Agencies often charge thousands for a basic site. I keep the look serious and the invoice in the hundreds. Fixed packages. $60/hr only when we leave the scope.
Launch Pricing — Available for a limited time while Urban Gleams builds its initial portfolio.
$299
3–5 business days
Up to three pages, mobile, a contact form, and a way for people to find you.
For sole traders who need a real site, not a social-link page.
Ask about Starter WebsiteMost popular ⭐
$499
5–7 business days
Up to six pages that can take enquiries, show the work, and sit properly on a phone.
The usual job for cafes, salons, clinics, trades, and restaurants.
Ask about Business WebsiteFrom $799
1–2 weeks
Up to twelve pages, custom layouts, blog, and booking tools — still a written scope.
More pages and tighter layout when the site has to do more than one job.
Ask about Growth WebsiteStarter is a tight site for a sole trader. Business is the usual cafe, salon, clinic, or trade job. Growth is more pages and booking tools. Care is optional after launch, from $19 a month.
Move the sliders. Then email or call — the number is not a contract.
Types of jobs, not named companies.
| DIY builder | Theme job | Big agency | Urban Gleams | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who you talk to | You, plus a help centre | Whoever picked the theme | Account manager, then a queue | Justin. Email and phone on the site. |
| What you pay for | A monthly builder fee | A look that ten other shops already have | Decks, process, and a long timeline | A site that can take the enquiry |
| Price shape | Cheap now, limited later | Low quote, extras later | Often thousands before a page is live | Starter $299, Business $499, Growth from $799. $60/hr only outside scope. |
| Mobile and speed | Depends on the template | Often heavy | Usually fine, billed as a line item | Built in from the first layout |
| When we say no | The builder never does | They’ll still sell the theme | Rarely — the retainer needs feeding | On the first call, if it’s a bad fit |
Hourly (outside scope) · $60/hr
Extra pages, extra revisions, features, bugs, design, or integrations after we signed off.
Extra page · $50
Another page in the same look, quoted before it is built.
Basic Care · $19/mo
Security, plugin updates, monthly backup.
Business Care · $39/mo
Everything in Basic, plus 30 minutes of edits, priority email, and performance checks.
Premium Care · $79/mo
Everything in Business, plus 2 hours of edits, priority turnaround, and monthly optimisation.
Day 1
Call or email. If it is a fit, you get a written scope and a price.
Start
Half up front. I start. You see real pages, not a deck.
Build
Revision rounds are in the package. Extra asks are $60/hr or a small quote.
Launch
Other half when it is live on your domain. You tap it on your phone first.
Email and phone on every page. No account manager theatre.
The package stays the package. $60/hr only outside it.
You are not rented to a builder. Hosting is plain.
Most of your customers are on a phone. The site is too.
Speed, titles, a sitemap. Not a 12MB theme.
Contrast, headings, tap targets. Not a trophy, a baseline.
Weekday replies in AU time.
If a template is enough, or you need an app, I will not take the job.
A site that looks like your business and asks for the job.
Keep the domain. Change what happens when someone lands.
Search matches the business. The site can take the lead when they click.
The menu changes on Tuesday. The site can change with it.
Less waiting. More people stay long enough to call.
Tuesday afternoons get filled without you chasing Instagram.
You know what to fix, and what to leave.
Ad spend does not dump people on a confused home page.
Fine for a stall at a market. You hit a wall when you need a real offer, speed, or a form that is not fighting the theme. The monthly fee never stops.
You can buy a logo and a theme. You cannot buy someone who will tell you the page should not exist. I am on the phone after launch.
Plenty of good agencies. You are paying for their rooms and their process. I keep the site looking serious and the invoice in the hundreds, because the workflow is lean — not because the pages are cheap.
Good. We keep the domain and anything that already works. The rebuild is for the parts that do not get the call.
Yes for copy and photos after handover. Bigger layout changes are a Care request or $60/hr so it does not break.
You do. Domain in your name. Code and content are yours when the invoice is paid.
I set titles, headings, and Search Console. I do not sell a page-one promise. Rankings follow a clear site and a real business.
You can stop. Or Care from $19/month for updates and backups. Extra work is quoted or $60/hr.
Basic Care is security and backups. Business Care includes 30 minutes of edits. Outside that, $60/hr or a fixed quote.
Email or call. If it is not a fit, I will say so.