Pricing
Pricing: clear prices, no lock-in
Websites have a fixed one-off price. Ongoing services have a simple monthly price. Everything else is quoted after a short, no-obligation conversation.
Every plan
Plain terms, no surprises
SEO
Ongoing SEO, per site
Setup is free and there is no minimum term.
Standard
The core programme
$ 600
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Keywords and competitors
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On-page SEO
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Technical SEO and indexing
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AI search visibility
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Visitors and enquiries reporting
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Website security and health
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Monthly report
Premium
The full programme
$ 1,000
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Everything in Standard
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Backlinks and listings
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Blog posts loaded, with articles written for you
Website and IT management
Look after the site and the IT behind it
Hosting is quoted separately where we provide it.
Essential
Keep it safe and online
$ 200
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Updates, backups and security scanning
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Daily backups, restores tested
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Uptime monitoring and alerts
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Domain, DNS and certificate care
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Same-day email support
Standard
Care plus regular changes
$ 400
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Everything in Essential
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Up to 1 hour of changes each month
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Email deliverability and Cloudflare support
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Form email analysed and fixed every week
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Domain and email analysed and optimised every week
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Broken links fixed, search visibility protected
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Speed and caching analysed and optimised
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Monthly report in plain English
Premium
For online shops and busy sites
$ 600
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Everything in Standard
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Up to 3 hours of changes each month
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Checkout and payment testing each month
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Shop and plugin updates tested before they go live
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Cart and checkout monitoring
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Cloudflare tuning and protection
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Priority response, 6am to 9pm
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Business email and wider IT support by arrangement
Website design
Fixed prices for a new site or a redesign
One-off price, no GST charged. 50% to start, 50% on launch. First month of website management free with any build.
Starter
A clean small site
$ 2,000
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Up to 5 pages
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Designed and set up for your brand
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Fast and mobile-friendly
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Contact form and map
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Basic on-page SEO
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2 rounds of changes
Business
A full site that gets found
$ 4,000
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Everything in Starter
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Up to 10 pages
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Full SEO setup: titles, descriptions, schema
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Analytics and Search Console set up
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Content moved from your old site
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3 rounds of changes
Advanced
Shops, bookings and integrations
$ 8,000
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Everything in Business
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Online shop, bookings or member area
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Payments and shipping set up
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Integrations with your other tools
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More than 10 pages
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Fixed quote after a short call
How we compare
What you get for the price
Typical NZ figures include GST. Ours are full prices.
SEO
Typical NZ small business SEO
$575 to $1,725 a month incl. GST. Scope varies.
Typical NZ agency retainer
From $1,265 a month incl. GST, often up to $5,750.
HoneyBot SEO
$600 Standard or $1,000 Premium per site, a month. Full price. Every task listed, every change reversible, a report each month. No setup fee, month to month.
Website and IT management
Website-only care plans in NZ
$115 to $230 a month incl. GST. Updates, backups, monitoring.
Business site management in NZ
Roughly $200 to $800 a month, depending on the size of the site.
HoneyBot Website and IT management
$200, $400 or $600 a month. Full price. Updates, tested backups and monitoring, plus domain, DNS, email and Cloudflare.
Website design
Typical NZ small business website
$2,875 to $9,200 incl. GST for about 5 to 8 pages.
Typical NZ online shop or booking site
$5,750 to $17,250 incl. GST.
HoneyBot Website design
$2,000, $4,000 or $8,000, one-off. Full price. Up to 5 pages, up to 10 pages, or a shop or bookings build, with SEO set up.
Typical figures are published NZ rates, checked October 2026.
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What is included, side by side
Hosting is quoted separately where we provide it.
| Feature | Standard$600 per site, per month | Premium$1,000 per site, per month |
|---|---|---|
| Keywords and competitors | ✓ | ✓ |
| On-page SEO | ✓ | ✓ |
| Technical SEO and indexing | ✓ | ✓ |
| AI search visibility | ✓ | ✓ |
| Visitors and enquiries reporting | ✓ | ✓ |
| Website security and health | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly report | ✓ | ✓ |
| Backlinks and listings | – | ✓ |
| Blog posts loaded, with articles written for you | – | ✓ |
| Feature | Essential$200 per month | Standard$400 per month | Premium$600 per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| Updates, backups and security scanning | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Daily backups, restores tested | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Uptime monitoring and alerts | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Domain, DNS and certificate care | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Same-day email support | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Changes included each month | – | Up to 1 hour | Up to 3 hours |
| Email deliverability and Cloudflare support | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Form email analysed and fixed every week | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Domain and email analysed and optimised every week | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Broken links fixed, search visibility protected | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Speed and caching analysed and optimised | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly report in plain English | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Checkout and payment testing each month | – | – | ✓ |
| Shop and plugin updates tested before they go live | – | – | ✓ |
| Cart and checkout monitoring | – | – | ✓ |
| Cloudflare tuning and protection | – | – | ✓ |
| Priority response, 6am to 9pm | – | – | ✓ |
| Business email and wider IT support | – | – | By arrangement |
| Feature | Starter$2,000, one-off | Business$4,000, one-off | AdvancedFrom $8,000, one-off |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages | Up to 5 | Up to 10 | More than 10 |
| Fast and mobile-friendly | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Contact form and map | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Basic on-page SEO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Full SEO setup: titles, descriptions, schema | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Analytics and Search Console | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content moved from your old site | – | ✓ | ✓ |
| Online shop, bookings or member area | – | – | ✓ |
| Payments and shipping | – | – | ✓ |
| Integrations with your other tools | – | – | ✓ |
| Rounds of changes | 2 | 3 | As quoted |
Everything else
Quoted to fit the job
Larger website builds
Fixed prices are above. Larger or unusual builds are quoted after a short conversation.
Automation and AI
A small first project, scoped and priced up front, then extended if it proves worthwhile.
Containers and hosting
A fixed setup fee for the stack, then a simple monthly arrangement for running it.
DNS, email and Cloudflare
Small jobs at a fixed price, and larger migrations quoted after a quick audit.
Custom software
Estimated by scope before we start, with support as a monthly arrangement.
Anything else
Describe it and we will tell you what we would do, and what it would cost.
FAQs
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