Melbourne web design studio
Big-agency design.
Small-business price.
Auster designs and builds premium websites for small businesses. Two flat prices, no meetings, no retainers. Fill in a ten-minute brief and your new site is live within the week.
From $299 one-off · Live in under a week · You own everything
Before & after
Same business.
Different website.
Three real rebuilds for Melbourne hospitality businesses. Same content, same photography, same budget bracket. Client names have been changed at their request.
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BEFORE — THEIR OLD SITE
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AFTER — THE AUSTER BUILD
Each pane scrolls on its own — scroll the old site and the rebuild independently.
Names and locations changed at the clients' request. Photography, menus and copy are theirs.
How it works
Brief on Monday.
Live by Friday.
One week, three steps, and nothing for you to project-manage.
The brief
A ten-minute form about your business: what you do, who your customers are, what the site needs to say. Send photos and a logo if you have them. No meetings unless you want one.
Design & build
We design and build the whole site: every page written, laid out and made flawless on phones. You watch it take shape at a private preview link and comment as we go.
Launch & handover
The site goes live on your domain, in your name. You own the design, the code and the content outright. Nothing is held hostage.
Free · no email needed
How healthy is
your website?
Type your address and Google scores your site live. Speed, SEO, accessibility and best practice, in about twenty seconds. If the numbers are rough, you've met your before.
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MOBILE→ fetching page · 1.2s
→ running lighthouse audit
→ scoring four categories
Every point below 90 is a visitor deciding to leave. A rebuild starts at $299.
See the plans→Pricing
Two plans.
Flat, one-off, yours.
Launch pricing while the new Auster portfolio grows. Both are one-off projects. You own everything we make.
The Site
one-off
Every page designed and built by hand. Right for businesses whose site needs to show, tell and get them contacted.
Custom design, no templates
Every page written, designed and built
Flawless on phones
Contact form, maps and socials wired up
SEO fundamentals baked in
Site & Systems
one-off
Everything in The Site, plus the machinery. For businesses that take bookings, payments or orders through the website itself.
Everything in The Site
Bookings, appointments and reservations
Payments, deposits and online orders
Automatic emails to customers
Customer logins and accounts
Prices in AUD. Hosting and domain stay in your name, at cost. No subscriptions, no lock-in.
Not sure? Answer six quick questions↓Which plan is right for me?
Tick what you need.
We'll do the maths.
Plain English, no tech. Tick the things your business needs and the right plan works itself out on the right.
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How we compare
Us, and the usual ways.
Every option has a genuine upside. Pick the one you're actually weighing up and read the six lines that matter.
Categories generalise. A great freelancer beats a lazy agency. The point is the trade you're making, not the villain.
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Get started
Ready when
you are.
Leave your details and the ten-minute brief form lands in your inbox. No calls, no deposit, no obligation until you've seen the plan.
Current turnaround: sites go live within the week
Check your inbox.
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