Once you have selected a package that suits your requirements you can hit the “Get Started” button and fill out the form to make an enquiry. When your enquiry has been received, I’ll contact you by phone to discuss the next steps and provide information about how to prepare your website content.

Copy writing is not included in the cost, however I will do my best to assist with editing and preparing any copy that you have available. 
If you don’t have the skills or time to prepare the copy on your own, I’d highly recommend that you consider working with a professional copywriter. I have a list of copywriters that I can highly recommended, with basic packages starting at $500 +GST.

The payment schedule is as follows:
50% of the total project fee is due upon commencement of your project
30% due when the design and development has been approved
20% balance due upon project completion

Yes! Once your website is live you’ll have full control of the site. You’ll be able to add as many additional pages as you like. (Additional fees may be incurred to set up this feature for Single Page websites).

WordPress is open source content management software and currently powers around 64% of all websites on the Internet. WordPress is contributed to by tens of thousands of developers all over the world and is growing from strength to strength. WordPress allows us to develop flexible and customisable websites to modern standards and observes web development best practices. Furthermore the community of web developers that use WordPress reaches far and wide and allows us to tap in to this collective intelligence and bring that wealth of experience to your project.

Website hosting will be provided by Scoop as part of your Website Care Plan. Hosting & Care Plans start at $45/month.

Once your website is launched, Scoop will provide website hosting, support & maintenance services for you as part of a website care plan. These plans are designed to ensure that your website is well looked after and properly maintained and include updating your software, regular backups, security checks and making sure your website is always online and open for business.

Although these plans are highly recommended to ensure that your website is always running smoothly and regularly backed up, they are optional. Scoop offers “hosting only” plans for $35/month. If you decide not to subscribe to a website care plan and find that you need support or your website needs fixing, I will always do my best to help you in a timely manner. However, being a small business with limited resources, I can only guarantee prompt support to customers that are signed up to an ongoing plan.

The time it takes for your website to appear in Google depends on a number of factors. It depends on the search phrase people are using to find your website and the number of other websites that are also available for those search phrases. Nobody can truly say how long it will take for your website to appear at the top of search engine results pages (including people who actually work for Google), however there are a number of factors that can improve your chances. Building your website on WordPress is a good start as WordPress has some great Search Engine Optimisation fundamentals built-in. Creating unique and interesting content on a regular basis for your website is also critical to increase your visibility amongst search engines. Launching your website and then forgetting about it is a surefire way to get lost amongst the noise. I’m happy to talk to more about your SEO strategy if we haven’t already.

I will install Google analytics software on your new website and show you how to log into your Google analytics account where you can see a wide range of statistics about your website including number of visits, page views than the amount of time people are spending on your website.