Web Designer Wollongong

This is a tough question to answer before we know what you need.

At Handmade Web & Design, we've worked with big and small businesses with budgets to match.

The price range for websites is huge, from $2,000 – $60,000 depending on what you need to meet your objectives.

• Most small businesses have a budget of $4,000 to $8,000
• Medium sized organisations are typically ready to invest $15,000 – $30,000 or more. 

What contributes to costs?

Below are some things that make one website require more time to create than another:

• Richness of design and animation
• Complexity of features and functions
• How much work you're prepared to contribute (e.g. adding some pages yourself, writing text, providing photos)
• Integrations with 3rd party systems

Whilst bespoke design is our passion, we understand that sometimes budgets simply don't stretch as far as we'd like.

With inflation and rising living costs, many businesses need to manage expenses carefully.

That's why alongside our full custom designed website offering, we've crafted affordable options that will still deliver a beautifully designed, fully functional website tailored with your branding, colours and content.

Interested in finding out more?

Professional Web Design

• Long-Term Savings: While the initial investment may seem high, professional design saves you money over time and could result in more business.
• Hassle-Free Maintenance: With our hosting, routine maintenance is included, and we’re always ready to help your site grow.
• Tailored & Unique: Ideal for businesses needing a polished, bespoke online presence optimised for search engine rankings, user experience and conversions.
• Advanced Customisation: For businesses with demanding, specialised requirements to deliver the best customer experience, professional web design provides the custom solutions that DIY tools simply can't match.

DIY Website Builders

• Budget-Friendly: A great option for small startups or simpler projects.
• Template Limitations: Customisation is key to avoid a generic look.
• Skill-Dependent: Best if you have design and marketing expertise to personalise your site.

At Handmade Web & Design, we tailor every project to your specific business needs, technical know-how, and budget.

For a standout brand experience that drives customer engagement, professional web design is the way to go.

First it's important that you know what business goals you're trying to achieve with your website or project. Some common objectives are:

• Generating awareness of your company
• Establishing credibility and trust in your brand
• Generating sales leads
• Selling products or services online
• Maximising business efficiency

Before you approach a web designers in Wollongong or the Illawarra, know who you are targeting as specifically as possible.

Then we can establish the right way to pitch your products or services to those customers.

If you have strong preferences around design, come prepared with some ideas of what you like stylistically.

It's helpful to have other websites or materials at hand when showing us what feel you want to capture.

Have a think about how much you're prepared to spend.

It may be that you have no idea, but it's very helpful for us to know what you think it's worth to your business having a great website, and what you can afford to put toward it.

Web Design vs. Web Development

Web Design:

• Crafts the visual layout, style, and user experience.
• Focuses on graphics and overall aesthetics.

Web Development:

• Transforms the design into a functional site.
• Uses coding languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, etc.

Our Process for Wollongong Businesses

Customer-First Strategy:

• Identify what your customers need to know.
• Tailor your website accordingly.

Information Architecture:

• Plan the structure: determine pages, order, and content.

User Interface Design:

• Create "wireframes" and visual mockups to preview your website's look.

Building on a CMS:

• Develop the site on a Content Management System.
• Enables you to update content independently.

Content Integration:

• Insert your photos and text to build engaging web pages.
• Option to provide your own content or let us manage it all.

Pre-Launch Review:

• Review and finalise the site before launch on your chosen domain.

Analytics Implementation:

• Set up tracking tools to monitor your website’s performance over time.

This streamlined process ensures a beautiful, functional website tailored to your business needs.

A website is still a must in most business situations. Yes, there are more eyeballs on social media and many people ask AI chatbots questions instead of Google now, but there are several solid reasons a website will still help:

• Credibility – having a website makes your business look "legit" and credible. Many people won't trust an organisation without a good website.
• Ownership – you own your website and can control the message on it. No capricious Elon or mercurial Zuck can take away your patch of the internet. No trolls can trash your reputation in the comments on pages you own.
• Informational bandwidth – there's no better place to tell customers a lot about who you are and how you can help them than on your own website. By the way, it's also what AI bots use to get much of their information, so you can't expect to show up well in AI answers without a website.
• Digital marketing foundations – if you want to have a digital marketing campaign, it's best to drive customers back to a place where you can convert them to leads or sales efficiently. You can't do that with social media.

Will having a website mean people don't call me anymore?

That would depend entirely on how good your website is at converting people into leads.

Yes, some people may leave the site having learned what they needed to. However, you were the one to provide them with that information and so you build trust and credibility in doing so.

Moreover, you will find that the people who do call won't waste your time "kicking the tyres" of your offering if they've learned the shape of it via your website.