If you are looking for a website for your Australian business, you want to know what it costs. Not “book a consultation for a custom quote” — you want a number. So here are the actual numbers, with no fluff.
The short answer: a professionally designed, custom-built website in Australia costs between $1,900 and $3,900 for the build, plus $99 to $490 per month for ongoing hosting and support. But the real answer depends on what you need.
What you actually pay for
A website is not a single product. It is a collection of services: design, development, content, hosting, and ongoing support. The price depends on how much of each you need.
The three build packages
Essential — $1,900
A custom-designed website with up to 5 pages. This is enough for most small businesses — a home page, about, services, contact, and maybe a gallery or FAQ. You get a design built from scratch for your brand (no templates), mobile responsiveness, basic SEO setup, and Australian hosting with SSL.
What it does not include: a content management system (you cannot edit it yourself without adding the WordPress CMS option for $490), a blog, or advanced SEO. For many trades and service businesses, this is all you need.
Professional — $2,900
Everything in Essential, plus WordPress CMS (so you can edit pages and write blog posts yourself), up to 10 pages, a blog, advanced SEO with schema markup, and analytics setup. This is the package most businesses choose because it gives you control over your own content.
Premium — $3,900
Everything in Professional, plus custom functionality (booking systems, calculators, integrations), WCAG accessibility compliance, speed optimization, and priority support. Choose this if you need your site to do something specific beyond displaying information.
Optional add-ons
Not every business needs every feature. That is why we offer add-ons separately instead of bundling them into higher tiers:
- WordPress CMS (self-editable) — +$490
- WCAG accessibility compliance — +$390
- SEO deep dive (keyword research, 3 SEO pages) — +$490
- Blog setup (template, 3 starter posts) — +$290
- Google Business Profile setup — +$190
- Analytics + dashboard — +$190
- E-commerce (WooCommerce + Stripe) — +$890
- Logo + brand mark — +$290
- Copywriting (all pages) — +$390
- Multi-language — +$490
Monthly costs: hosting and support
A website is not a one-time expense. It needs hosting, security updates, backups, and monitoring. Our care plans are traffic-banded:
- Care — $99 to $399/month: Australian hosting, updates, daily backups, security monitoring.
- Care Pro — $199/month: Care + priority support, monthly tweaks, uptime monitoring.
- Managed — $490/month: Care Pro + content updates, SEO monitoring, monthly reports.
Why our prices are lower than most agencies
Most Australian web design agencies charge $5,000 to $15,000 for a website. Some charge more. We charge $1,900 to $3,900. Here is why:
We do not have a sales team, account managers, or a fancy office. We are a small studio in Launceston, Tasmania. We build every site ourselves. No middlemen, no markups, no overhead passed on to you.
We also do not use templates or page builders. Every site is custom-designed and custom-built, which means the code is clean and lightweight. That makes the build faster and the site faster — which saves you money on both the build and ongoing hosting.
What about the cheap DIY options?
Wix, Squarespace, and similar platforms advertise “free” or “$20/month” websites. The catch: you get a template that looks like every other template, limited customization, slow page loads, no real SEO, and you do not own anything. If you stop paying, your site disappears.
A custom-built site is yours. You own the design, the code, the content, and the domain. It lives on your hosting account. Nobody can take it away from you.
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