Nextep Co / Websites and lead systems for QLD trades

Someone just searched for your trade.

That was this morning, and they rang whoever looked like they would pick up first. I build Queensland trades the website that wins that moment, and a lead system that texts the job to your phone before they close the tab.

Tell me about your business See what it costs

Seven trade sites built in July · Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan, Gold Coast · ABN 12 984 567 148

02What you get

Five things.
All of them included.

  1. 01

    A site built for your trade, not a template with your logo dropped in

    Your photos, your suburbs, your reviews, the jobs you actually do. Built by hand, one at a time, off your real Google profile. If it could belong to any other business in your trade, I have not done my job.

  2. 02

    A lead system that texts you in seconds

    Every enquiry lands on your phone as a text within seconds of them hitting send. Name, suburb, job, number. No app, no dashboard, no inbox to remember to check, no enquiry you find on Thursday that came in on Monday.

  3. 03

    An instant reply to the customer

    The second they hit send they get a message back with your name on it. Most trades take hours to answer, and half never do. You answer in six seconds, without touching your phone.

  4. 04

    A control panel you will actually use

    Change a price, swap a photo, add the job you finished yesterday, update your hours over Christmas. Plain English, on your phone, no code. You are not ringing me to change a number.

  5. 05

    Your Google Business Profile, handled

    Most of your work comes off the map, not off the website. I set the profile up properly, keep the photos and services current, chase the reviews, and point the whole thing at the site.

03The work

Seven sites.
Seven trades.
One month.

Nextep is new. I built these seven in July for real Queensland businesses, off their real Google profiles, their real photos and their real reviews. None of them have signed yet, so every shot below is the actual build with the name, the logo and the phone number cropped out.

The layout, the photography, the type and the colour are untouched. The palette under each one came off that business's own signage. Ask and I will send you the live link to any of them.

  1. The roof restoration build: a split hero, deep navy on the left carrying the headline in burnt orange, a full height photo of a resprayed tile roof on the right.
    01

    Roof restorations
    Gold Coast

    F2941F / 0F1520 / F4F1EA

    • Before and after slider cut from their own job photos
    • Quote form that texts the owner the roof type and the problem
    • Suburb by suburb service area, no invented coverage
  2. The tiling build: a bone coloured page, a high contrast serif headline set in two lines, and a finished bathroom running off the right edge.
    02

    Tiling
    Brisbane west

    2E5E4E / 16181B / F6F4EF

    • Finished work only in the gallery, no mid job process shots
    • Every public Google review on the page, verbatim
    • Services written from what customers actually described
  3. The house painting build: cream page, heavy condensed headline with the second line in signal red, and a freshly painted weatherboard exterior behind a torn edge.
    03

    Painting
    Brisbane north

    DC3B1F / 16130F / F3EEE3

    • Commercial and domestic split so both callers land right
    • Licence number and ABN shown where people look for them
    • Photo library triaged down to the shots worth showing
  4. The painting and decorating build: a cool grey page on a faint blueprint grid, the headline in black and electric blue, and a rendered home with timber framed glass on the right.
    04

    Painting and decorating
    Brisbane bayside

    1B3BD6 / 14171C / F4F6F8

    • Hours, address and area above the fold
    • One tap to call from anywhere on the page
    • Twenty years in the trade said once, properly, not on every line
  5. The carpentry build: dark timber brown field, headline stepping into brass on the last two lines, and a photo of finished internal barn doors.
    05

    Carpentry
    Gold Coast

    B08535 / 241A12 / F7F2E7

    • Small jobs made easy to ask for, because that is what they get rung about
    • Reviews grouped by the work described in them
    • No street address invented for a business that does not publish one
  6. The decks and pergolas build: midnight blue with a faint constellation drawn behind the type, amber headline, and a waterfront deck with a pergola over a spa.
    06

    Decks and pergolas
    Gold Coast

    E39B3C / 0E141D / F7F2E8

    • Outdoor timber shown at the hour people picture themselves in it
    • Written for one carpenter, not a franchise pretending to be twelve
    • Quote request that captures the deck size up front
  7. The second tiling build: a full bleed video of a finished bathroom running behind the whole hero, with the headline centred over it in white and gold.
    07

    Tiling and waterproofing
    Brisbane south

    E8C46F / 0F0F0E / F5F2EA

    • Full bleed video hero cut from footage of their own finished jobs
    • Waterproofing explained in three steps, because it is what they get asked
    • Admin login for prices, photos and the gallery
  8. Why they all look different

    Seven trades, seven palettes, seven layouts. Every one of those colours came off that business's own signage, logo or van, and every photo is theirs. That is the whole job. A website that could be handed to the next bloke in the same trade is not worth paying for.

    Twenty one colours. None of them mine.

    Ask for a live link

04What it costs

Two thousand to build.
One fifty a month.

To build it

$2,000

One payment. Design, words, photos, build, launch, and your Google profile set up properly on the way through.

To run it

$150/month

Hosting, the lead system, the instant reply, the control panel, your Google profile kept current, and changes when you want them.

That is the whole price. No setup fee, no page count, no charge per lead, no upsell at month three.

Written down,
so nobody argues later

This is every dollar. There is no per lead charge, no page count, no tier you get pushed onto once the site is up. If I ever quote you something that is not on this list, hold me to this page.

  1. Year one $3,800 $2,000 to build it, plus twelve months at $150.
  2. Every year after $1,800 Twelve months at $150. The build is already paid for.
  3. To walk away Any month No lock in contract. Give me a month and we are done.

You are probably already paying a lead directory. I am not going to quote you their prices, because they change and I would get them wrong. Two things about them are worth saying out loud. The whole product is that the customer gets three quotes, so the job you paid to see is sitting on two other phones at the same time. And the day you stop paying, you are back to nothing with your name on it. That is the difference. Not the money.

A directory can absolutely work out cheaper than me, especially in the first year. If it is filling your week, keep it, and do this as well or not at all. I am not affiliated with any of them and I am not asking you to cancel anything.

05Get in touch

Tell me about
your business.

What you do, where you work, and what people usually ring you about. I will come back with what I would build and what it would cost. No obligation and no sales call unless you want one.

Business
Nextep Co · ABN 12 984 567 148
Based
Spring Mountain QLD 4300
Working across
Brisbane, Ipswich, Logan and the Gold Coast

What happens after you send it

  1. I look at your Google profile and at what the other blokes in your suburb have online.

  2. You get an email back with what I would build, what it would cost and how long it takes.

  3. If it stacks up we start. If it does not, you have lost an email.

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