Questions people ask before getting a website

A brochure website starts from $1,200. A website with bookings and Stripe payments starts from $1,700. That is a one-off price for the build.

Those are guide prices. You get a fixed quote before anything starts, so there are no surprises. After launch, the only ongoing costs are $20 a month for hosting and maintenance, and about $20 a year for your domain name.

Most sites take two to four weeks from our first chat to going live.

A simple brochure site sits at the shorter end. A site with a shop, bookings or payments takes longer, because there is more to set up and test properly before real customers use it.

The other things that affect timing are how quickly your photos, text and prices come through, and your domain name. A new domain can usually be registered straight away, but moving one you already own from another provider can take several days. Once I know what you need, I can tell you where yours will land.

Two things, and that is all:

1. $20 a month for hosting and maintenance. That keeps your site online, covers fixes and technical updates, small changes like new photos, hours or prices, and email support whenever you have a question.
2. About $20 a year for your domain name (your .com.au address). You can register it in your own name and pay the provider directly, or I can register it for you and pass the cost on.

That is roughly $260 a year all up. There is no lock-in contract: the monthly fee is month to month.

1. Tell me what your business does and what the site needs to do.
2. I reply, usually the same day, with what I would build and a fixed price.
3. We meet in person if you like, anywhere in the Illawarra.
4. I design it around your business, build it for phones first and test it. This usually takes two to four weeks.
5. It goes live on your domain, and I look after hosting and maintenance from there.

Yes. Your site can come with a private app. You sign in, change stock, prices or your menu, press publish, and the site updates. That is how iv coffee and le bar run theirs.

If you would rather not, just email me. Small changes are included in the monthly fee.

For a very simple site, a builder can be enough. A custom site is worth it when you want it to look like your business, load fast on a phone, show up clearly on Google and in AI answers, or take orders and bookings.

With a builder, you also do the setup, the updates and the fixing yourself. With me, that is part of the monthly fee.

They help people find you, but you do not control how they show your business. A website is the one place you own: your full services or menu, prices, bookings and sales, and the facts Google and AI assistants use to describe you.

You do. The site, everything on it and your domain name belong to your business.

I host it on my account and look after it for the monthly fee. There is no lock-in, so if you ever want to move on, you can take your site with you.

Mostly the Illawarra and South Coast, from Wollongong through Shellharbour, Kiama, Berry and Nowra, because I like to meet people in person. If you are further away, get in touch anyway.