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Websites for Painters, Built Around Before and After

Painting sells on what people can see. A homeowner searching house painters near me clicks through a few sites and decides fast, mostly on the photos: crisp lines, real houses, the same room before and after. Websites for painters have to put that proof first, then make asking for an estimate easy.

Here is how to build a painting contractor site that does that: the pages, the photos, the prep details that set you apart, the lead rule for older homes, and how Google and Facebook fit.

Get started $297/mo · $100 of ads included · no contract

Lead with before and after

Your gallery is your hardest-working salesperson, so treat it like one. Shoot before and after from the same spot in daylight, and label each project with the town and the job: exterior repaint, kitchen cabinets, whole-house interior. Name the colors you used when the homeowner agrees; it makes the photo useful to the next person choosing a color.

Add detail shots: a straight cut line at the ceiling, smooth cabinet doors, trim without drips. Close-ups prove the quality a wide shot can't.

Show the prep, because that's where quotes differ

Two painting quotes for the same house can be far apart, and homeowners don't know why. Your process explains it: washing, scraping, sanding, caulking, priming bare wood, protecting floors and plants, the number of coats and the paint line you use. A page that shows your prep step by step answers the why-are-you-more-expensive question before it's asked, and it gives your estimate something to point to.

A page for each kind of job

Interior, exterior, cabinets, drywall repair, decks and fences, commercial. Each is its own search: exterior house painting plus the town, cabinet painting near me, drywall repair, deck staining, commercial painting contractor. Each page shows its own photos and answers its own questions: how long the house will be disrupted, whether the family can stay home, how cabinet doors get sprayed, how long the finish needs before the kitchen is back in use.

Seasons, sellers and the lead rule

Exterior work follows the weather, so push exterior pages and ads as spring arrives and keep interiors and cabinets going through the cold months. Homes going on the market are another steady source: a short page for sellers and real estate agents (quick turnaround, neutral colors, touch-ups before photos) fits that work.

Scraping and sanding old paint is exactly what EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting rule covers: firms paid to disturb paint in homes built before 1978 must be certified. Put your certification on the exterior page and in your estimates; it answers the question before the owner of an older home asks it.

Google and Facebook for painting contractors

On Google Business Profile, choose Painter as the primary category. Add Dry wall contractor (Google spells it as two words) only if you sell drywall jobs on their own, and Pressure washing service only if you sell washing without a paint job. Cabinets, decks and commercial work go in the Services list. Keep adding finished-project photos to the profile as you complete jobs, the same ones you use on the site. More on profiles: Google Business Profile for contractors.

Facebook and Instagram suit painting because the work is visual: a short before-and-after clip of a front door or a kitchen is the whole ad. Drywall and trim repair and exterior repaints fit what Meta calls housing repairs, so we run painting ads under the Housing special ad category: at least a 15-mile radius, no ZIP codes, no age or gender targeting. We explain the setup in Facebook ads for contractors.

What V3SU sets up for painters

A site built around your before-and-after photos with a page per service, marked up as a HousePainter in structured data; your domain and hosting; Google profile optimization; a review link and cards; and $100 a month of Facebook and Instagram ads, for $297 a month with no contract. If you also take on remodels, see websites for general contractors. Send us your photos and get started.

The painting services we put on your site

Interior painting
Clean lines, no mess left behind.
Exterior painting
Weather-ready finishes.
Cabinets
Refinished kitchens for less.
Drywall repair
Patches you can't see.
Decks & fences
Stain and seal.
Commercial
Offices and storefronts.

Each service gets its own page, written around your work and your towns.

Google Business Profile

Primary category: Painter. Also worth adding where they fit your work: Dry wall contractor, Pressure washing service, Wallpaper installer.

Facebook & Instagram ads

Meta has counted ads about housing repairs under its Housing special ad category, which means ages 18-65+, all genders and at least a 15-mile radius. We answer Meta's category check for your trade when we set up the campaign, so your ads aren't paused for it.

Questions

Only if you'll honor them on every job. Rooms differ in ceiling height, trim, repairs and color changes. The safer way: explain what changes a painting price and offer a written estimate.

Done for you

All of it for $297/mo

No contract · no sales call · live in 48 hours

  • A website that gets calls. Fast and built for phones: your services, your photos, a one-tap call button and a quote form. Every request goes straight to you.
  • Your own domain. yourcompany.com, included. It's registered to your business and stays yours.
  • Hosting & care. Online 24/7 with SSL and backups. We keep it running. No extra bill.
  • Google reviews system. Your review link, a QR code and printable cards. Ask every customer with one tap.
  • Local SEO. A page for every service and every town you serve, built around what homeowners type into Google.
  • Google Business Profile optimization. We optimize your Maps profile: website link, categories, services, hours and photos. The profile itself is free from Google.
  • $100/mo of Facebook & Instagram ads. Included in the $297. We run the campaign in your area and every lead hits your phone in seconds.

The $100 of ads is part of the $297. We don't promise a number of leads: every month you see what was spent and what it brought.

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