Quick answer
Affordable web design in Melbourne realistically starts around $399–$499 for a small professional site. Ours is $499 for five pages with SEO setup included. A stronger 8–10 page site with local SEO structure and Google Business Profile setup is around $1,499. Anything advertised under $300 usually has costs hidden in it — most commonly mobile responsiveness or a CMS charged as extras.
If you're comparing affordable web design Melbourne, cheap website design Melbourne, budget web design Melbourne or low-cost website design, this page gives you the real numbers, exactly what's included at each price, and the things to check before you pay anyone.
- Mobile-responsive design — never an extra
- A working enquiry form with spam protection
- SSL and basic security
- Basic on-page SEO — titles, meta descriptions, heading structure
- Submission to Google for indexing
- Full ownership of your domain, hosting and files
Starter
Getting online properly, fast
- Pages5
- DesignProfessional, mobile-first
- Service pagesOne combined
- Suburb pages—
- CopywritingYou supply
Business
Service businesses wanting enquiries
- Pages8–10
- DesignCustom to your brand
- Service pagesOne per service
- Suburb pages—
- CopywritingWe structure and edit yours
Growth
Businesses that intend to rank
- Pages12–20
- DesignFully custom, section by section
- Service pagesOne per service + sub-services
- Suburb pagesYes, for your service area
- CopywritingWe write it
Ten years of refinement. We have a component library, a defined process, and a studio in Melbourne's north rather than the CBD, so our overheads are low. We're also upfront that many clients continue with a care plan or SEO afterwards, which lets us price the build fairly. It isn't a template, it isn't offshored, and mobile-responsive design is included — not an extra.
- Mobile responsive design charged as an add-on
- A CMS charged additionally so you can't edit your own site without paying
- No ownership of your domain, hosting account or admin login
- “Unlimited pages” that turn out to be duplicated content Google won't rank
- Page builders so heavy the site loads in six seconds on mobile
- No analytics or tracking installed, so you never learn what works
Cheap saves you money now and costs more later — a site that has to be rebuilt in six months, or one that was never actually optimised for search. Affordable means a low price with the fundamentals intact: mobile-responsive design, SSL, basic SEO, real ownership, and no hidden extras. That's the difference we build to.
If you need ecommerce, online bookings, a members area, pages for each suburb you service, or you're entering a market where you'll need to out-rank established competitors from day one, the Business ($1,499) or Growth ($2,999) package is the honest recommendation. We'll tell you which fits before you spend anything.
- You can visit us — 12 Dimboola Rd, Broadmeadows, since 2016
- We know which suburbs your customers actually search from
- Same timezone — no waiting overnight when something needs fixing
Realistically, a genuinely professional small business site starts around $399–$499. Ours is $499 for five pages with SEO setup and Google indexing included. Anything advertised well under that usually has costs hidden in it — most commonly mobile responsiveness or the CMS charged as an extra.
For what it's built to do — get a business online properly with the fundamentals in place — yes. It won't out-rank an established competitor in a competitive market on its own, and we'll tell you honestly if that's what you need. For most small businesses getting online for the first time, it's a genuinely professional result.
The $499 site is five pages with basic SEO setup, and you supply the copy. The $1,499 site is eight to ten pages, custom to your brand, with local SEO structure and Google Business Profile setup included, and we structure and edit your copy for you. It's the tier most service businesses land on when they actually want enquiries, not just a presence.
No. Mobile-responsive design, SSL, an enquiry form and basic SEO setup are all included at every tier — never charged as extras. The only things not included at $499 are copywriting from scratch, ecommerce, bookings and ongoing SEO, and we say so upfront.
Yes, always, at every price point. It is 2026 — mobile-responsive design is not an optional extra, and any provider charging separately for it is a red flag worth walking away from.
Most five-page sites go live within 10 business days of us receiving your content and images. The main cause of delay is almost always waiting on content, not development time.
No. Every site is custom-designed, built from a component library we've refined since 2016 rather than a theme you'll see reused on other Melbourne businesses. That's how we keep the price down without it looking cheap.
Basic SEO setup and Google indexing are included, so your site is findable and correctly structured from day one. Ranking against real competition is a separate, ongoing job — that's what our SEO service does, from $990/month. We'd rather say that plainly than let a $499 site over-promise.
Yes. Sites are built to grow — adding a service page, a location page or a blog later is a straightforward addition, not a rebuild.
Yes. Projects are milestone-based, typically 50% to start and 50% on completion.
Hosting is separate so you own it outright — we offer Australian-hosted care plans from $49/month, or we'll deploy to hosting you already have. Your domain stays registered in your name from day one.
Completely — domain, hosting account, files and design, all in your name. Nothing is held back if you ever want to move to another provider.
Yes, and we'll audit it honestly first. Sometimes a cheap site just needs speed and SEO fixes rather than a full rebuild, and we'll tell you that even though the rebuild is the bigger invoice for us.
Yes, Australia-wide. Discovery calls can run remotely, and most of our five-page builds don't require an in-person visit — though you're always welcome at the Broadmeadows studio.
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