WEBSITES

I enjoy creating beautiful, functional and search-engine friendly sites for small businesses, schools, community organisations and artists that meet your needs and are affordable without compromising on quality.

Benefits to you:

Free consultation to discuss your needs and explain website costs involved
Very affordable websites that are anything but cheap in value
Options explained and recommendations made to you, based on your situation
Choices of ongoing support once your site goes live:
- Complete handover to you with all the training you require to maintain the website yourself
- Small monthly fee for me to update information on your site on an ongoing basis
- One-off charges for me to update information on your website as needed

What you can expect to pay:

Websites will range in price, depending on your budget and what you are after. You can expect to pay between NZ$500 to $1500 for the design. (About US$300 to $900.) There are domain name and website hosting fees, which are not huge, and don't go to me. I will talk through these with you to help you find out what best suits your needs. Once your website is up and running, you can then choose about the level of ongoing support for your site you would like, from running it yourself to letting me update it as needed. Up to you!

Get in touch and tell me what you're looking to achieve with your website, so I can give an accurate quote, once you have had a free consultation.

Recent Websites I have created:
(Click on pictures to open website links)

More coming soon! Watch this space...

Quilting artist's website

This talented quilter wanted a place to showcase and sell their work. They weren't sure of what they wanted when they started, so we worked together, taking as long as they needed, to produce a site that was perfect for their needs.

https://www.shirleycan.com - websites for artists, sole traders and small businesses - get yours made today!

Website for local company

Dynamic with video backgrounds, and strong SEO to come in on Page 1 of Google results from the time it was published, this two-page site is valued at NZ$500 plus hosting fees. If you don't need a large website but want to put your business in the public eye, something like this could work for you!

Naturopathy website

The owner of this website was keen to learn how to create a website, so after putting the initial design together for her, I helped her learn what to do so she could manage it herself. The site is valued at NZ$700 plus hosting fees. If you want tuition afterwards, I am happy to do so, charging by the hour.

Bed and Breakfast Website

Designed to showcase a place with lots of photos, this site also integrates external tools to help visitors see reviews and a booking calendar. Valued at NZ$700 plus hosting fees. If you want to expand your reach beyond just Airbnb or other selling sites that take a big chunk of your profit, let's talk!

Website for a sculptor to showcase work

We wanted the work to be the star of this website, and to free the artist from worrying about maintaining it, so they could continue with what they do best - sculpting! They pay a small fee for me to update images when needed, which I'm happy to do. The site is valued at NZ$500, plus hosting fees, and updates are NZ$30/h when needed.

Local Business Website

Image-rich, this website is like a brochure for prospective clients, and is easily updated. The site is valued at NZ$700 plus hosting fees. If you want tuition afterwards, I am happy to do so, charging by the hour.

Website for local Wood craftsmen

This one is a bit different to my others - it's a Google site! The client wanted to use Google instead of another web design service, so they could easily manage it and integrate things they were already doing in the Google workplace. No problem!
This site is valued at NZ$700 plus hosting fees, which they already had covered through Google.
Many schools and organisations use Google Workplace, so want their websites to be under that too. Having worked in schools for many years, and creating countless school websites in my time, that's no problem for me. I'm also a Google Certified Educator at Levels 1 and 2.

In the midst of giant situational life changes, it seemed perfectly reasonable to add yet more to do in the form of building a website. Shirley did the most amazing job, with an unfailing patience for my low mental bandwidth, excruciating lag time, and fussiness over fonts! I can not recommend her highly enough. She's an absolute treasure! Super supportive, and encouraging and genuine. Thank you so much, Shirley. I'm over the moon for my new website!!!

Suzymae - infectiousmirth.com

Websites

Benefits to you:

What you can expect to pay:

Recent Websites I have created: (Click on pictures to open website links)

Recent Websites I have created:
(Click on pictures to open website links)