Websites for home based businesses in the newest part of town
Practical web design Lucas residents and home based businesses can get going with quickly. A professional site that makes a business run from the spare room look every bit as solid as a shopfront.
Postcode 3350, about 7 km west of the CBD
Lucas is one of the newest suburbs in Ballarat, part of the Ballarat West growth area about 7 km from the CBD. A few years ago much of it was paddocks. Now it is street after street of new homes, with Alfredton to the north and Delacombe to the south.
Being so new, Lucas has fewer shopfronts than older suburbs. Instead it is full of home based businesses. Beauticians working from a home salon, bookkeepers, photographers, tradies with a ute in the driveway, online sellers and people running a side business while the kids are at school.
How I help a Lucas home business look the part
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A relaxed phone or video call about what you sell, who buys it and how you want to grow.
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Many home businesses start with a single page site for $880 and grow from there.
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A mobile friendly WordPress site with your photos, prices and an easy contact form.
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A Google Business Profile with a service area, so your home address stays private.
Trust, privacy and a way to be found
Running a business from home has a few quirks. The website and Google listing need to handle them well.
Your street address does not need to appear anywhere. A service area tells Google where you work without showing your house.
Real photos, clear prices and genuine reviews show people you are a proper business, not just a hobby.
People here search “lashes Lucas”, “bookkeeper near me” or “photographer Ballarat”. Your pages should match.
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Common questions from home based operators
Got a question that isn’t covered here? Ring me or send a message and you’ll hear back within one business day.
A home based business in Lucas can look completely professional online with a well designed website, real photos and clear prices. Customers judge you on how you present yourself, not where you work. Nick builds single page websites from $880 that suit many home businesses.
You can hide your home address but still show up on Google Maps in Lucas by setting your Google Business Profile as a service area business. You list the suburbs you cover, such as Lucas, Alfredton and Delacombe. Google then shows the area instead of your street.
Nick Fritzkowski at Website Design Ballarat helps home businesses in Lucas and the wider Ballarat West growth area get their first website. He handles the design, build and Google setup by phone, email and video call. Every website includes a free first year of maintenance.
A Lucas beauty business usually benefits from taking bookings online, because clients can book at night without messaging back and forth. It also cuts down on no shows with automatic reminders. Online bookings come with the advanced website option, starting from $3300 including GST.
A Facebook page alone is rarely enough for a small business in Lucas, Ballarat, because many people search Google first and some do not use Facebook at all. A website you own gives you a permanent home online. See the Facebook to website option for details.
The best photos for a Lucas business website are real shots of your own work, products and yourself, taken in good natural light. A modern phone camera is fine. Real photos build far more trust than stock images, especially for home based businesses where customers want to see who they are dealing with.
Give me a call to chat about what you do and the simplest way to get you looking professional online.
