A design that fits your business
Pages designed around what your customers need: what you offer, why to choose you, and how to get in touch. You review the design before anything is built.
A Website for Your Business, Designed & Built in Melbourne
Need a website for your business and not sure where to start? We plan, design and build WordPress websites for small businesses: a fixed quote up front, mobile-ready and fast, and yours to own when it is done.
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Over 10+ years building and maintaining sites for Australian businesses
One developer, start to finish
The same person every time: no re-explaining your site
Straight answers, on your terms
We only take work we can finish. Ask us anything first: no obligation
$2,500+
Typical custom site, from
~4wk
Typical build time
Fixed$
Quote before work starts
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Yours to own, no lock-in
Web design Melbourne: the short answer
CloudyWP is a Melbourne website designer for small businesses. We design and build WordPress websites that work on phones, load quickly and make it easy for customers to contact you. A typical custom site costs $2,500 to $5,500, takes around four weeks, and comes with a fixed quote before work starts. When it is finished, you own it outright. We are based in Melbourne and work with businesses right across Australia.
Everything a business website needs, in one project
Hiring a web design company in Melbourne shouldn't mean managing five different people. One project covers the design, the build and getting you confident to run it yourself.
A proper WordPress build
Built on WordPress, the most widely used website platform, so you can edit your own pages and almost any developer can work on it later.
Mobile-ready and fast
Most visitors will see your site on a phone, so every page is designed to work there first. We keep pages lean and test their speed before launch.
Contact forms that reach you
Enquiry forms, click-to-call buttons and a clear path to contact you on every page, tested so messages actually land in your inbox.
SEO-ready foundations
Clean headings, titles and descriptions, a sitemap, structured data and fast pages: the technical groundwork search engines look for.
Help with hosting and your domain
We set up hosting or work with what you have, connect your domain and make sure the site runs over HTTPS.
Handover and training
Your logins plus a walkthrough of updating pages and photos, so you are not calling us for every small change.
What to prepare (and what you can skip)
You don't need everything sorted first. But the slowest part of web designing, in Melbourne or anywhere else, is usually waiting on content.
Useful to have ready
- Your logo, ideally the original file
- Photos of your work, team or premises; real beats stock
- The words: what you do, who you do it for, and how to get in touch
- Two or three websites you like, and why
- Logins for your domain and any existing hosting, if you have them
Don't worry if you're missing some
- No idea which pages you need? We'll suggest a simple structure
- Not a writer? We give you a page outline to fill in and tidy the wording
- No logo yet? A clean text logo works fine to launch with
- No domain? We'll help you register one in your own name
From first chat to launch, in plain English
Five steps, no jargon. For the full detail, see how we work.
A short chat and a fixed quote
You tell us about your business and what the site needs to do. We send a written scope and a fixed quote. No obligation.
Plan the pages and gather content
We map out each page. You send your logo, photos and words using our outline.
Design and your feedback
We design the key pages, you tell us what to change, and we refine them.
Build and test
We build on a private staging copy, then test phones, desktops, forms and page speed.
Launch and handover
We put the site live on your domain, hand over every login, and walk you through updating it yourself.
What a business website costs, and how long it takes
Small business website design doesn't need a five-figure budget. Every project gets a fixed quote before work starts, so you know the total up front. These ranges are a fair guide.
Typical custom small-business site: $2,500 to $5,500
A handful of custom-designed pages, contact forms, mobile and speed work, SEO-ready setup, launch and training. Where you land depends mostly on page count and extras such as bookings.
Small, focused work from $300
A single landing page or a tightly scoped piece of design work, priced as a fixed job.
Larger sites up to around $12,000
More pages, more custom design and more features. We will tell you up front if your project sits at this end.
How long it takes: around four weeks for a typical small-business site, from first chat to launch. Smaller sites can be quicker, bigger ones take longer, and the timeline goes into your quote.
Want the full breakdown of what drives the price? Read our guide to what a WordPress website costs, or see all our prices on the pricing page.
Built on WordPress, and it's yours
We build on WordPress because it is the safest long-term choice for a small business: easy to edit, and you are never tied to us. When a site needs custom features as well as a design, our WordPress developers in Melbourne build those.
Easy to run yourself
A simple editor for text, photos and pages. It runs a large share of the web, so help and developers are easy to find.
Full ownership, no lock-in
Unlike builders that rent you a site month to month, you own the code and content outright. Host it anywhere, work with anyone, no exit fees.
What our clients say
4.6 from 9 reviews
Why small businesses hire us to build their website
There are plenty of web designers Melbourne businesses can choose from. Here is what working with us is like.
Written for non-technical owners
Plain English, and an honest view of what you actually need.
A fixed quote, agreed first
You see the scope and price before work starts.
The same person, start to finish
One developer from first call to launch, so you never re-explain your business.
Real WordPress, no page-builder bloat
Clean builds that load quickly and are easy to work on later.
You own everything
Code, content, domain and logins are yours. No lock-in.
Help after launch, if you want it
Run it yourself, or add a care plan from $159/mo.
After your site goes live, and where to go next
A website needs updates and backups to stay safe. Do it yourself, or hand it to us.
Care plans from $159/mo
Updates, backups and security monitoring each month. Optional, and separate from the build price.
WordPress maintenanceAlready have a website?
Improving a slow or dated WordPress site can cost less than starting again.
Improve an existing sitePhotographer?
Portfolio sites with large, sharp images that still load quickly.
Websites for photographersSee what we've built
Recent projects, so you can see what a finished site looks like.
Our work
Your website should bring in enquiries, not give you homework
Clear pages, a fast site and an easy way to contact you.
Questions about getting a website for your business
How much does a website for a small business cost?
Most custom small-business sites land between $2,500 and $5,500. Focused jobs start from $300; larger, design-heavy sites run up to around $12,000. The quote is fixed before work starts. Our WordPress website cost guide explains what moves the price.
How long does it take to build a business website?
Around four weeks for a typical small-business site. A one-page site can be quicker and a larger site takes longer; the timeline is in your quote. Having your words and photos ready early is the easiest way to stay on schedule.
I need a website for my business but don't know where to start. What do I do first?
Tell us what your business does and what you want the website to do: bring in enquiries, show your work or take bookings. You don't need a brief or any technical knowledge. We suggest the pages you need and send a fixed quote, with no obligation.
What do I need to provide?
Your logo if you have one, photos, the words for each page (we give you an outline to fill in) and links to a few websites you like. If something is missing, tell us early and we will plan around it.
Will I own my website?
Yes. Once the project is paid for, the site, code and content are yours. You get every login, can host it anywhere and can move to another developer at any time. No lock-in contracts.
Can I update the website myself?
Yes. At handover we show you how to edit pages, change photos and add posts in WordPress. Most owners handle small changes themselves and come to us for bigger jobs.
Will my new website rank on Google?
Nobody can honestly guarantee rankings, and we don't. We build on solid technical SEO foundations (fast pages, clean headings, titles and descriptions, a sitemap and structured data) so search engines can crawl and understand the site. After launch, the SEO we offer is technical SEO and automated blog posts.
I already have a website. Do I need a new one?
Not always. A slow or dated WordPress site can often be improved rather than rebuilt, for less. See improving an existing WordPress site, or send us the link for an honest opinion.
Ready to get a website for your business?
Tell us what your business does and what you need the website to do. We will come back with a clear plan and a fixed quote, with no obligation.