Websites built to rank, not just to look good.
A beautiful website nobody finds is an expensive business card. We build fast, conversion-focused websites and do the SEO that puts them in front of people already searching for what you sell — as one job, for one fixed price, for businesses anywhere in Australia.
Most agencies won’t show you a price until you’ve sat through a sales call. Ours are on the website.
You paid for a website. The phone didn’t ring.
Almost every business that contacts us has been through at least one of these.
You’re invisible on Google
You rank for your own business name and nothing else. Meanwhile competitors collect the enquiries from people who didn’t know your name to search for in the first place.
The site is slow and clunky on a phone
Seven in ten of your visitors are on a mobile. If it takes four seconds to load and the phone number isn’t tappable, they’re gone before they read a word.
You’re locked into someone who’s stopped answering
The last agency holds the domain, the hosting and the logins, sends a monthly report full of graphs that mean nothing, and takes a week to reply. You can’t leave and you can’t get changes made.
Two services. One job: make the enquiries arrive.
We don’t do social media posting, billboards, or brand workshops. We build websites and we rank them. That’s the whole business, and it’s why we’re good at it.
Web Design & Development
Fast, mobile-first websites built on clean code — not a bloated template with twenty plugins fighting each other. Structured for search from the first line, with the conversion basics done properly: clear offer, obvious next step, tappable phone number, forms that actually arrive.
From $2,950 fixed. Typically live in 3–5 weeks.
See what’s includedSearch Engine Optimisation
Technical fixes, pages that target what people actually type, content that answers real questions, and the authority signals that decide who ranks. Monthly reporting in plain English, tied to enquiries — not impressions.
From $1,200/month. Month to month, cancel any time.
How our SEO worksHow we actually do it
Five stages, same every time. You always know what’s happening and what’s next.
Dig
Before we design anything we find out what your customers type into Google, what your three closest competitors rank for, and where the money actually is. Most agencies skip this and build on guesswork.
Shape
We map every page to a real search term and a real customer question, then design the layout around the action you want — a call, a quote request, a booking. Structure before pixels.
Forge
The build. Hand-coded, mobile-first, sub-two-second loads, schema markup baked in, tracking configured properly so you can see which pages produce enquiries and which don’t.
Ignite
Launch, then the groundwork: Search Console and analytics, indexing, and — if you’re a local business — your Google Business Profile, listings and review system set up properly.
Sharpen
Monthly: new content targeting the next tier of keywords, technical housekeeping, links earned from real sources, and a report that tells you how many people enquired — not how many impressions you got.
The things we do differently
Prices on the website
You know the number before you talk to us. If it doesn’t suit your budget, neither of us has wasted an hour.
One team, one accountability
When the web designer and the SEO are the same people, nobody gets to blame the other one for the lack of leads.
You own everything
Domain, hosting, files, analytics — all in your name from day one. Leaving is always an option, which is what keeps us honest.
You talk to the person doing the work
No account manager translating your request into a ticket and back again three days later.
Where we sit in the market
There’s a place for all three of these. Here’s an honest look at which is right for you.
| $990 template shop | Rankforge | $20k+ agency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical website cost | $990 – $1,800 | $2,950 – $8,500 | $15,000 – $40,000 |
| Built for search from the start | Rarely | Always | Usually |
| SEO included in the thinking | Sold separately, later | Same team, same plan | Separate department |
| Who you speak to | Whoever answers | The person building it | An account manager |
| Lock-in contract | Often, on hosting | None | 6–12 months typical |
| Prices published | Yes | Yes | Almost never |
| Best for | A basic online presence | SMEs who need enquiries | National brands & enterprise |
No sales call required to find out the number
Fixed-price builds, month-to-month SEO. What you see is what you pay.
Starter Site
Sole traders and new businesses who need a credible presence that can rank.
one-off · 50% deposit, 50% at launch
- Up to 5 pages, custom designed
- Mobile-first, 90+ PageSpeed target
- On-page SEO & schema markup
- Analytics & Search Console configured
- Hosting and domain set up in your name
- Live in 3–4 weeks
Growth Site
Established businesses competing for real search traffic in a contested market.
one-off · 50% deposit, 50% at launch
- Up to 12 pages including service pages
- Full keyword research before design
- Copywriting for every page included
- Conversion layout & lead capture
- Blog structure ready for content
- 60 days of post-launch support
SEO Retainer
Ongoing work to climb and hold rankings. Add to a new build or an existing site.
month to month · no lock-in · from
- Technical SEO & monthly fixes
- 2 new optimised pages or articles a month
- Content strategy tied to revenue
- Link acquisition
- Local SEO where relevant
- Monthly call with the person doing the work
Our first three clients get the Growth Site for $3,950 — see the foundation client offer
Industries we know inside out
Knowing an industry means knowing what its customers search, what its regulator allows, and what actually converts. It beats knowing a postcode.
South East Queensland, and everywhere else
Most of our clients are in SEQ, so those are the markets we know in detail — but we work with businesses right across Australia, and where we sit has no effect on where you rank.
Questions we get asked every week
How much does a website cost?
Our fixed packages are $2,950 for a five-page business website and $5,950 for a larger conversion-focused build. Ecommerce and custom work starts at $8,500 and is quoted individually. Across Australia you'll see anything from $990 template jobs to $30,000+ agency builds — our website cost guide breaks down exactly what changes at each price point.
You're remote. Does that matter?
Not in the way people expect. Design reviews happen over a screen share, research and build happen at a desk, and reporting is a call. We've never had a client say the work would have been better if we'd driven to their office. What it does change is our overheads, which is a large part of why our prices are what they are.
How long before SEO actually works?
Four to six months of consistent work for competitive terms, with earlier movement on longer, more specific searches. If you're a local business and your Google Business Profile has been neglected, map results can shift in 4–8 weeks. Anyone promising page one in 30 days is either targeting keywords nobody searches or about to do something that gets you penalised.
Do I have to sign a 12-month contract?
No. SEO retainers are month to month with 30 days' notice. Lock-in contracts exist to protect agencies from their own results, and if we're not earning the fee you should be free to walk.
Who owns the website when it's finished?
You do — the domain, the hosting account, the files, the analytics, all of it, registered in your name from day one. We don't hold anything hostage. If you leave, you take a working website with you.
What makes you different from the hundreds of other Australian agencies?
Three things. Our prices are published, so you know the number before you talk to us. We build the website and do the SEO as one job, so nobody gets to blame the other party when the enquiries don't come. And you deal directly with the person doing the work — there is no account manager relaying messages.
Want to know why you’re not ranking?
Send us your website. We’ll come back within two business days with a plain-English audit: what’s holding you back, what your competitors are doing, and what we’d fix first. No charge, no obligation.