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Pricing

Two plans, and how each one gets you found.

Essentials is the one we recommend for most businesses. Professional is for when getting found on Google really matters, with AutoSEO working on it every month. Every price is + GST, the demo is free, and there is no contract.

The plans

Essentials

Recommended

Win the enquiry when people find you. The one we recommend for most businesses.

$1,500+ GST to build

then $99 + GST a month for Essential care

How it gets you found

Advanced SEO. A page written for each search that matters, your Google listing matched to the site, and your searches checked again after launch.

Up to five pages

For a business that will be judged on its website and knows it.

The website

  • Up to five pages
  • Designed for you rather than assembled from the library, so it does not look like the other sites we have built
  • Words written to win the enquiry, not just describe the businessThere is a real difference between a page that explains what you do and a page that makes someone act.
  • Search structure built inIn plain terms: page titles, headings, a sitemap and structured data. These are the things Google and AI tools read to work out what you are and who to show you to. Without them a site is invisible no matter how good it looks.
  • Your Google Business Profile connected, so your Maps listing and your website say the same thing
  • Photos resized and compressed, so pages load fast on a phone rather than stalling on mobile data
  • An edit panelYou log in and change text, swap a photo or fix a detail yourself. It is built so you cannot accidentally break the layout.
  • A contact form that emails every enquiry straight to you, and a click-to-call button so someone on a phone rings you in one tap
  • Your own domain connected, with a proper security certificate so browsers open it without warnings

Essential care$99 + GST a month

Essential care is the monthly that keeps your site online, safe and on your own domain, with two big changes a month made for you and unlimited edits yourself in the edit panel.

  • Hosting, so the site stays online
  • Your .co.nz domain, including the annual renewal, so it never lapses and nobody else can take it
  • The security certificate, kept valid and renewed
  • Security updates and backups
  • Uptime monitoring, so we know it is down before you do
  • An email address on your own domain (you@yourbusiness.co.nz), set up for you
  • Two big changes a month made for you, and unlimited edits yourself in the edit panel

No contract, cancel any month. Or pay a year up front: $1,069.20 + GST, 10% off the monthly charges.

Start with Essentials

Professional

Get found on Google, and keep climbing every month. For when search really matters.

from$2,500+ GST to build

then $149 + GST a month for Essential care plus AutoSEO

How it gets you found

AutoSEO. Everything in Advanced SEO, then every month we re-check your searches, add new pages and posts for the gaps, and send you a plain-English report.

Six to twelve pages included, then $150 + GST a page

For a business where the website carries real weight and has to do more than exist.

The website

Everything in Essentials, plus:

  • Six to twelve pages includedPast twelve pages it is $150 + GST a page, so the price is never a guess.
  • A design direction researched against three real businesses in your category, so the site fits the market you are actually competing in rather than looking like a generic template
  • One signature section built only for youThis is the part of the page nobody else has and cannot copy, and it is usually the reason someone remembers the site.
  • Custom features built around how you work, such as multi-stage application forms, booking flows, filtering, or an on-site tool that answers visitors' questions
  • Full technical setup: sitemap, structured data, fast loading, and accessibility work so the site is usable for everyone

Essential care plus AutoSEO$149 + GST a month

Professional is looked after on Essential care, plus AutoSEO, our monthly SEO system that keeps working on getting you found.

  • Everything in Essential care: hosting, certificate, security, backups, monitoring, two big changes a month made for you, and unlimited edits yourself in the edit panel
  • An email address on your own domain (you@yourbusiness.co.nz), set up for you
  • AutoSEO, our monthly SEO system. Every month it re-checks your searches and finds where you can climb
  • Four new pages or posts a month for the gaps: seasonal offers, new services, what people ask at this time of year
  • Four posts a month on your Google listing, so it stays active
  • Your hours, phone number and links kept matching everywhere
  • A plain-English report each month: where you showed up, what went live, what's next

No contract, cancel any month. Or pay a year up front: $1,609.20 + GST, 10% off the monthly charges.

Start with Professional
Getting found on Google

Google can only show what is written down.

Google decides who to show by reading the words on each page of a website. A page written for one search, with a heading and real words about exactly that, is the page Google can show for that search. So the more of your customers' searches have a page of their own, the more ways there are to find you. Each plan comes with a level of SEO, and that is the biggest difference between them.

