Straight answers.
What things cost in Australia, which option fits, and how to check where you stand, written for the person paying rather than for search engines. Every guide has the market's bands or the trade-offs, what we charge, and at least one real project itemised line by line.
- Website
- $5,000–15,000
- Under 1 s
- no extra, if decided in week one
- Store
- $56 a month, plus the build
- Automation
- $5,000–15,000 a process
- Web app
- $15,000–45,000
- AI visibility
- $0–5,000 a month
- SEO
- $1,500–2,500 a month
- To run
- $0–200 a month
Every figure on these pages excludes GST.
Australia · 2026Because "it depends" is not an answer.
Ask what a website costs and you get a range so wide it tells you nothing, or a form that promises a quote and delivers a phone call. We publish our prices on every service page, so writing these was mostly a matter of showing our working: what each band actually buys, what moves a number within a range, what the thing costs to run once it exists, and what real projects came to, line by line.
Where a figure comes from somebody else we say who and when. Where it comes from our own books we round it and say so. Where we cannot source it, it is not here.
Every guide, by service.
Web Development · 14
- How-to
How do you move off WordPress and keep your Google rankings?
Give every old address a permanent redirect to the page that replaces it, keep the words that rank, and tell Google the day you launch. The nine steps in order, the WordPress addresses people forget, what the tools and services cost, and how long Google takes to settle.
Updated October 2026 · 12 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does it cost to build a website that loads in under a second?
No more than a website built properly: $5,000 to $15,000 across the Australian market, $9,000 to $18,000 with us. What each band buys, what makes a page fast, four sites timed, and what to ask anyone who says theirs are.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Comparison
Is WordPress or a pre-rendered site better for speed, cost and editing?
Pre-rendered for speed, running cost and security, and a tie on editing once the site is built from named sections. WordPress keeps its plugins and pays for them in patching. Row by row, why we stopped building on it, the fixes short of a rebuild priced, one pre-rendered site itemised, and the WordPress sites we replaced.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does a website cost in Australia?
Most Australian businesses pay $5,000 to $15,000 for a website designed and built in 2026. The bands, running costs, what we charge, one build itemised.
Updated October 2026 · 8 min read Read the guide - How-to
Is your site affected by PHP2Shell?
Two critical flaws in PHP itself, fixed on 22 October 2026 in Australia. Which sites are affected, why updating WordPress does not fix it, the question to ask your host, what staying safe on WordPress or leaving it costs, and why a pre-rendered site had nothing to patch.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
What does a website cost to run each year in Australia?
About $154 a year for a pre-rendered site, about $376 for WordPress on Australian shared hosting before plugins and upkeep, and $233 to $708 on a website builder. Every line priced at renewal, not first-year, prices on 11 October 2026: hosting, the .com.au, email, the CMS, plugins and care plans, with one real site's running costs.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
What does Shopify charge in Australia?
Shopify charges $56 a month on Basic in Australia, plus GST, and 1.7% plus 30 cents of every domestic card sale. Every plan, card rate and extra fee as at 11 October 2026, the app bill in US dollars, a calculator for your own numbers, and one real store's monthly bill.
Updated October 2026 · 15 min read Read the guide - How-to
What to do when your WordPress site has been hacked, in order.
Call your host, keep the evidence, change every password, clean the site and close the way in, then ask Google to lift its warning. The signs, the steps in order, who to call in Australia, what clean-up costs, and why a cleaned site can be hacked again.
Updated October 2026 · 12 min read Read the guide - Comparison
Which WordPress alternative should you choose?
Squarespace or Wix for a site you run yourself, Shopify for a store, Webflow or Framer for a designer, Ghost for a publication, and a static site for a fast, custom one your team edits. Prices in Australian dollars, and what each lets you take when you leave.
Updated October 2026 · 12 min read Read the guide - Comparison
WooCommerce or Shopify: which is better for an Australian online store?
Shopify for most Australian stores: a little more each month, far less to look after, and a checkout that is Shopify's job to secure. Fee by fee in Australian dollars, a year of each priced, when WooCommerce still wins, and what moving a store across involves.
Updated October 2026 · 11 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does a Shopify store cost in Australia?
Shopify costs $56 a month in Australia, plus $1,500 to $35,000 to build most stores. The three bills, the build bands, the apps, and one real store itemised.
Updated October 2026 · 9 min read Read the guide - Comparison
What does it cost an Australian online store to take a payment?
A $100 order on an Australian card costs $1.75 to $3.20 to take through the providers an online store can join in a day, about double on an overseas card, and over $6 through Afterpay. Fourteen ways to be paid, side by side, as at 11 October 2026, what the card surcharge ban changed on 1 October, five steps for the checkout, and a calculator.
Updated October 2026 · 15 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does a web app cost in Australia?
$15,000 to $45,000 with us for a portal, a dashboard or a booking system built around how you work, and $10,000 to $150,000 across the Australian market. The bands, the booking tools, portal subscriptions and no-code builders priced beside them, when to build instead, and our own product with every hour counted.
