Articles · 28 published
No jargon and no invented numbers. Practical writing for local trade businesses about what a website should cost, how customers find you, and how to turn a search into a booked job.
Page 4 · published 5 October 2026 to 1 November 2026
Solar
Load-shedding made solar a household word. It also made every installer look the same online, so the work lands with whoever answers the buyer's questions.
Electricians
A COC certificate, a tripping breaker, a solar quote. Three jobs, three buyers, one website that has to catch all of them before a competitor beats you.
Plumbers
Your next customer is standing in a flooded kitchen with a phone in hand. Here is what a plumber's website has to do in those first ten seconds of panic.
Leads
Cheap leads are not the same as paid leads. Here is the least expensive route to more local calls, and why most South African trades never try it first.
Cost
A builder subscription looks cheaper than a studio until you count the weekends. Here is the honest comparison between doing it yourself and paying someone.
Decision
Many local businesses genuinely get all their work from Facebook and none from a website. Here is the honest answer to whether you actually need one at all.
Everything here is written from real work. No invented statistics, rankings or client results appear in these articles. Where a figure is used, it is a price or a delivery time Loadline has published itself.
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