Website Development
Summary
What is it?
Website development refers to the aesthetic and visual aspects of creating a website. It involves the selection of colour schemes, typography, imagery, and layout to create an appealing and cohesive visual experience for the users. It focuses on creating an intuitive and user-friendly interface that enhances the overall user experience and effectively communicates the brand message.
The work
What options are there with website development?
We can break down website development into 3 main components: website build, hosting, and maintenance.
- Step 1 – Website build: Choose how you want to build your website
- Step 2 – Hosting: Choose a hosting plan that suits your needs
- Step 3 – Website Maintenance: Take care of your website after it’s complete.
Step 1: Choose a Website Build
Website build is the actual build of the website, where we create the pages and functionality that you require for it to run. For simplicity, we offer 3 different tiers of pricing to cater to our clients. We specialise on websites that showcase a particular idea, product, or invention.
Starter
From
$2,000
(plus GST)
We’ll create a website where all your main content sits on a single page. This is ideal if you’re a start-up taking its first steps online and inventor with an idea or product who needs online exposure, or for a temporary page while you work on your larger site.
- Single page site
- Mobile responsive layout
- Contact Form (if required)
- Setup and installation on server
- Connect your domain to the website
- Free SSL certificate (if hosted with us)
Essentials
From
$5,000
(plus GST)
Having more pages in your site gives you a further opportunity to improve your SEO rankings and provide your audience with more in-depth information about your service/product.
- Website up to 6 pages
- Mobile responsive layout
- Contact Form (if required)
- Google reCaptcha (if required)
- Google Maps integration (if required)
- Setup and installation on server
- Connect your domain to the website
- Free SSL certificate (if hosted with us)
- Basic Yoast SEO setup
- Privacy Policy (does not count toward page limit
- Terms & Conditions (does not count toward page limit)
Custom
From
$10,000
(plus GST)
A totally custom designed website built to your needs. Capture your audience with unique layouts perfect for feature content and landing pages.Â
- As many pages as needed
- Mobile responsive layout
- Contact Form (if required)
- Google reCaptcha (if required)
- Google Maps integration (if required)
- Google Analytics (if required)
- Setup and installation on server
- Connect your domain to the website
- Free SSL certificate (if hosted with us)
- Basic Yoast SEO setup
- Privacy Policy
- Terms & Conditions
- Any other customisations – just ask us!
Step 2: Choose a hosting plan
Your website needs to be hosted somewhere in order for it to be visible on the internet. We give you the option to either host it yourself, or to host it with us. We offer 2 tiers of pricing depending on your needs.
Host it yourself
Monthly
$0
(plus GST)
Already have an existing host, or want to host it yourself? Not a problem. All we’ll need from you is access so we can deploy the installation. $100 fee applies.
- Use your own host
- $0 monthly cost
- $100 once-off configuration fee
Basic
Monthly
$20
(plus GST)
Let us host your website and we’ll take care of everything technical for you – hosting wise.
- CDN (Content Delivery Network)
- DDOS protection
Premium
Monthly
$60*+
(plus GST)
Ensure your website stays safe and don’t leave your audience hanging with a slow website. We have premium hosting that allows us to host your website in its own container as opposed to standard shared hosting, along with premium specifications. This also comes with enhanced security features making sure your site is always safe.
- Cloudflare CDN
- Cloudflare DDOS protection
- Cloudflare Web Application Firewall
- Cloudflare Edge Caching
- Isolated container hosting (your website does not share resources with any other websites)
- Hosted on Industry-leading GCP C2 machines
- Australian Servers
* Price may vary depending on bandwidth and other special requirements. This is the typical price people pay for this service.
Step 3: Determine your aftercare/maintenance needs
Just like taking your car in for a service, you’ll probably need some upkeep on your site to ensure it is running smoothly. For example, the core CMS (content management system) is constantly updated, and so do the plugins that help your site run. Not keeping these up to date frequently enough may cause your website to break.
The plans below are for most basic standard websites. Please contact us for our more comprehensive maintenance services.
Simple maintenance^
Monthly
$20+
(plus GST)
Keep your site up to date with simple maintenance. We make sure the minimum requirements are met to keep your website standing.
- WordPress Core updates
- Plugin and Theme updates
- Uptime monitoring (if hosted with us)
# Available clients who self host, and clients who are either on the Basic or Premium hosting plans with Vertex.
Standard (Basic)#
Monthly
$35+
(plus GST)
Keep your site up to date as well as making sure you always have a backup of your website.
- WordPress Core updates
- Plugin and Theme updates
- Uptime monitoring
- Daily website backups
- 7-day backup retention
- Priority Support
# Only available for clients who have Basic hosting with Vertex.
Standard (Premium)*
Monthly
$35+
(plus GST)
Keep your site up to date as well as making sure you always have a backup of your website.
- WordPress Core updates
- Plugin and Theme updates
- Uptime monitoring
- Daily website backups
- 14-day backup retention
- Priority Support
- Free malware removal
* Only available for clients who have premium hosting with Vertex.
