A website designed specifically for your business

Most custom website design projects take 4-8 weeks depending on scope and complexity. We start with a discovery phase to understand your brand, audience, and goals, then move through wireframes and mockups before final design and build. Larger sites with many unique page layouts or complex functionality can stretch to 10-12 weeks. You get a detailed timeline at the start of the project, so you always know what happens next and when.

Custom design means every layout, visual element, and interaction is created for your brand and your goals. Templates force your content into someone else's structure, and they usually ship with code bloat that slows your site down. A custom site is built from the ground up to serve your audience, so it looks and performs differently from every competitor using the same theme. You also avoid the licensing restrictions and update headaches that come with third-party templates.

Yes. Revision rounds are built into every stage of the project. We share wireframes, mockups, and design concepts for your feedback before moving forward, so the design develops with you rather than being revealed at the end. Most projects include two to three revision rounds per phase, which is usually more than enough to get things exactly right. If you need more beyond the agreed scope, we accommodate that on a time-and-materials basis.

Yes, you own everything. At project completion you receive the full design files, assets, and the finished website. That includes Figma source files, custom graphics and icons, and the complete codebase. We don't believe in locking clients in. If you ever want to take the files to another agency or developer, you're free to do exactly that. Nothing about your own website should sit behind someone else's licence.

Custom website design pricing depends on page count, functionality, and scope. Across the New Zealand market, most small business custom design projects sit around $5,000 and scale up from there for more complex builds. We don't publish a rate card. You get a detailed, fixed-price quote after a free discovery call, with every line item explained, so there are no surprises partway through the project.

Custom design supports your SEO because every page is structured for search visibility from day one. We write semantic HTML, optimise page speed, and build layouts that guide visitors toward an enquiry, all things Google measures. Templates load CSS and JavaScript you never use, while a custom build ships only what each page needs. That means faster load times and better Core Web Vitals, which shows up in your rankings and in how long visitors stay.

Yes. We offer ongoing support and maintenance plans covering security updates, performance monitoring, content changes, and design refinements as your business evolves. We also train your team at launch so day-to-day content updates never need a developer. Plenty of clients handle the small changes themselves and bring us in for the bigger ones, and that arrangement works well. Either way, you always know who to call when something needs doing.

For most small New Zealand businesses, yes. A well-designed website builds credibility from the first visit, which matters when you're competing against larger companies with bigger budgets. Stanford research found 75% of users judge a company's credibility by its website design, so your site is doing sales work before anyone reads a word. The value comes from a site that works as a sales tool rather than an online brochure: clearer paths to enquiry, stronger first impressions, and a design that grows with the business instead of holding it back.