The Mabel blog
Notes from the studio
Plain-English writing on websites, branding and looking after your corner of the internet, for small businesses on both sides of the ditch.
How much does a website cost in Australia?
From about $155 a year for hosting and a .com.au, to about $527 a year on a DIY shop builder, to thousands for a designer-built site. Published Australian prices, a worked first-year total, and what pushes the number up.
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How much does website hosting cost in NZ?
Basic shared hosting from New Zealand hosts is about $97–$99 a year + GST. Site builders bundle hosting into a bigger monthly fee. Published prices, a worked year-one total, and what you're really paying for.
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How much does a website cost in NZ?
From about $460 a year doing it yourself to $5k–$10k + GST for a designer-built site. Published prices, a worked first-year total, and what pushes the number up.
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Why your website isn't showing up on Google
Most small business sites aren't penalised or broken. They just never told Google what they do, where they do it, or who they do it for.
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Quotes for a small business website can be wildly different. Here's what's usually behind the gap, and the questions worth asking before you sign.
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Showing up in every suburb you work in
If you work across a whole region, your website should too. How local pages work, and how to write them so they help people rather than just repeat the suburb name.
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