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WEBSITE CHECK FOR PAINTERS
Customers judge a painter by the finish, starting with the website. See how yours looks and loads on a phone.
Modern image formats keep a gallery crisp without the long wait.
Give each its own heading or page so people land on the work they're after.
Pale grey text on white is hard to see on a phone in daylight. The check flags low contrast.
GETTING AHEAD OF THE OTHERS
A painter’s customer is judging finish and care before they’ve met you, and the website is the first sample. They’re usually comparing quotes, so they look for photos of jobs like theirs, what’s included, and how tidy the whole thing feels.
Give each its own page or heading and its own photos, so people land on the work they’re after.
Preparation, number of coats, the paint brands you use, clean-up. Spelling it out makes your quote easier to compare with a thinner one.
Pairs taken from the same spot show the difference best. Keep the files small so both halves appear together.
Pale grey on white looks smart on a big screen and disappears on a phone in daylight. Dark text on a light background is the safe choice.
It’s the free listing with your name, hours and reviews that shows in Google Search and Maps. Keep your name, number and areas the same there as on your website, and link the two.
Send the customer your review link the day you finish. Real reviews only: fake or paid ones break Google’s rules and Australian consumer law.
TEN MINUTES, YOUR OWN PHONE
The free check measures speed, search basics and security. These are the things only you can test.
PAINTERS ASK
Yes, if you’re consistent about them. Customers recognise the names, and it answers a question they’d otherwise ask on the phone.
It’s a fair first impression of how you work, because the job itself is about finish. It still isn’t a measure of your painting, and this check doesn’t pretend to be one.
Google’s phone speed test counts 90 or more as good and under 50 as poor. On 12 November 2026 we measured 14 Melbourne painters’ websites. At least half scored 70 or more on the phone speed test, and 3 scored 90 or more. See the scoreboard. Scores move a few points between runs, so go by the pattern rather than one number.
Not on its own. A fast site takes away a reason to give up and ring someone else, and it gives everything else on this page a better chance of being seen. The work still has to be good, and no website check measures that.
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