Web Developers Christchurch. Website Design and Development That Shows Up in Google and AI.
We build custom websites and web apps for Christchurch and Canterbury businesses, from the CBD out to Rolleston, Rangiora, and beyond. Every site ships ready to show up. The schema, speed, and structure needed to be quoted by AI search and ranked by Google. Hand-coded React or Next.js. No WordPress. No monthly retainer.
> WHY CHRISTCHURCH BUSINESSES CHOOSE US
Canterbury is full of small operators chasing the same regional searches. The ones that win aren't the ones spending the most on monthly SEO. They're the ones with sites that load fast, mark up their services properly, and answer the actual questions their customers type into Google and ChatGPT. We build for that, once, properly. After that the site does the work.
> WHAT WE BUILD FOR CHRISTCHURCH BUSINESSES
Christchurch business websites
Hand-coded React sites with LocalBusiness schema for every Christchurch suburb that matters. From $5,000 NZD.
Web apps & booking systems
Full-stack platforms with logins, payments, and dashboards. For Christchurch businesses that need real software, not a brochure.
Ready for AI search
Built to show up in Google, ChatGPT, AI Overviews, and Maps. Pulling leads from across Canterbury.
> SERVING ALL OF CHRISTCHURCH
We build websites for businesses across Christchurch and greater Canterbury, including:
Remote-friendly. Most projects run over email and video calls. No on-site visits needed.
> WHAT'S IN EVERY CHRISTCHURCH BUILD
> WORDPRESS DEVELOPER IN CHRISTCHURCH? WE REPLACE WORDPRESS INSTEAD
Most Christchurch businesses searching for a WordPress developer have a site that has become slow, plugin-heavy or impossible to update. We do not patch WordPress; we rebuild the site hand-coded and carry the rankings across. Nine of our sixteen published projects replaced a WordPress or WooCommerce site.
Every legacy URL gets a 301 redirect to its new address, so the Google positions the old site earned are kept. OPTC moved 2,677 products this way; CoverMania went from a template propped up by 15 plugins to a site with zero plugins and zero database. Hosting costs drop, and there is nothing left to patch on a Tuesday night.
- Flyinn (Wanaka, South Island): ageing WordPress site too slow for the photography that sells the tours, rebuilt in Next.js 16 with the full blog and galleries migrated.
- CoverMania: 15-plugin YOOtheme WordPress template replaced by a hand-built static site with a photo-upload quote form.
- Solis Panelbeaters: WordPress to a 40-page Next.js site; 15 legacy URLs redirected so rankings carried over. Enquiries up from 1-2 a day to 5-7.
- OPTC: WooCommerce store with 2,677 products moved to a custom store with MYOB live stock and 301s for every URL.
- Exudy: WooCommerce to Astro, 105 products, and a CMS the owner edits without a developer.
WordPress vs custom: when to ditch the page builder · All sixteen projects
> WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FOR CANTERBURY BUSINESSES
Design and development happen together here: one team, one fixed quote, one launch. A Christchurch trade, clinic or retailer gets the same build our Auckland clients get: a page per service, a page per area where it earns its place, LocalBusiness and Service schema, a contact form that can take photos, and click-to-call and WhatsApp where customers expect them.
Projects run remotely. You get a live preview link from the first week and a short recorded update every Friday, and questions are answered the same day. Most websites are live in 2 to 4 weeks; e-commerce and web apps are scoped and timed up front. Managed hosting is available from $50 a month, and you own the code either way.
Small business website design · How a build runs week by week · Pricing
> QUESTIONS CHRISTCHURCH BUSINESSES ASK
How much does a website cost in Christchurch?
Our hand-coded websites start at $5,000 NZD for a 5 to 8 page site, and multi-service or multi-location builds start at $10,000 NZD. Web apps and e-commerce are quoted per scope. Every quote is fixed, sent within 48 hours, and only changes if you change the scope. Prices exclude GST.
Do you have Christchurch clients?
Our published case studies are Auckland and Wanaka businesses; the closest is Flyinn in Wanaka, a WordPress-to-Next.js rebuild. Every project we run is remote, over email and video calls with a live preview link, so a Christchurch build works exactly the same way. We would rather say that plainly than imply a local office.
Can you rebuild my WordPress site without losing my Google rankings?
Yes. Every legacy URL is 301-redirected to its new address before launch. OPTC (2,677 products), Solis Panelbeaters (15 legacy URLs), Exudy (105 products) and CoverMania all moved off WordPress or WooCommerce this way with rankings preserved.
Do you build custom CMS sites?
Yes, when you need to edit content yourself. Exudy runs on a Sanity CMS the owner uses without a developer; Cloudbase Print uses Payload CMS for featured products and content. For sites that change rarely, a static build with no CMS is faster and cheaper to run.
What do you build with?
React, Next.js and Astro in TypeScript, deployed to Netlify, Vercel or Cloudflare with SSL. No WordPress, no page builders, and you own the code.
Tier details are on the pricing page; the week-by-week build is on how we build. Every project we mention has a case study.
> ALSO SERVING
> READY TO SHIP YOUR CHRISTCHURCH SITE?
Fixed quote inside 48 hours. Built and live in 2 to 4 weeks.
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