WordPress Web Design for Businesses That Want a Website They Own
We build WordPress websites for service businesses in Penrith, Sydney and across Australia. You get a professional website that you own outright, can update yourself and that is planned from the start to bring in enquiries from the right customers.
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Why We Build Every Website on WordPress
The platform your website sits on decides what you can do with it later. It affects who owns it, how easily you can change it, how well it can rank on Google and whether you can move it if you ever need to.
DIY builders like Wix and Squarespace make it quick to get something online, but you are renting space on their platform. When your business grows and you need more pages, better SEO or features they do not offer, you often hit a wall, and moving away usually means starting again. That is why every website in our website design service is built on WordPress.
WordPress runs a large share of the world’s websites, and the website and everything on it belong to you. It gives you full control over your pages, your content and your SEO, and it can grow from a one-page website into a site with hundreds of pages without being rebuilt.
Our article on WordPress compared with other website platforms goes through the differences in more detail.
What a WordPress Website Gives Your Business
A WordPress website is not just easier for us to build. These are the practical differences it makes for you once it is live.
You Own Your Website
Once your website is paid for, the website and everything on it belong to you. You are never locked in to one provider, and you can move it to another host or developer if you ever need to.
You Can Update It Yourself
We build your pages with Elementor, a visual editor that lets you change text, swap photos and add projects without touching any code. We show you how before launch.
It Is Built to Be Found on Google
WordPress gives you full control over page titles, descriptions, headings, page addresses and schema, which are the details Google uses to work out what each page is about.
It Grows With Your Business
You can start with a few pages and add new services, locations and projects as you grow. Roof Ranger’s website now runs to more than 150 pages on the same platform.
It Works on Every Device
Every page is designed and tested on phones, tablets and desktops, because most of your visitors will find you on a phone.
It Can Do More When You Need It
Booking forms, quote calculators, job galleries and online payments can all be added to WordPress when your business needs them, without moving to a new platform.
WordPress Websites That Bring in Real Work
Every one of these is a WordPress website we built, and every number is published in full in our case studies.
Two years on a Wix website brought in no leads at all. The new WordPress website brought in its first enquiry on launch day and a job in the first week.
Roof Ranger’s old website kept crashing. We rebuilt it on WordPress with a page for each service and location, and 64% of enquiries now come from those pages rather than the contact page.
As Laser Landscapes moved into commercial, government and civil work, we added a page for each type of work and a separate commercial enquiry form to the same WordPress website.
Avida’s old website was losing people on phones. The new WordPress website, built phone first, cut mobile visits that ended straight away from 39% to 25% in its first year.
What Every WordPress Website We Build Includes
A good website is more than a theme with your logo on it. These are the parts every WordPress build we do includes.
A Custom
Design
A design built around your brand, your photos and your customers, rather than a template that looks like every other business in your industry.
A Page Structure
Planned for Google
We plan a page for each service and the areas you work in, so customers find what they need and Google understands exactly what you do.
Copy That Explains
What You Do
We help shape the words on each page in plain English, so visitors understand quickly why they should choose you and what to do next.
SEO Setup
From Day One
Keyword research, page titles, descriptions, headings and schema are part of every build, not an extra you pay for later.
Enquiry Forms That
Work on a Phone
Short, simple forms that are easy to fill in on a small screen and send enquiries straight to your inbox.
Training
Before Launch
We show you how to make simple changes yourself in Elementor, so you are never waiting on a developer to update a photo or a price.
Moving to WordPress From Wix, Squarespace or an Old Website
Many of the websites we build replace something else, often a DIY website the owner set up years ago or an older website that has stopped working for the business.
We move everything worth keeping across to WordPress, including your best content, photos and project galleries. Every old web address is redirected to the right new page, so the rankings and links your old website has built up carry across instead of being lost.
Brownjohn Constructions is a good example. Matthew spent two years on a Wix website that never brought in a lead, and the new WordPress website brought in its first enquiry on the day it went live.
