We look
We study your business the way a customer would. Your photos, your reviews, your story. Nothing is invented, everything is yours.
A web studio for small businesses
Your website,built first.
We design and build your complete website first. See it live, click through it, then decide. $699 AUD if you love it. $0 if you don’t.
750+sites built
12design directions, all bespoke
5 daysfrom first look to live site
$0to pay before you see it finished
Case study · Live client site
Guru’s Cafeteria,Albury NSW.
A Dean Street café cooking since 2013, with hundreds of five-star reviews and no website of their own. We built the complete site from their real menu, photos and reviews, showed it to them finished, and it’s now live.
- Bespoke design in the Warm Editorial direction
- Full menu, story and review wall from their real content
- Click-to-call, hours and directions
- Live within days of first look
Some builds start from a message. Others we build first for local businesses we find ourselves. Either way, nobody pays a cent until they’ve clicked around the finished site.
The style system
Twelve directions.One of them is yours.
Every Northlight site ships in one of twelve design languages. Here are seven of them. Click any build to open it, they’re real, working demonstration pages.
Studio showcases
Built to showthe standard.
Studio builds and demonstration pages, real code and real pages you can click around. This is the finish your build gets held to.
Same business, two languages
Drag it.Same shop, rebuilt.
We built the same homewares brand twice, in Quiet Luxury and again as a product page. Same photos, same facts, two completely different sites. That’s what “bespoke” means here.
Open them full-screen: Quiet Luxury · Apple Product
The process
Agencies sell promises.We show the finished thing.
We build
A complete, bespoke website in the direction that fits you. Written in your voice, working on every screen. Not a template.
You decide
You get the finished site, live on the internet. Love it? $699 AUD and it's yours. Not for you? No hard feelings, no invoice.
What $699 gets you
Every buildincludes.
Bespoke design
One of twelve design directions, chosen for your business and built from scratch. Never a template with your logo dropped in.
Words & photos, done properly
Copy written from your real story and reviews, your photos treated with care.
Polished on every screen
Phone, tablet and desktop, all checked by an independent reviewer before you ever see it.
Forms, maps & click-to-call
Everything a customer needs to reach you, wired in and tested.
Hosting & care
Fast, secure hosting with your domain connected, from $29 AUD a month. Want the site actively improved every month? The Growth plan adds updates, fixes and a monthly SEO pass.
Your domain, yours
Bought in your name, connected by us. If you ever leave, everything goes with you.
Live in days
From first look to a finished site on the internet in days, not months. No briefs, no deposits, no waiting on a proposal.
Add-ons
When you wantmore.
Each add-on is scoped to your business and quoted separately. No packages, no lock-in, no surprises on the invoice.
Online ordering
Menus, click-and-collect and orders straight from the site, no per-order app fees eating your margin.
Quoted on request
Booking system
Tables, classes or appointments booked online, with confirmations, reminders and a staff dashboard.
Quoted on request
SEO ranking campaign
A proper push up the Google results for the searches your customers actually make, plus AI-search visibility.
Quoted on request
Edit-it-yourself CMS
A private admin page where you change your own text, photos and reviews whenever you like.
Quoted on request
Live Google reviews
Your star rating and review count fetched live from Google and refreshed as new reviews land.
Quoted on request
More pages & locations
Menus, galleries, second sites, whole extra locations. The site grows when you do.
Quoted on request
Want one of these? Mention it when you reply and it’ll be in your quote the same day.
Coming soon · Northlight Receptionist
The call you missed,answered.
Every business misses calls. You’re mid-service, up a ladder, or it’s nine at night and the phone’s in the other room. Soon, a Northlight site can come with a receptionist that only picks up when you can’t.
It answers on a new number your own phone quietly forwards to, takes the caller’s name, number and what they need, and texts it all to you within seconds. Your number never changes, and your phone still rings first, every time.
- Your phone rings first. It only answers when you don't.
- Takes the caller's name, number and what they need, then texts you straight away.
