TRADELOCKAI
Pricing
Contractor SEO from $500/month.
No "request a quote" wall. Management starts at $500 a month and steps up as it produces. The website build is $2,500 one time — waived entirely if you commit to 3 months.
What does TradeLockAI cost?
TradeLockAI charges $500 per month to start, stepping up to $1,500 and then $2,500 per month as results are delivered, plus a one-time $2,500 website build fee that is waived with a 3-month commitment. There is a 90-day initial period, then it is month-to-month. Hosting, schema, Google Business Profile management, the review engine, content and reporting are all included.
Foundation
$500/mo
Months 1–3, while the site, profile and tracking get built and start producing.
- Audit-graded website build
- Google Business Profile rebuild
- Category tuning against your map pack
- GA4, Search Console, call tracking
- Review engine set up on your job flow
- Monthly one-page report
Growth
$1,500/mo
Once the foundation is producing. This is where most single-location contractors settle.
- Everything in Foundation
- Weekly Google Business Profile posts
- Ongoing service & project pages
- Review requests on every completed job
- Replies drafted for every review
- Citation and directory coverage
- AI-citation tracking across ChatGPT, Perplexity and AI Overviews
Full Scope
$2,500/mo
Competitive metros, multiple service lines, or a contractor going after a whole region.
- Everything in Growth
- Expanded service-area page programme
- Third-party listicle and mention outreach
- Multi-location or multi-service-line support
- Competitor monitoring and response
- Priority turnaround on everything
Every tier includes the same foundation — we do not withhold schema, tracking or profile work to make a higher tier look better. What changes as you move up is volume of content, outreach, and how many fronts we are fighting on at once.
The Build Fee
The website is $2,500 — or free.
Pay $2,500 once
You own the site outright from day one, with no commitment beyond the standard 90 days. If you leave, you take the site with you and we help you move it. This is the option for contractors who want maximum flexibility.
Or commit to 3 months and pay nothing
We waive the build fee entirely. If you leave before the 3 months are up, you either buy the site out for $1,000 or we put your original site back at no cost. Your Google profile, reviews and rankings stay yours regardless.
Market Context
What contractor SEO costs everywhere else.
So you can tell whether what we quote is reasonable — including if you decide to hire someone else.
| Option | Typical cost | What you are actually buying |
|---|---|---|
| Freelancer / solo SEO | $300–$800/mo | Usually one person doing part of the job. Cheap, but the Google profile and review engine tend to get skipped. |
| Local SEO agency (most common band) | $500–$1,000/mo | Where the bulk of single-location contractor retainers sit. Quality varies enormously. |
| TradeLockAI | $500 → $2,500/mo | Site, profile, reviews, content, citations and reporting as one system. One contractor per trade per metro. |
| Full-service marketing agency | $2,500–$5,000/mo | Broader remit, more people, more overhead. Only about 15% of agencies bill above $2,000/mo. |
| Google Local Services Ads | $50–95 per lead (roofing) | Rented leads, shared with competitors, that stop the day you stop paying. Fast, but you build no asset. |
Ranges are 2026 market figures for single-location home-service businesses, not TradeLockAI results.
What You Are Actually Paying For
Ranking is a technical problem before it is a marketing one.
Most agencies sell hours. Ads sell clicks. We are trying to move you into three specific spots on a map and keep you there.
Rented attention
Paid ads & lead sites
The phone stops the day the card stops. No equity in your search position, no compounding value, and no presence in the AI answers that increasingly replace the click.
Generalist work
Generic agencies
A site that looks good and does not rank. The Google Business Profile — the single biggest local lever — treated as an afterthought, and reviews left to chance.
Owned position
TradeLockAI
A technically clean site, a rebuilt and actively fed Google profile, a review engine with real velocity, and pages built for the searches that end in a phone call.
FAQ
Pricing questions, answered straight.
How much does contractor SEO cost with TradeLockAI?
Management starts at $500 per month. The one-time website build is $2,500, waived in full if you commit to 3 months. The retainer steps to $1,500 and then $2,500 as the engine starts producing — on a schedule written into your agreement.
Why does the price go up over time?
Because you should not pay full freight for something that is not producing yet. Month one is foundation work — the site, the profile rebuild, the tracking. The rate steps up only after the previous stage has delivered, and every step is in the agreement before you sign, so it is never a monthly negotiation.
Is there a contract?
There is an initial 90-day period so the foundation work has time to land, then it is month-to-month. If you take the 3-month option to have the $2,500 build fee waived, that is the commitment you are making in exchange.
What happens to my website if I leave?
If you paid the build fee, the site is yours outright — we hand over the files and help you move it. If the fee was waived and you leave before the commitment is up, you can buy the site out for $1,000, or we revert you to your original site for free. Your Google Business Profile, reviews and rankings are yours either way; they always were.
Are there hidden fees?
No. Hosting, schema, profile management, review workflow, content, and reporting are all inside the retainer. The only things we would ever bill separately are third-party costs you approve first, like a paid directory listing or a press release — and we would tell you before spending a dollar.
Is this cheaper than Google Local Services Ads?
Different thing. Local Services Ads are rented — in 2026 contractors are paying roughly $45–85 per lead for HVAC, $40–75 for plumbing and $50–95 for roofing, shared with competitors, forever. SEO is an asset you own that lowers that bill over time. Most contractors who are winning run both.
What if it does not work?
After the initial 90 days you can stop any month. We do not hold your website, your domain, or your Google profile hostage to make leaving painful. That is deliberate — it is the only thing that actually forces an agency to keep performing.
Next Step
See where you stand before you spend anything.
The audit is free and you do not have to talk to anyone to get it. If the numbers make the case, we will send a fixed proposal. If they do not, at least you will know.
- Technical SEO score with the exact failures listed
- Google Business Profile completeness + category check
- Who currently holds the three map-pack spots in your city
- Whether AI assistants can read your business at all