For home based businesses and trades north of the city centre
Web design for Lamington businesses is mostly about people working from home. Tradies, beauty therapists, tutors and small online sellers who need a website that brings in work without a shopfront.
North of Piccadilly and a short drive from the city centre
Lamington is a residential suburb in the north of Kalgoorlie. It sits beyond Piccadilly, which separates it from the CBD, and it is a few minutes from Hannan Street by car. Towards the northern edge of the city you reach the bushland of Karlkurla. Like most of Kalgoorlie it uses the 6430 postcode.
There is no big commercial strip in Lamington. What you find instead are businesses run from home. A spare room turned into a nail studio. A garage full of tools. A dining table that doubles as an office for a bookkeeper or an online seller. Many households also have someone working a FIFO or DIDO roster, so a side business often runs around swing shifts.
Your website is the front door
When there is no sign out the front, your website does the job of a shop window. It tells people what you do, shows your work and makes it easy to book or call. Without it you rely on word of mouth and Facebook. Both of those dry up fast when a busy month hits.
Privacy matters too. Plenty of Lamington business owners do not want their home address on the internet. You do not need it there. Your site can show your suburb and service area without a street number. For appointments, the address can go in a confirmation message after someone books.
Near me, suburb names and the whole of Kalgoorlie
Most people looking for a service in Lamington do not search for Lamington at all. They type “near me” or “Kalgoorlie”. A smaller number add the suburb when they want someone very close, like a mobile dog groomer or a babysitter. Hardly anyone searches by postcode for everyday services.
That means your site should target Kalgoorlie as a whole and mention the northern suburbs you serve, including Lamington, Piccadilly and Hannans. On Google Maps, a service area covers the near me side. Reviews that mention the suburb add local proof. It is simple work, but most home businesses never get round to it.
The kinds of home based work I see in residential suburbs
Electricians, plumbers and handymen who work across the city from a home base.
Websites for home based businesses in Lamington
Have a question that isn’t covered here? Call or send a message and I’ll get back to you within one business day.
Website Design Kalgoorlie-Boulder builds websites for businesses in Lamington, most of them run from home. The business is run by Nick, who has been building websites since 1995 and works with clients by phone, email and video call. Sites are built in WordPress with Elementor, so you can change text and photos yourself after launch.
A home based business in Lamington can have a website without showing its street address. The site can list Kalgoorlie and the suburbs you serve instead. On Google Maps you hide the address and set a service area. Website Design Kalgoorlie-Boulder, run by Nick, sets both up so customers find you while your home stays private.
A simple website for a Lamington side business costs $880 including GST for a Single Page Website. That covers a mobile friendly page, a contact form, Google Analytics and a free first year of maintenance. If you need several service pages, the Complete Website is $2200. Domain and hosting are extra. See affordable web design.
People in Kalgoorlie rarely type Lamington when looking for everyday services. Most search near me or add Kalgoorlie to the service name. That is why a Lamington business should target Kalgoorlie on its website and mention the northern suburbs it serves. A Google service area handles the near me side.
A Facebook page alone is rarely enough for a small business in Lamington because many people search Google first and never open Facebook. A website gives you a page Google can rank, a contact form and somewhere to show your work that you control. Your Facebook page can still link to it. See the Facebook to website page.
A Lamington business website can be run around a FIFO roster with very little effort. Enquiry forms send messages straight to your email so you reply on your days off. A WordPress maintenance plan from $19 a month keeps the site updated and backed up while you are on site. Changes can be done on a short video call.
Tell me what you do from home and who your customers are. I will send you a simple plan and a fixed price.
