Guides on Sunbury Web

What a website should actually cost a small business in Victoria

Tue, 28 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you ring five people about a website for your business, you will get quotes between about $500 and $15,000 for what sounds like the same job. That’s not because four of them are lying. It’s because “a website” describes at least four different products.

Here’s how to tell them apart.

The four things people mean by “a website”

The DIY builder — $0 to $500 a year. Squarespace, Wix, GoDaddy. You pick a template and do the work yourself. Genuinely fine for some businesses. The cost is your weekends, and the ceiling is low: when you want something the template doesn’t do, you can’t have it.

Your Google Business Profile matters more than your website — at first

Tue, 14 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Here’s something a bit awkward for someone who builds websites for a living: if you’re a local trade, shop or clinic, your Google Business Profile probably brings in more enquiries than your website does.

It’s the panel that appears on the right when someone searches your business name, and it’s what feeds the little map of three businesses at the top of results for “plumber near me”. It’s free. Most local businesses have never touched theirs.

Where AI actually helps a local business — and where it doesn't

Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I consult on AI for Australian businesses. In practice that means most of my job is telling people not to buy something.

There is a lot being sold to small businesses right now on the strength of the word “AI” alone. Some of it is genuinely useful. Most of it is a chatbot that annoys your customers and a monthly invoice. Here’s how I’d sort it if you run a small business around Sunbury.