How much does a painting company website cost?
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We give a fixed quote, agreed before work starts, based on pages, features, integrations and content, within 1 business day of a free audit of your current site. The main drivers are how many service and city pages you need, whether you do commercial work, and which estimating software we connect. There is no hourly billing.
How long does website design for painting contractors take?
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Most painting company sites take 4 to 8 weeks. If you need many city pages built from real job write-ups, plan on 8 to 12 weeks. Launching in late winter gives the site time to be indexed before exterior season, and you get a dated week-by-week plan before we start.
Will the website work with PaintScout, DripJobs, Jobber or Housecall Pro?
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Yes. Estimate requests post into the tool you already use with the lead source attached, and we can embed online walk-through booking from Jobber or DripJobs. Your service and city pages stay outside the widget so search engines can read them, and a later switch of tools does not require a new website.
Should I have separate pages for interior, exterior, cabinets and commercial painting?
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Yes. People search for each service separately, and a cabinet customer, an exterior customer and a property manager need different proof and different questions. One services page cannot rank for all of them or answer what each buyer wants to know.
Do I need city pages, and won't Google call them spam?
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City pages work when each one is built from real jobs in that city, with photos, details and the customer's review. Google's spam policies target pages that only swap the city name. We build them from your job write-ups and only for areas you actually serve.
Can I update the gallery myself after every job?
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Yes. The site runs on an editable CMS, and we train you or your office manager to post before-and-after photos and a short job write-up from a phone. Photos are resized automatically so pages stay fast.
Can I put the EPA Lead-Safe Certified Firm logo on my website?
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Only if your firm is currently EPA or state certified, and the logo must show your certification number legibly without alterations or any suggestion of EPA endorsement. We place it on the site only under those conditions and add a page that explains how your crew handles pre-1978 homes.
Do I have to show my contractor license number on my website?
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In some states, yes. California requires the license number in all advertising, websites included, and Washington requires the registration number in ads that show your name or address. Other states differ, so check with your licensing board; we put the number in the footer of every page.
How will my painting company show up in ChatGPT and Google AI answers?
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AI tools draw on your website, your Google Business Profile, review sites and directories. We write clear answers about your services, warranty, license, lead-safe status and areas, add HousePainter schema and keep your details consistent everywhere. We test the prompts customers use, but nobody can guarantee an AI will name you.
How do I get more Google reviews without breaking the rules?
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Ask every customer at the final walk-through and send the link the same day. Do not pay for positive reviews or only ask happy customers; the FTC rule bans incentives that require a positive or negative review. We build an automatic closeout request into the site and your workflow.
I rent my site on a monthly plan. Can I switch without losing my rankings?
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Usually yes, if the move is planned. We confirm the domain is in your name or help you transfer it, carry over your content and photos, redirect every old URL to its new page, and check Search Console after launch. The free audit shows what your current provider controls.
Can the site screen out the fake text inquiries painters keep getting?
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It cuts most of them. The two-step form asks for ZIP, scope, photos and timing before it reaches you, so scam requests and out-of-area leads stand out, and tracked call numbers show which calls came from your pages and ads. Ownership is covered too: you own the domain, code, content and accounts from day one.
Can the site help me fill the winter slow season?
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Yes. We build interior, cabinet and commercial off-hours pages that you push in winter, seasonal offer pages with clear terms, and tracked URLs for postcards to past customers, so you can see which winter campaign booked jobs.
Do you guarantee rankings or a number of jobs?
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No, and be wary of any painting contractor web design company that does. We commit to a dated plan, technical SEO, schema, speed targets and full call, form and booking tracking, so you can see exactly what the site produces.
