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Websites and Google Ads for Australian small businesses and trades

They’re looking for you in the dark. Let’s leave your light on.

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See your website before you pay. No account, no card.

About Porchlight

Purpose-built websites and ads for small businesses and trades that run on reputation.

We know how hard it can be to be found. Porchlight was started to help the smallest businesses get their name out there. Our services make sure when they search your name they find your ads, website, and an easy contact form direct to your inbox.

Every word-of-mouth recommendation ends in a Google search.

One happy customer tells another, and they look you up. A missing website, a broken link or an old page can cost you your next job.

Help me choose

See your website first. Pay to make it live.

  1. Tell us about your business.

    Your work, area, logo and photographs.

  2. See your new website.

    Explore a private draft built from your answers.

  3. Choose your package.

    Choose Pilot Light or Porchlight Site. Your deposit comes off your total.

  4. We review and refine.

    We check your spelling, wording and claims and suggest changes. You choose what to keep.

  5. Turn on the lights.

    Pay the balance and we publish your site. Pilot Light’s campaign starts once we’ve reviewed it.

Start to finish, you deal with us. We’re available for a conversation when you need us. Ask a question.

Fictional example · Electrical

Hartley Electrical: Switchboards, lighting and fault finding

Licensed electricians for homes and small commercial jobs. Fixed quotes and one crew from start to finish.

  • SwitchboardsQuote on request
  • LED upgradesQuote on request
  • Fault findingQuote on request

Fictional examples, built the way yours would be. Not real businesses.

Two ways in: start with the site, or switch the lights on with ads.

Your site is yours once it is paid for. Any domain we register is in your name from day one.

Porchlight Site

$1,490

A complete small business website built from your details and photos. Your deposit comes off your total.

  • See a private draft before you pay anything.
  • Add ads whenever you’re ready.

Includes MyPorchlight, your customer portal for your website, campaign information and reports.

Start with Porchlight Site

Pilot Light · Starter package

A website, and 60 days of Google ads

$3,999
Site buildYours to keep
$999
Google ad spend (60 days)Paid to the ad platform
$2,000
Campaign management (60 days)Our fee, always its own line
$1,000

First 10 businesses: save almost $1,000 on your website compared with Porchlight Site. We check your business and ABN first. Ask us for a code

Your campaign starts once your site is live and we have reviewed the ads.

Start with Pilot Light

All prices exclude GST.

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Every dollar has its own line. Every result in plain English.

Invoice

Example
Site build$999
Google ad spend (60 days)Paid to the ad platform$2,000
Campaign management (60 days)Reviewed before any ad money is spent$1,000
Total, ex GST$3,999

Stop early and we pause your ads within one business day, then refund unspent ad money within 10 business days.

MyPorchlight

Example, last 4 weeks
Phone calls14
Quote requests6

Google and Meta ad campaigns. No retainer, no lock-in.

Extend your reach when you’re ready.

You choose the campaign and its length. We review it before any ad money is spent, run it and keep you informed.

You pay for the work you choose. Every price and invoice shows our fee as its own line, next to your ad spend. When your business changes, we can update your site or ads.

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See your website before you pay. No account, no card.