A Hipages Alternative for Tradies
Hipages alternative for tradies tired of paying a monthly membership for jobs two other tradies are quoting too. Your own website and landing pages instead, so the lead calls your phone and nobody else's. Built from your logo, free to see.
Build it for free. Pay for it when you're happy.
An example site made with the builder. The business is made up.
Website Smash vs. hipages: side-by-side comparison
hipages is a marketplace: a homeowner posts a job and up to three businesses can accept it with credits. A website brings no customers by itself, but every one it brings is yours. hipages figures read on 10 Oct 2026.
| Website Smash | hipages | |
|---|---|---|
| Where customers come from | Google search, your Google profile and your ads | Homeowners who post a job on hipages |
| Who gets each job | Only you | Up to three businesses |
| Cost | US$199 or US$497 once, plus US$24/month hosting | A$139 to A$649 + GST a month; credits per lead vary by trade, location and demand |
| Term | None. Cancel any time, keep the domain | 6-month first term, then 12 months |
| Reviews | Your Google reviews on your own site | Recommendations, star ratings and Google reviews on your hipages profile |
| Web address | Your own domain, in your name | A profile page on hipages.com.au |
Leads that are yours, not shared
On hipages, up to three tradies can accept the same job, and the homeowner often picks on price. The credits are spent whether you win it or not.
A lead from your own site is one homeowner who found you, read your reviews and tapped your number. Nobody else got the same lead, and there's no credit per job.
What it costs compared with paying per lead
A year on the Starter plan is A$1,668 + GST, before extra credits. The full website is US$497 once plus US$24 a month: US$785 in the first year, US$288 a year after that.
The catch is traffic. A site needs people to find it: your Google Business Profile, Google Ads, or ranking in search over a few months.
What's included
- Home page and a page per service, not one profile
- A call button on every screen, ringing only you
- Your suburbs and license number on pages you own
- An email to you the second a quote request lands
- Google Ads conversion tracking on forms and calls
- Leads sent by Zapier or webhook to your job app
- Every page loads in under two seconds on a phone
- Your own domain; hosting and small edits US$24/month (US$19 a month, paid yearly)
FAQ
Should I quit hipages?
Not on day one. Keep it while the site starts bringing calls, then compare the cost per job.
How fast will my own site bring leads?
Ads bring clicks the day they start, and your Google profile can send calls within weeks. Ranking in search takes months.
Can my reviews move to my site?
Google reviews, yes. hipages recommendations stay on hipages.
Do I still need a hipages profile?
Your call. The site and the domain are yours either way.
Build it for free. Pay for it when you're happy.
Upload your logo and your site is on the screen in about a minute. Nothing to pay until you want it live.