Web design for small business · Melbourne

A small business website that pulls its weight.

You don't need a big-agency site or a big-agency bill. You need one that loads fast, says what you do, and turns a visitor into an enquiry — a fixed price, quoted upfront, built for a small business budget.

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Whale Digital Consulting is a Melbourne Bayside web design and AI automation studio, founded in 2026, offering cafe and restaurant websites in three fixed packages — A$499, A$1,699 and A$4,800 — with every other industry scoped and quoted individually, quoted upfront, with free hosting and no lock-in.

The story

You're running the whole show — sales, service, the books. The website's been 'good enough' for years, quietly losing you enquiries to competitors who look sharper online.

The tool

A clean, fast site that does the heavy lifting: clear on what you do, easy to contact, found on Google — without the bloat or the lock-in a big agency sells you.

The payoff

More enquiries from the same traffic, and a site you can run yourself. Your hardest-working staff member, working while you sleep.

What a small business site actually needs

Says what you do, fast

A visitor knows what you offer and how to contact you in five seconds — not after scrolling a brochure.

Found on Google

On-page SEO and a Google Business Profile so nearby customers find you — without paying for ads forever.

Yours to run

Edit it yourself, free hosting, no lock-in. No $300/month builder holding your site hostage.

Fast, findable, and built to convert — the three things a small business site has to do, without the agency price tag.

Our fixed website packages — cafe and restaurant pricing

Starter — $499

A sharp single-page site that says what you do, where you are, and how to get in touch. Live fast, yours outright, free hosting.

Professional — $1,699

Up to five custom pages you edit yourself, with SEO, Google Search Console, a reviews widget and AI visibility (AEO) built in. Our most popular package.

Enterprise — $4,800

Everything in Professional plus custom features — bookings, ordering, member areas — scoped to exactly what your business needs.

Every package is a fixed price quoted upfront — no hourly surprises, no lock-in. Not sure which fits? Tell us what you need and we'll tell you straight, including what's not worth paying for. If budget is the deciding factor, start with affordable web design in Melbourne. Small business website design doesn't need a big-agency budget. See what a small business website costs in Melbourne

Built for your industry too

Tradies

Plumbers, electricians, builders — tap-to-call, job photos, a quote form that works after hours.

Law & accounting

Trust-first sites for firms that sell expertise — compliant copy, secure enquiries.

Dental practices

AHPRA-compliant sites with online booking that catches patients after hours.

Restaurants & cafés

Menus that load, photos that sell, booking or ordering wired straight in.

Small business web design covers every industry — the three fixed prices above are our cafe and restaurant packages, and anything else is scoped and quoted individually. These are just the industries we get asked about most.

Built for every kind of small business

#trades#cafés#salons#clinics#consultants#retail#services#studios

One site, your business, your suburb — set up to show up when nearby customers search for what you do. If your suburb is around the bay, we can work face to face — see website design in Bayside.

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Questions we get asked

Our three fixed packages — $499 (Starter), $1,699 (Professional) and $4,800 (Enterprise) — are our cafe and restaurant website packages. Every other industry is scoped and quoted individually, quoted upfront, so you know the number before we start.

Because most small businesses weighing up a website have been burned by a vague quote before. Three fixed packages, the number in front of you before you ever pick up the phone — if your project genuinely needs something outside those three, we'll scope and quote that separately and say so upfront.

Yes — change text, prices, hours and photos yourself in a simple editor. No developer, no per-change invoices.

That's the point — on-page SEO and a Google Business Profile setup so nearby customers find you, and AI tools can recommend you.

Completely. Free hosting, no lock-in, everything in your name — not rented from a builder you can't leave.

Bookings and admin are custom AI Builder work, quoted per job after a diagnosis day. The off-the-shelf product is Whale Marketing in One, a marketing dashboard that drafts your posts in your voice and holds them until you approve. See that page for current pricing.

Built to convert. Built to bring customers. Built to turn a profit.

Web design for Australian small businesses. Built to sell.

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Built to take the work. Built to win back hours. Built to bring customers. Built to turn a profit.

We build the AI workflows, tools and websites that carry an Australian small business — the admin off your plate, the hours back in your week, and the work that's left turning a profit. No fluff. That's the job.

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