Hospitality & small business · Brisbane
From $150 a month. Nothing up front.
A custom-built website for your venue — designed, hosted and looked after. Live in four weeks. At twelve months it’s yours.
- Flinders HotelChef de PartieFlinders, Victoria
- The Long TableHead ChefRed Hill, Victoria
- Ethos Eat DrinkSous ChefHobart, Tasmania
- Spice BarHead ChefMooloolaba, Queensland
- The Long ApronSous ChefMontville, Queensland
- Rick ShoresSous ChefGold Coast, Queensland
- Little ValleySous Chef / Head ChefFortitude Valley, Queensland
- SouthsideExecutive ChefSouth Brisbane, Queensland
Victoria · Tasmania · Queensland
The reason it works this way
Most places quote you four thousand dollars and ask for half of it before anything exists. That’s a lot to risk on someone you’ve just met, and it’s why so many venues are still running a Facebook page and a phone number.
So I don’t do it that way. I build the site, host it and look after it for a monthly fee. You risk one month, not four thousand dollars, and you decide whether to trust me after I’ve actually looked after you for a while.
What it costs
From $150 a month
It depends on what you need — one page sits at the bottom, a bigger site you edit yourself costs more. You’ll have the number before anything is agreed.
No setup fee, no deposit, no lock-in past the twelve months that pay for the build. The rate you start on is the rate you keep.
Every month, that covers
- Hosting, security, backups and your domain settings
- Updates, plus a speed and search check every three months
- Up to an hour of changes — prices, photos, hours. Text me and it’s done
- Questions answered by the next working day
Your domain is yours, in your name — about $20 a year, and the only thing you buy separately. Bigger jobs like a store or bookings are quoted before I start.
What you actually get
It’s not on a builder you’re locked into.
No WordPress, no Wix, no Squarespace. Nobody can put your subscription up, nobody can switch your site off, and it doesn’t break at 11pm because a plugin updated itself. At twelve months the code, content and hosting are in your name — take it anywhere.
You change your own menu.
Prices went up, there’s a new special, you’re closed Monday — you log in and change it in thirty seconds. Or you text me and I’ll do it, which is included.
It’s fast, and it stays fast.
Every site I build scores 95–100 on Google’s own performance test. So does this page. Most small-business sites score somewhere in the 50s — and a slow site loses the person standing outside deciding where to eat.
Check it yourself ↗ (opens in a new tab)People can find it.
Search is built in, not bolted on: proper page titles and descriptions, and your address, hours and menu marked up the way Google reads them. Speed counts too — Google has ranked on it since 2021.
Twenty years, these kitchens
I cooked for twenty years before I wrote a line of code — in Tasmania, Victoria and Queensland. So when you tell me the site needs to work for someone standing in a kitchen at 5pm with wet hands, I know what you mean.
These are the kitchens, not my clients. I’m just telling you where I’m from.
- Flinders HotelFlinders
- The Long TableRed Hill
- Ethos Eat DrinkHobart
- Spice BarMooloolaba
- The Long ApronMontville
- Rick ShoresGold Coast
- Little ValleyFortitude Valley
- SouthsideSouth Brisbane
- Your place?Brisbane
How it works
It starts with a conversation. The four weeks start when you send me your photos and words — not when you sign, because that’s the part I control.
First
You tell me what makes your place yours.
The dish people drive across town for, the regulars, the room, the thing your current site gets wrong. That’s what the site gets built around — otherwise it looks like every other venue’s. It’s a chat, not a pitch, and nothing is agreed until you’ve heard the price.
Start that conversationDay 1
You send what you’ve got.
Photos, words, your Instagram. No photos? I’ll use what’s on your Instagram and improve them later — not having photos is not a reason to wait another year.
Wk 1
You see how it’ll look.
Colours, fonts, the overall feel of the place.
Your part: Yes, or change it — within 48 hours.
Wk 2
Your home page, on a real link you can show people.
Built properly, not a picture of a website.
Your part: First round of changes — within 48 hours.
Wk 3
The whole site.
Every page, with your words and your photos in it.
Your part: Second round of changes — within 48 hours.
Wk 4
It’s live.
You change your own menu that day.
Month 12
You text, it’s done. Then it’s yours.
Every month after launch, changes are a message away. At twelve months the code, content and hosting move into your name.
Two rounds of changes are included. If I don’t hear from you within 48 hours at any stage I’ll take it as approved and keep going — that’s what stops a four-week build turning into three months.
Questions people actually ask
How much will mine be?
Between $150 and $300-plus a month. It depends on how many pages you need and whether your business needs payments or a store — I’ll give you the number in the first conversation, before you agree to anything.
What if I want to leave?
Twelve months is the term, because that’s what pays for the build. After that it’s month to month, and the site is yours either way.
What if I stop paying?
I’ll email you, wait a fortnight, and then the site comes offline until it’s settled. Nothing gets deleted. Your domain and your email are yours and aren’t affected.
Can I update it myself?
Yes — that’s what the CMS is for. Or send it to me, it’s included.
Do I need to know anything technical?
No. The most technical thing you’ll do is buy a domain name, and I’ll be on the phone while you do it.
Can I see something you’ve built?
This site is mine, end to end. So is vsource.dev, which I designed and built for a client: vsource.dev ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Tell me about your place.
No sales process. Tell me what you’ve got and what’s annoying you about it, and I’ll tell you whether a website is even the answer. Sometimes it isn’t.
Start a conversationSimon Hanmer · Brisbane · simon@simonhanmer.com.au