Websites for commercial painting contractors

Facilities managers, property managers and main contractors check your website before they add you to a tender list. They look for capability and paperwork, not colour inspiration.

Who hires you, and what they look for

Commercial buyers are organisations with a process, and your site is part of their due diligence.

Facilities and property managers

Proof you can work in occupied buildings, after hours if needed, with minimal disruption and a named contact who replies.

Main contractors

Crew size, programme reliability, health and safety systems, and the kinds of project you have done before.

Schools, churches and community buildings

Clear process for working around users, holiday-period scheduling and invoices that suit a committee or board.

What the site must show

These are the sections we build for commercial painting contractors, filled with your own words and photos. The general list of what every plan includes is on what you get.

  1. Sectors you work in

    Offices, retail fit-outs, education, healthcare, industrial. A page per sector lets a buyer find relevant experience without asking.

  2. Health and safety approach

    Describe your systems in plain language: site inductions, hazard registers, working at height, and how you manage the public around a site. Only list certifications you actually hold.

  3. Capability in numbers you can stand behind

    Crew size, how many sites you can run at once, and the regions you cover. Use your own real numbers, and leave out anything you can’t back up.

  4. Project write-ups instead of a photo wall

    Short write-ups: the building type, the constraint (after-hours, occupied, heritage), what you did, and photos. Name clients only with their written permission.

  5. A direct route for tender invitations

    A form that accepts scope documents or asks for a site visit, separate from homeowner quote requests.

A sample page structure

A starting point for a commercial painting contractors site. We adjust it to the services you actually offer on the first call.

  • Home Sectors, capability line, health and safety summary, tender enquiry button.
  • Sectors One page per sector you actually work in.
    • Offices and retail
    • Education and community
    • Industrial and warehouses
  • Projects Write-ups with constraints and photos.
  • Health and safety Your systems, described plainly.
  • About the team Real people, real roles, how to reach the estimator.
  • Request a quote or site visit The scope-based form above.

The enquiry form

A commercial enquiry form should collect scope, not room counts:

  • Organisation and role
  • Building type and location
  • Scope summary or a link to tender documents
  • Occupied building or vacant
  • Work hours allowed (business hours, nights, weekends)
  • Required start and completion dates

Fields are set to your work. Customers can always add a message.

Common mistakes on these sites

  • A homeowner-style site with living-room photos that tells a facilities manager nothing.
  • Client logos shown without permission.
  • No named contact, so tender invitations go to a generic inbox nobody checks.

The same plan for every painting business

NZ$269 a month plus NZ$549 setup, GST may apply. 12-month minimum term. Live within 14 days of your content, with up to 5 edits a month.

Full pricing and what isn't included

Questions from commercial painting contractors

Can I list the companies I have worked for?

Only with their permission. Ask in writing and keep the reply. Without it, describe the project by building type and region instead.

Should residential and commercial work share one website?

They can, with clearly separate sections and enquiry forms. If commercial work is most of your revenue, lead with it and put homeowner work one click away.

Can the site hold capability statements for download?

Yes. You supply the document and we link it from the relevant pages. Updating it counts as one content edit.

See what your painting website would look like

Book a call and we will talk through your services, the areas you cover and the photos you already have. You leave the call knowing exactly what the site would include and cost.

NZ$269 a month plus NZ$549 setup, GST may apply, 12-month minimum term. The call is free and there is no obligation. Online booking opens soon.