. - [Local SEO for electricians](https://kingtradie.com/local-seo-for-electricians/): Local SEO for Australian electricians. Map pack, Business Profile, citations and reviews, built around emergency call-outs, licence display and EV charger work. - [Local SEO for roofers](https://kingtradie.com/local-seo-for-roofers/): Local SEO for Australian roofers. Map pack, Business Profile, citations and reviews, built around storm-season demand and inspection-led jobs. - [Local SEO for locksmiths](https://kingtradie.com/local-seo-for-locksmiths/): Local SEO for Australian locksmiths. Map pack, Business Profile, citations and reviews, built around emergency lockouts and near-me searches. - [Local SEO for pest control](https://kingtradie.com/local-seo-for-pest-control/): Local SEO for Australian pest control businesses. Map pack, Business Profile, citations and reviews, built around seasonal demand and service-area targeting. - [Google Ads for tradies](https://kingtradie.com/google-ads-for-tradies/): Google Ads management for Australian trade businesses. Leads landing this month, managed daily, reported monthly. No lock-in. - [Websites for plumbers](https://kingtradie.com/websites-for-plumbers/): Custom plumbing websites built to rank on Google, earn trust and turn visitors into booked jobs. You own it outright. - [SEO for plumbers](https://kingtradie.com/seo-for-plumbers/): Organic SEO for Australian plumbing businesses. Rank on Google for the jobs you do and get leads that compound without paying per click. - [Pest control marketing](https://kingtradie.com/pest-control-marketing/): Marketing for Australian pest control businesses. Websites, local SEO and Google Ads run together, with AU search data and honest timelines. - [Solar marketing](https://kingtradie.com/solar-marketing/): SEO and Google Ads for Australian solar installers. A website that ranks across your service area and ads run from an account you own, so enquiries come to you alone instead of leads shared with three competitors. - [About](https://kingtradie.com/about/): KINGTRADIE is a founder-led marketing agency for Australian trade businesses, built by ex-carpenter Lachlan Edwards. - [Contact](https://kingtradie.com/contact/): Book a call with KINGTRADIE or leave your details. Australian team, real responses. ## Guides - [How much does a tradie website cost?](https://kingtradie.com/tradie-website-cost/): 2026 Australian pricing guide. Market ranges for DIY builders, template builds, freelancers and custom builds, ongoing running costs, and the questions to ask before paying anyone. Sourced and dated. - [hipages vs owning your own marketing engine](https://kingtradie.com/alternative-to-hipages/): An honest comparison. Where hipages genuinely works, what a shared lead really costs, and when owning your own website and Google presence wins. - [hipages review 2026](https://kingtradie.com/hipages-review/): An evidence-first review for Australian tradies. Published costs and contract terms, what 9,371 ProductReview.com.au reviewers say, and when hipages is worth it. Sourced and dated. - [SEO cost in Australia: rates and packages](https://kingtradie.com/seo-cost-australia/): What SEO costs in Australia in 2026 by hourly rate, monthly retainer, one-off project and fixed package, from published pricing guides and seller menus. Covers the six line items inside an SEO package, the cheap-SEO maths, the five questions to ask before you sign, and what a trade business should budget. Sourced and dated. - [Website maintenance costs](https://kingtradie.com/website-maintenance-cost/): What website maintenance packages cost in Australia, what they include, why WordPress sites need them, and when a custom-coded build skips the patch cycle. Sourced and dated. - [What advertising works for tradies?](https://kingtradie.com/advertising-for-tradies/): The honest channel-by-channel advertising guide for Australian tradies. Google Ads, Meta ads, lead platforms, signage and word of mouth, with real campaign numbers and what to run first. - [How much do Facebook ads cost in Australia?](https://kingtradie.com/facebook-ads-cost-australia/): 2026 benchmark guide to Facebook (Meta) ad costs in Australia: cost per click, per 1,000 reached and per lead from Superads' AU dataset, sensible starting budgets, how the auction sets your price, and a real trade campaign at $14.16 a lead. Sourced and dated. - [Is SEO worth it?](https://kingtradie.com/is-seo-worth-it/): An honest guide for Australian trade businesses on when SEO is worth paying for, when ads are the smarter spend, and how long results take. - [SEO vs Google Ads](https://kingtradie.com/seo-vs-google-ads/): An honest SEO vs Google Ads comparison for Australian trade businesses. Speed, cost per click, what happens when you stop paying, and which to run first. - [Airtasker review 2026](https://kingtradie.com/airtasker-review/): An evidence-first Airtasker review for Australian tradies. The tiered service fee, escrow and insurance limits, sourced review scores, and how it compares with hipages. - [Oneflare review](https://kingtradie.com/oneflare-review/): Oneflare retired on 30 June 2026 and now redirects to Airtasker. The archived pricing and contract terms, review history, and where that lead budget goes now. - [Digital marketing for tradies: the 2026 guide](https://kingtradie.com/digital-marketing-for-tradies/): The pillar guide to the seven channels that bring trade work in online, with a real number on every one: click costs, cost per lead, platform fees, and where to start first. Sourced and dated. - [How many tradies are in Australia?](https://kingtradie.com/how-many-tradies-in-australia/): Per-trade employment for 14 trades, construction business and apprentice counts, and state licence figures, every number primary-sourced and dated (ABS, Jobs and Skills Australia, NCVER, state regulators). - [Google Ads CPC benchmarks by trade](https://kingtradie.com/google-ads-cpc-benchmarks-by-trade/): What a Google Ads click really costs in 15 Australian trades. Google Keyword Planner top-of-page bid ranges for 44 keywords (about A$2 to A$69), with emergency and Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane tables, plus how bidding and Quality Score decide where you land. Retrieved 21 July 2026, refreshed quarterly. - [Google Business Profile for tradies](https://kingtradie.com/google-business-profile-for-tradies/): The tradie playbook for optimising your Google Business Profile: service-area setup with no shopfront, filling out every service with its real name plus a description covering the work and the suburbs served, mirroring each service as a product linked to your own site, and the photos and reviews that win the map pack. Sourced and dated. ## Work (case studies) - [Our work](https://kingtradie.com/work/): Real results from KINGTRADIE-built trade business websites and marketing. - [Mr Loo case study](https://kingtradie.com/work/mr-loo/): How Mr Loo (plumbing, South East Queensland) got $120k of extra work in three months from ongoing Meta ads, landing on a rebuilt website optimised for local SEO and conversions. - [Quick Mick's case study](https://kingtradie.com/work/quick-micks/): How an old-school Blue Mountains plumber went from newspaper ads to page one on Google and around 10 new clients a month, with no ongoing ad spend. - [Moral Service case study](https://kingtradie.com/work/moral-service/): How a Gold Coast plumbing and electrical business replaced a DIY site with a premium rebuild that lifted their Google rankings and enquiries. ## Legal - [Privacy Policy](https://kingtradie.com/privacy-policy/)