Brisbane WordPress web design, built to earn its keep.
Since 2011 we’ve designed and built WordPress websites for Brisbane businesses. Strategy comes first, so the site does a job instead of just looking the part.
Strategy-led WordPress website design in Brisbane
We don’t design first and hope for the best. Before anything is built, we work out how your customers find you, what they need to see and what makes them get in touch. Then we design the site around that.
Every build is custom WordPress on a lean framework, so it loads fast on mobile, gives Google a clear structure to read, and stays simple for you to update.
WordPress websites for small businesses in Brisbane
Most of the sites we build are for small and growing Brisbane businesses, not enterprises with a marketing department. When you own the business, you’re also the copywriter, the approver and the person updating the site on a Sunday night, so we build for the person who has to live with it.
You can edit it yourself
Change your prices, add a team member or publish a post without calling us. We walk you through it before handover.
Built to be found
Clean heading structure, fast mobile loading, schema markup and sensible internal links. The unglamorous work that decides whether Google shows you to someone searching in Brisbane tomorrow.
It grows with you
Five pages today doesn’t mean a rebuild at twenty. A shop, bookings or a CRM integration slots in when you need it.
One team, start to finish
No account managers, no outsourcing. You work directly with the Brisbane web designers and WordPress developers building your site.
How does a website project run?
In five stages, each one signed off before the next begins, so nothing at launch comes as a surprise.
Strategy
We start with your business and your customers: who’s searching, what they need to see, and what makes them get in touch.
Structure and copy
We plan the pages and shape the message before anything is designed. Our copywriters can write it with you or work from what you have.
Design
You see the key pages designed for desktop and mobile, and approve them before a line of the site is built.
Build and test
Custom WordPress on a lean framework, tested across phones, tablets and desktop, with the SEO groundwork done as we go.
Launch and handover
We launch, check the site is working and indexed, then walk you through updating it yourself. After that, we’re still here.
Do you need a website redesign?
Often not, and we’d rather tell you early than take the project.
A redesign is worth it when the site works against you: it can’t be updated without a developer, it loads slowly enough that people leave, or it no longer matches how you describe the business. If the foundations are sound and it just looks dated, a refresh costs a fraction of a rebuild.
Working out which one you need is what the website review is for.
The website review
A checklist, not an opinion. We go through your site the way a developer would.
- Design, and how it holds up on mobile
- How the site is built behind the scenes
- SEO and heading structure
- Loading speed and technical markup
- Plugins: what’s running, what overlaps, and what a few lines of code could replace
You get one clear answer: clean it up, or start again. The list is yours to keep, whoever does the work.
What does web design cost in Brisbane?
Every project is quoted individually, at a fixed price. A five-page site for a service business is a different job to a fifty-product store with bookings, so we scope the work before we quote it.
How much copy needs writing
Building a page you already have words for is quick. Working out the message is the slow part, and it decides whether the site converts.
Repair or rebuild
If the foundations are sound, improving what you have is faster and cheaper. We’ll tell you before you spend anything.
Features beyond the brochure
E-commerce, bookings, member areas and CRM or email integrations each add real development time.
Photography
Stock is fine, a shoot is better. Either way it needs a place in the budget.
You get the price up front, in writing, and it’s the price. If the budget doesn’t stretch to everything yet, we’ll tell you what to do first.
E-commerce website design in Brisbane: WooCommerce or Shopify?
We build on both. The right one depends on whether the shop is part of the business or the whole of it.
WooCommerce, when the shop sits inside a bigger website
It runs on WordPress, so your products, content and SEO live in one place that you own outright, and it adapts to almost any way of selling.
Shopify, when the shop is the business
Hosting, payments and stock are handled for you, and handled reliably. As Shopify partners we build custom stores and redesign existing ones to match your brand.
Either way, it’s built to sell
Product pages that answer the questions customers would otherwise email about, and a checkout without surprises. As Klaviyo partners we can connect the store to the email flows that keep it selling, from the welcome series to abandoned-cart reminders.
