Website design and development, from $199 with an SEO plan
Website design and development for New Zealand businesses, from $199 when paired with one of our monthly SEO plans. We keep the build price very low because the SEO plan is what makes a website earn its keep, and we'd rather be paid for results over time than for a site that sits there. Copywriting, structured data and Google Business Profile setup are included in every build.
Website design and development pricing
Two prices for every package: a low build price when you take a monthly SEO plan for 6 months, or a standalone price if you only want the website. Prices are in New Zealand dollars with no GST added. Copywriting, SEO setup and three months of hosting and care are included either way.
Starter website
Up to 5 pages. Trades, sole traders and new businesses.
$199 with an SEO plan
Paired with the Local SEO plan at $149 a month for 6 months. Standalone, no SEO plan: $599.
- Up to 5 pages on WordPress, built mobile-first
- Professional design matched to your brand
- Copywriting for every page, in NZ English
- On-page SEO and structured data on every page
- Google Business Profile set up or optimised
- Contact form, click-to-call and map
- Analytics, Search Console and enquiry tracking
- 90+ mobile PageSpeed score
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Live in 2–3 weeks; 3 months of Website Care included
Business website
Up to 15 pages. Established service businesses.
$349 with an SEO plan
Paired with the Growth SEO plan at $299 a month for 6 months. Standalone, no SEO plan: $1,099.
- Everything in Starter
- Up to 15 pages, including service and location pages
- Custom design, not an off-the-shelf template
- Blog set up, with 2 launch articles written
- Quote or booking form
- Your Google reviews shown on the site
- 3 rounds of revisions
- Video training so you can edit it yourself
- Live in 3–5 weeks; 3 months of Website Care included
Website redesign
Your existing site, rebuilt without losing rankings.
$249 from with an SEO plan
Paired with the Local or Growth SEO plan at $149 a month for 6 months. Standalone, no SEO plan: from $899.
- Up to 15 pages rebuilt in a fast, modern design
- Rankings and traffic benchmarked before launch
- Every old URL mapped and redirected (301s)
- Content carried over, and rewritten where it's weak
- Titles, headings and structured data kept or improved
- Tested on a private staging site first
- 30 days of daily ranking checks after launch
- Live in 3–5 weeks; 3 months of Website Care included
How the "with an SEO plan" price works
- You pay the low build price up front, then your SEO plan monthly for at least 6 months. The SEO plan is what makes the site rank, so the two belong together.
- After 6 months, carry on month-to-month, or drop to Website Care at $20 a month and keep the site.
- If you cancel the SEO plan before month 6, you pay the difference up to the standalone build price, and you keep the site. Nothing else.
- Hosting and care, $20 a month after the free 3 months: we host the site on fast managed hosting with SSL, daily backups, updates, uptime monitoring and 30 minutes of edits. Your domain and site always stay in your name.
Founding client offer: the website is free
We're a new practice, so our first 5 clients get their Starter website or Starter store built free with a 6-month SEO plan, and keep the founding price for as long as they stay. In return we ask for an honest written review we can publish, and permission to publish your results as a case study.
- Starter website free (normally $199) with the Local plan at $149 a month
- Starter store free (normally $349) with the Ecommerce plan at $449 a month
- Hosting $20 a month, first 3 months free
- Founding price locked in for as long as you stay
Why the build is so cheap with an SEO plan
A website on its own doesn't bring in customers; being found does. So we treat the build as the start of a relationship rather than a one-off sale. You pay a small build fee, your SEO plan does the work of getting the site ranked month by month, and we only do well if the site keeps earning you enquiries. Standalone prices are there for anyone who already has SEO covered.
Why an SEO company should build your website
Most websites are designed first and handed to an SEO provider later, who then spends months fixing slow pages, missing headings, thin service pages and broken redirects. We do it the other way round. Every page is planned around what your customers search for, written to answer it, and built to load fast on a phone.
It's the same approach we use on this site: one stylesheet, no page-builder bloat, structured data on every page, and a page for every service and area you want to rank for.
What every website includes
- A keyword map, so every page targets real NZ searches
- Copywriting in NZ English, written from a short interview with you
- Mobile-first design with a 90+ PageSpeed score on mobile
- LocalBusiness, Service and FAQ structured data
- Google Business Profile set up or optimised
- Analytics, Search Console, and call and form tracking
- Your domain, hosting and content always in your name
How our website prices compare
Based on the published packages and price guides of New Zealand web design providers in October 2026. Competitor prices exclude GST; ours have no GST added.
| Budget NZ providers | Typical NZ agencies | Our Business website | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price for a 5–15 page site | $1,290–$3,000 | $3,990–$8,000 | $349 with the Growth plan, or $1,099 standalone |
| Copywriting | Rarely listed | Rarely listed | Included for every page |
| SEO at launch | "Basic SEO setup" | "Core SEO setup" | Keyword-mapped pages, structured data, Search Console |
| Mobile speed | Rarely stated | 80+ guaranteed at one | 90+ PageSpeed score |
| Google Business Profile | Rarely included | Rarely included | Set up or optimised |
| Hosting and care | $25–$99 a month | $39–$99 a month | Hosted by us: 3 months free, then $20 a month |
| SEO after launch | Extra | Extra, from about $500 a month | Growth plan at $299 a month, with every task listed |
How a website project runs
Discovery call
A 30-minute call about your business, customers and competitors. You get a fixed price and timeline in writing the same week.
Plan and write
We map the pages to the searches your customers make, then write every page from a short interview with you.
Design and build
You see the design on a private staging site and request changes. Nothing goes live until you approve it.
Launch and grow
We launch, submit the site to Google and Bing, set up tracking, and your SEO plan starts the same month.