If your website needs more than a change of platform, our website redesign page explains how we plan a redesign, and our article on the real cost of DIY websites covers what a DIY website can cost you in lost work.
How Your WordPress Website Comes Together
We keep the process clear and simple, and we tell you exactly what we need from you at each step.
We Learn About
Your Business
We Plan
Your Pages
We Shape the
Words With You
We Design
and Build
We Launch and Show
You the Ropes
How Much Does a WordPress Website Cost?
Our one-page WordPress websites start from $1,997 + GST, and multi-page websites start from $4,500 + GST, depending on how many pages you need and what the website has to do.
Every website is quoted at a fixed price, so you know the full cost before anything starts. You can pay with a 50% deposit and 50% on completion, or spread the cost with a payment plan over 12 or 24 months.
A website that brings in steady enquiries pays for itself many times over, which is why a good website is an investment, not just a cost. Our guide to how much a website costs in Australia explains what changes the price.
Keeping Your WordPress Website Fast, Secure and Up to Date
WordPress needs regular updates to stay secure and run well, and most business owners would rather not think about it. Our website care plan, from $100 + GST a month, looks after it for you.
It covers managed hosting, WordPress core and plugin updates, security monitoring, spam protection, daily backups and uptime monitoring. Your Elementor Pro licence and any premium plugin licences are included, along with minor text and image changes and help when something is not working.
You are not locked in to a care plan, and because you own your website you can host it wherever you like. Most of our clients choose to stay on it, so they always know who is looking after their website.
The People Building Your WordPress Website
We are Jordan and Simone, the husband-and-wife team behind JS Website Design. We started the business in Penrith in 2017, and since then we have built more than 100 websites for service businesses across Australia.
When you work with us, you deal with us directly, from the first call through to launch day. A small, trusted team helps with parts of each build, and we stay closely involved in every project, so you always know who is looking after your website.
We build on WordPress because it is what we would choose for our own business, and it is what our own website runs on.
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WordPress Web Design FAQs
How much does a WordPress website cost?
Our one-page WordPress websites start from $1,997 + GST and multi-page websites from $4,500 + GST, and you get a fixed quote before anything starts. You can also spread the cost with a payment plan over 12 or 24 months.
Will I be able to update my WordPress website myself?
Yes. We build your pages with Elementor, a visual editor that lets you change text, photos and prices without any code, and we show you how before launch. If you would rather we handle it, minor changes are included in our care plan.
Do I own my WordPress website?
Yes. Once your website is paid for, the website and everything on it belong to you. You are never locked in to us, and you can move it to another host or developer at any time.
Is WordPress good for SEO?
WordPress gives you full control over the things Google looks at, including page titles, descriptions, headings, page addresses and schema. A platform on its own will not rank a website, but WordPress gives a well-planned website everything it needs to be found.
Can you move my website from Wix or Squarespace to WordPress?
Yes. We move your best content, photos and galleries across to a new WordPress website and redirect your old web addresses, so the rankings you have built up carry across. Brownjohn Constructions moved from Wix and had its first enquiry on launch day.
Is WordPress secure?
WordPress is secure when it is kept up to date and looked after properly. Our care plan covers updates, security monitoring, spam protection and daily backups, so your website stays protected.
How long does it take to build a WordPress website?
It depends mostly on how many pages you need and how quickly content and feedback come through. We give you a clear timeline before we start and keep you updated along the way.
Do you only work with businesses in Penrith?
No. We are based in Penrith and work with businesses across Western Sydney, the Blue Mountains, Sydney and the rest of Australia. Most of the process happens online, so where you are based makes no difference to the result.
Find Out What a WordPress Website Could Do for Your Business
Book a free website review and we will look at your current website, talk through the work you want more of and explain what a new WordPress website would include.
There is no obligation, and you will come away with clear advice you can use.