Distance does not change the work

The process, the quote and the result are the same whether you are down the road or down the highway.

The obvious question

I am not in Hobart. Here is why that is fine.

The whole project runs online.

Your Hobart project runs through email and a shared preview link. Send the brief, check the work and reply with changes. There are no calls or meetings to fit into your day.

Clear details matter more than distance.

Send photos, notes and the details that matter to your business. Everything stays in writing, so nothing gets lost between conversations.

And if you want the real proof, look at James Begg Properties.

That site was built from Launceston for a real estate agent in Portland, Oregon. Thirteen thousand kilometres and a seventeen hour time difference. Hobart is not a hard problem.

See the James Begg case study →

The market

The three options, honestly.

Every one of these is a legitimate way to get a website, and for some businesses the right answer is not me. Here is the fair version of each.

Comparison of a Hobart agency, a mainland agency, a template site and Dolerite Digital
Criteria	A Hobart agency	A mainland agency	A template site	Dolerite Digital
Typical price	$6,500 to $15,000 + GST	$5,000 to $25,000 + GST	$0 to $400 a year + GST	A$1,500 to $6,000 + GST
Time to live	6 to 12 weeks	6 to 12 weeks	A weekend to a month	Within a week
Who you deal with	A project manager	An account manager	Nobody	Matt
Who owns it	Usually you, check the contract	Usually you	You	You
Where they actually are	Hobart	Melbourne or Sydney	Nowhere	Launceston

The published starting price for a productised website package in Hobart is around $6,500 + GST. That is a fair price for the work. It is just more than most small businesses need to spend to get a good site.

What it costs

No surprises, in writing, before we start.

FULL SITE: Full Tradie Site: A$2,500 + GST for 5-8 pages. Larger sites are quoted to scope.
FIXED PRICE: Your price never increases for the agreed scope. Extra features are quoted before work starts.
YOU OWN IT: Domain, code, accounts and content transfer to you on final payment. I just look after it.
ONGOING: Hosting from A$30/month + GST, or A$60 with care.

If your project does not fit that range, you get a fixed quote in writing within two business days.

All prices are in Australian dollars and exclude GST.

Included

What you get, every time.

Custom design, not a template
Written for your business, not filled with placeholder text
Works properly on a phone
Google Business Profile set up
Analytics installed
Contact forms that reach you
SSL and security
Fast loading, no plugin bloat
Search foundations done properly
A training session so you can run it
30 days support after launch
You own the domain, the code and every account

Questions

Web design in Hobart, answered

Yes, and the work is quoted and delivered exactly the same way it is for a business three streets from my desk. The price is the price, wherever in the state you are. The only honest thing to say is that I am based in Launceston, not Hobart, which is why this page argues the point rather than hiding it.

Start with the quote form and describe your business and its customers. After that you get a link to the real site as it is being built, and you send changes back as a list. Nothing in that process improves by us being in the same building.

The pricing section on this page sets out my range, which sits well under what a city studio has to charge once you account for the overhead, the account layer and the six week schedule. The market section above sets out the comparison. You see the number in writing before anything begins and it does not move afterwards.

If your project needs a team, an in-house content unit or a long research phase, an agency in the city is a reasonable call and I will say so. If you need a good, fast, well built site for a business that has other things to spend money on, the agency structure is mostly overhead you are paying for.

Only if you want me looking after it. Hosting from A$30/month + GST, or A$60 with care. Running it yourself costs you nothing beyond your own hosting bill. No lock-in. 30 days notice, any time. See the hosting and care plans.

Everything is registered in your name, so any developer can pick it up. You are never stuck with one person, including me. That covers the domain, the code and the Google Business Profile.

First thing I do is check what you actually control. Quite often the domain sits in an agency account and the site runs on a licence that ends when the retainer does. I will tell you what is portable, what has to be rebuilt, and what the rebuild costs, before you cancel anything.

Search results for a place name lean heavily on the Google Business Profile, so that gets set up properly with your service area covering Kingston, Glenorchy, Sorell and wherever else you actually take work. The site is then structured around the terms your customers use rather than the ones the industry uses.

Yes, and southern operators tend to need two things: a booking or enquiry path that survives a phone with poor reception, and pages that a visitor with no local knowledge can read in twenty seconds. Both are design decisions made at the start, not plugins bolted on later.

More questions are answered on the main websites page.

Get started

Let's talk about your site.

A call if you want one, or send me an email with the detail. Either way, you get a fixed quote in writing within two business days.

Prefer email? Reach Matthew at matt@doleritedigital.com.au

Web Design Hobart

I am not in Hobart. Here is why that is fine.

The whole project runs online.

Clear details matter more than distance.

And if you want the real proof, look at James Begg Properties.

The three options, honestly.

Built from Launceston, used everywhere.

James Begg Properties

Watson & Hegarty

Toorbunna Ski Club

Trail Kit

How a week works.

Tell me what you need

See the real site, not a mockup

Two rounds of changes

Launch, then pick how you want to run it

No surprises, in writing, before we start.

What you get, every time.

Twenty years of being the client.

Web design in Hobart, answered

Let's talk about your site.

Web Design Hobart

I am not in Hobart. Here is why that is fine.

The whole project runs online.

Clear details matter more than distance.

And if you want the real proof, look at James Begg Properties.

The three options, honestly.

Built from Launceston, used everywhere.

James Begg Properties

Watson & Hegarty

Toorbunna Ski Club

Trail Kit

How a week works.

Tell me what you need

See the real site, not a mockup

Two rounds of changes

Launch, then pick how you want to run it

No surprises, in writing, before we start.

What you get, every time.

Twenty years of being the client.

Web design in Hobart, answered

Do you actually work with Hobart businesses?

How does it work if you are not local?

How much does a website cost in Hobart?

Should I just hire a Hobart agency instead?

Is there anything to pay after the site is live?

Do I own the website?

What if a Hobart agency built my current site?

Will the site show up for searches in the southern suburbs?

Can you handle a tourism or hospitality site down here?

Let's talk about your site.