How much does a website cost with us? Every price
Most NZ web designers say "it depends" and ask you to book a call. Here's every price we publish for a website or store, and how bigger jobs get priced. We're based in Wānaka and build for businesses all over New Zealand.
| What you get | Price | Timeline |
|---|---|---|
| Website base: any ready-made design rebuilt with your logo, colours, photos and words, on Shopify. Home, About, Services and Contact pages, plus an online shop for up to 25 products from one brand | $990 | About 2 weeks |
| Service menu and pricing set-up | $190 | Added to your build |
| Google Business Profile setup | $249 | Added to your build |
| Extra page | $149 | Added to your build |
| Clean product images (up to 25) | $149 | Added to your build |
| Journal plus 3 starter articles | $150 | Added to your build |
| Branded email templates (5) | $150 | Added to your build |
| Custom design from scratch, large catalogues, store migrations, web apps | Free, fixed-price proposal | Set out in your proposal |
The website base includes a mobile-first build, SEO and AI-search setup, Book buttons linked to your booking system, your own domain and access to the client portal. Extra brands in the shop are available as an add-on. You can pay in full, or spread the total over 3, 6, 9 or 12 months with no interest or extra fees, and pay off the balance any time. Your Shopify plan is billed by Shopify separately.
Website design cost in NZ: the market ranges
For context, here's what we see New Zealand businesses being quoted in 2026. These are typical ranges from published prices and quotes, not a formal survey, and plenty of jobs fall outside them.
| Type of site | Typical NZ range | What you usually get |
|---|---|---|
| DIY one-page site (Wix, Squarespace and similar) | Under $500 upfront, plus a monthly subscription | A template you set up yourself. Cheap in dollars, expensive in your hours. |
| Small business website (template or designer-built) | $1,500–$3,500 | 5–10 pages, a contact form, basic SEO |
| Custom website | $3,500–$8,000 | A site designed from scratch, more pages, design rounds |
| E-commerce or Shopify store | $4,000–$10,000+ | Product setup, payments, shipping, a custom theme on bigger builds |
| Hosting and care | $0–$150 a month | Anything from bare hosting to updates, backups and changes |
If you're not sure where your project sits, ask for a free, fixed-price proposal before you spend thousands. You'll know exactly what the job costs and which of these options fits.
Big agencies with account managers and multi-month projects charge well above these ranges. Overseas freelancers can come in below them, with the risk that nobody local is around when something breaks.
What pushes the price up
- Page count. Each page needs writing, designing and checking on mobile. Ten pages costs more than five.
- Custom design. Starting from a blank page takes design rounds. Starting from a proven layout doesn't.
- Products. Online stores cost more because every product needs photos, descriptions, variants and stock. 250 products is a lot more work than 25.
- Migration. Moving an existing site means mapping old URLs to new ones with redirects, so you keep your Google rankings.
- Integrations. Booking systems, accounting software and CRMs each add setup and testing.
The costs people forget
- Your domain. A .co.nz domain is a small yearly fee, paid to the registrar.
- Email. Business email (Google Workspace or Microsoft 365) is billed per user, per month.
- Platform fees. Shopify charges its own monthly subscription plus card fees on each sale. Paid apps are extra.
- Changes after launch. Some studios charge by the hour for every edit. Ask before you sign.
- GST. Check whether a quote includes GST or adds it. It makes a real difference when you're comparing.
Shopify website cost in NZ
A Shopify store has two costs: the build, paid once to whoever builds it, and Shopify's own plan, paid monthly to Shopify. Our $990 website base is built on Shopify and already includes an online shop for up to 25 products from one brand. Larger catalogues, custom themes and migration from your old platform with redirects are quoted with a free, fixed-price proposal. Shopify's subscription is billed to you directly, so the store account is always yours.
Where the money goes: real examples
We built the website and Shopify store for UKIYO, a salon and haircare brand in Wānaka, including stylist pages. We also built the Shopify site for Crew Stylists in Queenstown, with a page for each service. Outside the salon world, we've built a reporting dashboard for an accounting advisory and a website for an architectural ceiling and wall systems supplier.
From a client in Christchurch: "Codie turned my idea into a proper website in days, not months." Hamish, Sharpen It.
How buying works
- Pick a design, add what you need and pay, or ask for a free proposal if your job is bigger.
- Codie gets in touch within two business days to book the kick-off.
- The website base goes live in about two weeks. Bigger jobs get their timeline in the proposal.
- You review a live preview before launch, on your phone and your laptop.
Paying in full or $0 upfront
Every build price on this page can be paid once, or spread over 3, 6, 9 or 12 months with no interest or extra fees. If cash flow matters more, a monthly plan covers the design, the build and the ongoing work with $0 upfront and no lock-in, month to month: Launch $149, Grow $299, Rank $549, Authority $899 and Growth $1,499 a month. Rank and above include monthly blog posts, Authority adds managed Google Ads, and Growth adds Meta ads alongside Google. Ad spend is paid to Google and Meta directly.
Over two or three years a monthly plan costs more than paying upfront. In exchange, you get hosting, changes and updates without a new invoice every time.