Updated September 2026 · 14 min read Read the guide - Comparison
Is a headless Shopify storefront better than a standard Shopify theme?
Headless wins on speed, layout and content; a theme wins on time to launch, cost and one admin. Which store wants which, the cheaper ways to a faster theme, one real headless store itemised, and what to ask whoever builds it.
Updated September 2026 · 14 min read Read the guide
SEO & AI Visibility · 4
- Cost guide
How much does SEO cost in Australia?
About $1,500 to $2,500 a month for a small business with an agency, $2,500 to $5,000 in a competitive market and from $5,000 for national or ecommerce work, on the guides Australian agencies published in 2025 and 2026. What each band buys in hours, what a cheap package cannot do, the tools for doing it yourself, where AI search fits, and eight months of search numbers from an SEO client on a new domain.
Updated October 2026 · 11 min read Read the guide - How-to
How do you check whether ChatGPT mentions your business?
Ask the engines twenty of your customers' questions, three times over a fortnight, and count who gets named. That is the whole method and it costs an afternoon. The tracking tools from US$29 a month, a free report that runs it once, and the four reasons AI answers skip a business, with the fix for each.
Updated September 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does AI visibility reporting cost in Australia?
Nothing to $5,000 a month, depending on whether you want the number, the number with the fixing, or just to know. The three ways to pay, the tools by price, what a month's report should contain, one client's real report card, and what we charge.
Updated September 2026 · 11 min read Read the guide - Comparison
Should you focus on SEO or AI visibility now?
Both, in one programme, because most of the work is shared. SEO gets a page ranked for a keyword; GEO gets a business named in the answer to a question. What each optimises for, how each is measured, what only one of them needs, when to lead with which, and one client measured.
Updated September 2026 · 12 min read Read the guide
AI Automation · 8
- Comparison
Can Claude run your Google Ads?
Google's official Google Ads MCP server is read-only, Meta hosts an ads connector that can edit campaigns, and Google's developer policy of 31 August 2026 bars hosted middlemen. What an AI can safely do in an ad account, the limits that belong outside it, the options priced, and how our own account runs.
Updated October 2026 · 12 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
What does it cost to automate enquiries and bookings?
A booking tool is $0 to $50 a month and answers nothing. An answering service or an AI receptionist rents you part of the job for $25 to $500 a month. A system built around your calendar, CRM and inbox is $5,000 to $15,000. Which one stops the 9:40pm enquiry going elsewhere, what breaks, and one real system itemised.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - How-to
Can Claude or ChatGPT work in your Xero?
Xero's connector for Claude and its ChatGPT plugin read your books but cannot change them; Xero's MCP server for developers can, without asking first. MYOB's connector is read-only and in beta. Every way to connect an AI assistant to Xero or MYOB, what each one costs, and seven steps to do it without risking the ledger.
Updated October 2026 · 12 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does Claude cost in Australia?
Claude costs A$34 a month on Pro in Australia, A$170 or A$340 on Max, and A$34 to A$43 a seat on Team, with GST included. Every plan as Anthropic shows it to an Australian visitor on 22 October 2026, what each one changes for a business, what comes free with a paid plan, and what setting it up properly costs.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - How-to
How do you keep your CRM, accounting and bookings in sync?
Give every fact one home, move it by webhook the moment it changes, match records on IDs and queue what does not match for a person. The method in eight steps, the five ways to wire it from a $0 connector to a $5,000 to $15,000 build, with Zapier, Make, n8n, HubSpot, Xero, Zoho and Odoo priced, and one real integration itemised.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
How much does AI automation cost in Australia?
Automating one process end to end costs $5,000 to $15,000 in Australia, plus $20 to $200 a month to run. The bands, the running costs, one real system itemised.
Updated October 2026 · 11 min read Read the guide - How-to
What changes on 10 December 2026 if software makes decisions about your customers?
From 10 December 2026, a business the Privacy Act covers must say in its privacy policy when a computer program makes, or substantially informs, decisions that could significantly affect people. Who is covered, what counts with examples from real automations, what the policy must contain, the penalties at today's rate, and a checklist.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide - Cost guide
What does it cost to automate document and application processing?
An OCR template is A$89 to $199 a month and copies without checking. Cloud document AI reads a thousand pages for US$1.50 to $50 and does nothing else. A system that receives, reads, checks against your rules, files and flags the exceptions is $5,000 to $15,000. The five options priced, what the Privacy Act asks of an application pipeline, and one real system itemised.
Updated October 2026 · 13 min read Read the guide
- Website cost estimator. Describe your website or store and get a range from our price list, with the reasons.
- Store fee calculator. What one payment, or a month of sales, costs on Shopify, Stripe, PayPal, Square and four more.
- AI crawler checker. Whether the crawlers behind ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can read your site, in seconds.
- AI visibility report. Whether ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Google AI name your business, against up to four competitors.