RecommendedLevel 1 · comes with Essentials

Advanced SEO

  • Up to five pages, each written for a search your customers make
  • Pages written around what people actually type, not just what looks nice
  • Search structure built in: page titles, headings, a sitemap and structured data
  • Your Google Business Profile matched to the new site: hours, links and the right page for each
  • Google Search Console set up, sitemap submitted, every page checked as indexed
  • Before and after: we run your searches again after launch and send you the results

This is the level that goes after the searches that matter to your business.

Level 2 · comes with Professional

AutoSEO

  • Everything in Advanced SEO
  • Six to twelve pages included, so more of your customers' searches get a page of their own
  • An email address on your own domain (you@yourbusiness.co.nz), set up for you
  • AutoSEO, our monthly SEO systemEvery month it re-checks your searches and finds where you can climb.
  • Four new pages or posts a month for the gaps: seasonal offers, new services, what people ask at this time of year
  • Four posts a month on your Google listing, so it stays active
  • Your hours, phone number and links kept matching everywhere
  • A plain-English report each month: where you showed up, what went live, what's next

Advanced gets you onto the page. AutoSEO keeps you moving up.

What we will never tell you

Nobody can promise you first place on Google, and anyone who does is guessing. What we promise is that your site gives Google real pages to show. On Essentials you see the before and after in black and white, and on Professional you get a plain-English report every month.

Want SEO working for you every month? That is AutoSEO, included in Professional.

Side by side

EssentialsRecommendedProfessional
To build$1,500 + GSTfrom $2,500 + GST
Each month$99 + GST$149 + GST
PagesUp to five pagesSix to twelve pages included, then $150 + GST a page
Getting found on GoogleAdvanced SEOAutoSEO, every month
Google Business Profile matched to the siteYesYes, and kept active every month
Your searches checkedOnce, after launchEvery month
New pages or posts for the gapsNoFour a month
Plain-English SEO reportNoEvery month
DesignDesigned for youResearched for your trade, plus a signature section
WordsWritten to win the enquiryWritten to win the enquiry
Edit panel to change it yourselfYesYes
Custom featuresNoYes
Changes each monthTwo big changes made for you, plus unlimited edits yourselfTwo big changes made for you, plus unlimited edits yourself
Signature

Full custom, from $5,000 + GST.

A site built around one or more signature experiences, such as cinematic scroll, film and motion, or interactive project storytelling, on top of everything in Professional.

For a business that competes on how it is perceived, where the website is part of the product.

Talk to us about a custom build

Everything in Professional, plus:

  • One or more signature experiences chosen from the C.E.A Smith capability library, such as cinematic scroll storytelling, film sections, interactive project galleries or an on-site calculator
  • A motion system with a budget: two or three considered moments per page, and a still version for anyone whose device asks for reduced motion
  • Photography and film direction for the pages that carry the brand
  • Held to the same speed standard as every other package, so premium never means slow

The final price depends on the signature experiences chosen and is confirmed in writing before any work starts.

Looked after on Essential care at $79 + GST a month.

How paying works

  1. 1

    See your demo, free

    We build a demo of your website. You look at it before you pay anything.

  2. 2

    20% to finish it

    If you want it, 20% of the setup starts the finishing work. On Essentials that is $300 + GST.

  3. 3

    The rest at launch

    The balance is due before the site goes live, and the monthly starts from launch.

Questions

What is AutoSEO?

Our monthly SEO system, included in Professional. Every month it re-checks your searches and finds where you can climb, adds four new pages or posts for the gaps, puts four posts on your Google listing so it stays active, keeps your hours, phone number and links matching everywhere, and sends you a plain-English report.

What does Professional cost each month?

$149 + GST a month. That covers everything in Essential care, plus AutoSEO.

Can I start on Essentials and move up later?

Yes. You can move up to Professional whenever search starts to matter more. Your domain stays yours.

What does + GST mean?

GST is added on top of every price on this page. For example, the Essentials deposit of $300 + GST is $345 including GST.

Is there a contract?

No contract, cancel any month. There is no lock-in on the monthly.

Can I change things myself?

On Essentials and Professional, yes. You get an edit panel for text and photos, built so you cannot break the layout, and you can make as many edits as you like. Two big changes a month are also made for you.

What if I want to leave?

Your domain and your content are yours. We export them free, and the site stays live for 30 days while you move it.

What about online shops or booking systems?

An online shop is its own product: from $1,499 + GST to build, then $149 + GST a month, coming soon. Booking systems are bigger jobs, quoted separately, in writing, before any work starts.

Want to see the features working first? Try the featuresWhat each size can doPick yours and see the cost

Start with the free demo.

About eight minutes of questions, on your phone. Richard calls you back the same day, usually the evening.

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