Selling online? Store packages
Shopify stores set up for New Zealand payments, shipping and GST, from $349 with our Ecommerce SEO plan. Full details are on the ecommerce websites page.
Starter store
New online shops with a small range.
$349 with an SEO plan
Paired with the Ecommerce SEO plan at $449 a month for 6 months. Standalone, no SEO plan: $999.
- Shopify store on a premium theme, styled to your brand
- Up to 50 products loaded, with variants
- Collections, navigation and policy pages
- Card payments, PayPal and buy-now-pay-later set up
- NZ shipping zones and GST set up correctly
- Product and collection SEO, with Product structured data
- Google Merchant Center free listings
- Analytics with ecommerce tracking
- Abandoned cart email
- Video training; live in 2–3 weeks
Growth store
Growing brands, and stores moving platform.
$699 with an SEO plan
Paired with the Ecommerce SEO plan at $449 a month for 6 months. Standalone, no SEO plan: $1,799.
- Everything in Starter store
- Up to 300 products loaded
- Custom homepage, collection and product page design
- Migration from WooCommerce, Wix, Squarespace or another Shopify store, with 301 redirects
- Product reviews and email sign-up
- 3 automated emails: welcome, abandoned cart, post-purchase
- SEO content for 5 key collection pages
- Facebook and Instagram shop catalogue
- 60 days of post-launch support; live in 4–6 weeks
Ecommerce SEO plan
The monthly plan that pairs with both stores.
$449 / month
Special ecommerce pricing, between our Growth and Scale plans. No lock-in on its own; 6 months when it unlocks a bundled store price.
- Everything in the Growth SEO plan
- Collection-page content and internal linking
- 20 product titles and descriptions rewritten a month
- Product, Offer and Review structured data
- Google Merchant Center feed optimised
- Duplicate URL, filter and out-of-stock handling
- Revenue reporting, not just rankings
- Day-30 conversion review of product and checkout pages
Shopify's own subscription (from about NZ$48 a month) is paid directly to Shopify, so you own the store outright. Need WooCommerce instead? Same prices, plus Website Care for hosting. The SEO side of running a store is explained on our ecommerce SEO page.
Which platform we build on
WordPress for business websites. It's the most widely used website platform, any developer can work on it, and you can edit pages yourself. We use a lightweight theme with no page builder, which is what keeps the sites fast.
Shopify for online stores. Hosting, security and checkout are handled by Shopify, it supports New Zealand payment and shipping options, and it scales from ten products to ten thousand. WooCommerce is available if you'd rather stay on WordPress.
Hosted by us for $20 a month
Every site we build can stay on our fast managed hosting for $20 a month, with the first three months free: SSL, daily backups, security and plugin updates, uptime monitoring and 30 minutes of edits a month. No lock-in, and you can move the site elsewhere at any time.
Already have a website?
If your site is slow, hard to edit or not bringing in enquiries, a redesign rebuilds it while keeping the rankings it has earned. If the design is fine but it doesn't rank, you may not need a new site at all. A free SEO audit will tell you which.
Websites, stores and the SEO behind them
Website redesign
Rebuild your site in a modern design while keeping the rankings and traffic it has earned.
Ecommerce websites
Shopify stores from $349 with our Ecommerce SEO plan, built to rank from day one.
SEO plans and pricing
Local, Growth, Ecommerce and Scale plans from $149 a month, with every monthly task listed.
Web design Christchurch
Websites for businesses across Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri.
Web design Auckland
Websites for Auckland small businesses, from single-suburb trades to city-wide brands.
How much does a website cost in NZ?
Real 2026 prices for templates, custom sites and online stores, and what drives the cost.
Questions about our websites
How much does a website cost in New Zealand?
A small business website typically costs $1,300 to $8,000 plus GST in New Zealand, and an online store $1,000 to $12,000 or more. Ours start at $199 for a Starter website with an SEO plan ($599 standalone), $349 for a Business website with the Growth plan ($1,099 standalone), and $249 for a redesign. The full breakdown is in our guide to how much a website costs in NZ.
Why is the website so cheap with an SEO plan?
Because the SEO plan is what makes the site earn its keep, and that's where we'd rather be paid. You pay a small build fee up front and the SEO plan monthly for at least $6 months. After that it's month-to-month, or you can drop to Website Care at $20 a month and keep the site.
What if I cancel the SEO plan early?
You pay the difference between the bundled build price and the standalone price, and you keep the website. For example, a Starter website is $199 with a plan or $599 standalone, so cancelling in month two would mean paying the remaining $400. Nothing else is charged.
Do you write the content?
Yes. Copywriting for every page is included. We interview you for 30–45 minutes about your services, customers and what makes you different, then write each page in NZ English around the searches your customers make. You review and approve everything before launch.
Can I edit the website myself?
Yes. We build on WordPress with a simple editor, and every Business website comes with video training. If you'd rather not, Website Care includes 30 minutes of edits a month.
Who owns the website?
You do. The domain, the content, the design and your Google accounts are registered in your name. If you move to another provider, we hand everything over.
Can you host the website for us?
Yes. We host every site we build on fast managed hosting for $20 a month, with the first three months free. That includes SSL, daily backups, security and plugin updates, uptime monitoring and 30 minutes of edits a month. Most NZ providers charge $25 to $99 a month for hosting alone.
Do I have to use Website Care?
No. The first three months are free with every build, then it's $20 a month with no lock-in. You can host the site elsewhere if you prefer, but someone needs to keep WordPress updated, because unpatched sites are the most common target for hackers.
Is SEO included?
Every site launches with a keyword map, on-page SEO, structured data, Search Console and Google Business Profile setup, whichever price you choose. Ongoing SEO, the monthly work that moves rankings, is the SEO plan that pairs with the bundled price.
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