Notes from the studio
Practical writing on web design, WordPress and working with a remote team — for Australian business owners. No filler, no "what is WordPress" explainers.
WooCommerce
Freelancer, agency or offshore team? What a WooCommerce website developer should do, how to judge a portfolio and the questions to ask first.
Read the article ↗SEO pricing
How SEO is priced — retainers, projects and hourly work — what changes the cost, and how to judge a quote.
Read the article ↗Technical SEO
Indexing, speed, Core Web Vitals, mobile, regional signals and structured data — in the order that matters.
Read the article ↗Pricing
A straight answer to the question most agencies avoid publishing — what actually drives the price of a website, and realistic ranges by project type.
Read the article ↗Case study
How a Rajasthani BBQ restaurant in Fitzgibbon, Brisbane got a bookings-and-ordering website built by a team it never met in person.
Read the case study ↗Working remotely
The honest version of the offshore-development conversation — time zones, communication, quality control, and what genuinely doesn't change.
Read the article ↗Case study
What changes when your website has to earn trust in a regulated industry — notes from building for a Perth migration agency and two novated-leasing businesses.
Read the article ↗Pricing
What actually drives ecommerce website cost in Australia, with realistic ranges by store size and complexity.
Read the article ↗Getting started
A practical, step-by-step guide — platform choice, payments, shipping, tax and launch.
Read the article ↗Platform choice
An honest comparison of WooCommerce, Shopify and custom builds, and how to choose between them.
Read the article ↗Platform comparison
Cost, ownership, flexibility and support, compared honestly without picking a side by default.
Read the article ↗Getting started
A practical checklist — what to ask, what to check, and the red flags worth walking away from.
Read the article ↗Platform choice
An honest comparison of cost, flexibility and when each one actually makes sense.
Read the article ↗SEO basics
Real, measurable benefits beyond rankings — and where SEO won't help at all.
Read the article ↗Ecommerce
The features that actually convert Australian shoppers, and the ones that don't.
Read the article ↗Design
What's worth adopting in 2026, and what's just noise that'll date your site fast.
Read the article ↗Mobile & performance
The real cost of getting it wrong, and what mobile-friendly actually means.
Read the article ↗Maintenance
What to check weekly, monthly and yearly to keep a site secure and fast.
Read the article ↗Hosting
What actually matters when choosing hosting, and what's just marketing noise.
Read the article ↗Work with us