Recent work
Recent clients
CEOffice ConceptsOffice furniture, Queensland
HIIT AustraliaGroup training
MidiStaysMid-term rentals
Protein PartnersWholesale meat, Brisbane
PierPoint LendingHome loans
Sandgate HawksAFL club, Brisbane northside
Anki & CoPhoto and video
Dreamlend FinanceMortgage broking, Melbourne
NeuformFitness and nutrition app
Aspley Little AthleticsJunior athletics, Geebung
LaCoop ConstructionsConstruction
Quantum Drafting SolutionsBuilding design, Brisbane
The Full Moon Hotel
More than 150 years old and just out of its first renovation in two decades. We partnered on a full rebrand, identity, marketing and web, to open the pub up to a new audience without losing what made it a local institution.
Proud Klaviyo and Shopify partners
What our clients say
From our Google reviews, written by businesses we’ve built websites for.
Kassi exceeded all expectations in helping to design a new website for our small business. From our initial meeting Kassi’s down to earth approach won us over and from there the whole process was seamless and hassle-free.
Google review, June 2025
Kartia Designs have been absolutely incredible in bringing our website to life. From the very first meeting to the moment they hit “go live,” Kassi and the team truly embraced our vision and went above and beyond to deliver something we’re genuinely proud of.
Google review, January 2025
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Web design for North Brisbane, Sandgate and the bayside
A good share of our work is for businesses across Brisbane’s northside and bayside: Sandgate, Shorncliffe, Brighton, Nudgee, Clayfield, Nundah, Redcliffe and out through Moreton Bay. Northside clients include Sandgate Hawks and Aspley Little Athletics.
Being local means we can sit across a table from you at the start of a project, which is when the decisions that matter get made.
Working with businesses outside Brisbane
We work with clients across Australia, including Dreamlend Finance in Melbourne. The project runs on video calls and shared documents, with a team in your time zone answering the phone during your working day. That isn’t a given when the cheap quote comes from overseas.
WordPress, Wix or Squarespace: which should a Brisbane business use?
Use WordPress if you want to own your site and grow it. Use Wix or Squarespace if you need something small and quick and you’re comfortable with the ceiling.
Builders are genuinely good at what they do, right up until you need something the platform doesn’t offer: a specific integration, real SEO control, a store that behaves the way you want. At that point you’re negotiating with the platform instead of building, and you can’t take the site with you.
What decides it is what you plan to do in three years, not what you need this month.
WordPress web design questions
The things people ask before they start. Anything else, just ask.
How much does a website cost in Brisbane?
Every project is quoted individually. The cost depends on how much copy needs writing, whether it’s a rebuild or a repair, what functionality sits behind the brochure pages, and who’s supplying the photography. We scope the work first, then give you a fixed price in writing before anything starts.
How long does it take to build a website?
Most builds take around four weeks. The variable is almost always content: projects move fastest when the copy and images are ready, which is why we plan the copy before design starts.
Can you fix my existing WordPress website instead of rebuilding it?
Yes, and we’ll tell you when a rebuild isn’t warranted. If the foundations are sound, improving what you have is faster and cheaper than starting again. A website review gives you the answer either way.
Do I own my website and domain?
Yes. The files, the database, the domain and the content are yours. If you decide to work with someone else, you take the site with you, and any WordPress developer can pick it up.
Can I update the website myself?
Yes. We build so you can change prices, add team members and publish posts without us, and we walk you through it before handover.
Do you write the copy?
Yes. Our copywriters can write the site with you, or shape what you already have. Most of the work is getting the message right, so the site reads the way you’d explain the business to a customer and answers what people are searching for.
Will my website show up on Google?
It’s built to. Every site goes out with clean heading structure, fast mobile loading, schema markup and sensible internal links, which is the groundwork Google needs. Rankings also depend on content and reviews over time, and our marketing team can help with that ongoing work.
Can you connect the site to my booking system or CRM?
Yes. Bookings, member areas, CRM integrations and email platforms such as Klaviyo can all be built in. Each one is real development time, so it’s scoped into the quote rather than discovered halfway through.
Will my website work on mobile?
Yes. Every site is designed and tested on phones as well as desktop, because that’s where a lot of your customers will find you first.
Is there support after launch?
Yes. Questions, fixes, updates and new features after launch are all part of what we do, and you’ll be talking to the same team that built the site.
Do you work with businesses outside Brisbane?
Yes. We’re based in Brisbane and work with clients across Australia. Most of a web project runs on video calls and shared documents, so distance isn’t a barrier.
Ready to find out what your website needs?
Start with a website review. You’ll get a clear answer and a list that’s yours to keep, whether we do the work or not.