- Never invents prices, availability or promises.
- Urgent calls are put straight through to you.
- Says it's an assistant up front, on every call.
- Inbound only. Nothing ever calls out.
Coming soon
Missed call · 9:42 pm
Forwarded to your receptionist
Receptionist: Hi, you’ve reached Harbour & Oak. I’m the after-hours assistant, so the team can call you back. What can I help with?
Caller: Hi, could I book a table for six on Saturday, about seven?
Receptionist: Lovely. Can I take your name and best number? The team will confirm the table first thing tomorrow.
Caller: Sarah, and it’s this number.
New message via your receptionist. Sarah, 04•• ••• •••, wants a table for 6 this Saturday around 7pm. Asked for a call back to confirm.
Pricing
One build price.Two ways to keep it.
You only ever pay after you’ve seen your finished website, live, on your phone, exactly as your customers will see it. That isn’t a promotion. It’s just the honest order to do things in.
The build
$699AUDA complete bespoke website, built and shown to you finished before any money moves. All prices in Australian dollars. Add-ons like online ordering and SEO campaigns are quoted separately.
- Bespoke design in one of twelve directions
- Copy written from your real story and reviews
- Your photos, treated properly
- Polished on mobile, tablet and desktop
- Contact forms, maps and click-to-call
- Domain setup help, owned by you
- Independent quality review before you see it
- Live within days, not months
Then pick your monthly plan.
Every site needs a home. Essentials keeps it fast, safe and online. Growth keeps it fresh, found and improving every month.
Essentials
$29
Your site, live and safe. Set and forget.
- Fast hosting on a global edge network
- SSL certificate, renewed automatically
- Your domain connected and renewals handled
- Security patches and platform updates
- If something breaks, we fix it
- Cancel anytime, keep everything
Growth
$99
Your site, actively worked on. Every month.
- Everything in Essentials, plus:
- Monthly content updates: menus, prices, photos, hours
- Priority fixes, same week
- A monthly SEO pass: rankings checked, metadata tuned
- Fresh content shaped for Google and AI search
- A short monthly note on how your site is doing
Both plans are month-to-month with no lock-in. Switch between them anytime, and your domain and content are yours to keep, whatever happens.
Fair questions
The fine print,in plain English.
What exactly does $699 include?
A complete website: bespoke design in one of our twelve directions, copy written from your real story and reviews, your photos treated properly, menus or services, hours, maps, contact forms and click-to-call, polished on every screen, live on the internet. Bigger builds with extra pages or systems are quoted as add-ons.
What if it's close, but I want changes?
Tell us what to change and we'll polish it. Reasonable revision rounds are part of the deal, before you've paid anything. You only pay when it feels like yours.
Is $699 really the whole price?
Yes. $699 AUD once for the build, then a monthly plan from $29 AUD to keep it running. No setup fees, no surprise extras, and add-ons are always quoted before any work starts.
What's the difference between the two monthly plans?
Essentials ($29 AUD a month) keeps your site live and safe: hosting, SSL, your domain, security updates, and fixes if anything breaks. Growth ($99 AUD a month) adds monthly content updates, priority fixes and a monthly SEO pass, so the site keeps improving instead of just existing. You can switch between them anytime.
Can I use my existing domain and email?
Yes. We connect the domain you already own, and your email is never touched. If you don't have a domain yet, we help you buy one in your own name.
What if I want to leave?
Hosting is month-to-month and you can cancel anytime. Your domain and your content are yours, and we hand everything over. No lock-in, no hostage-taking.
I already have a website. Does this still work?
Yes. We rebuild it properly and show you the new version live, next to your old one. Same deal: love it and it's $699, otherwise you owe nothing and keep what you have.
How can you build my site before I've sent you anything?
From what's already public: your Google listing, reviews, photos and social pages. Nothing private, nothing invented. If we've built something for your business and you'd rather it didn't exist, one message takes it down.
Contact
Let’s build somethingextraordinary.
Tell us the name of your business and where you are. We’ll take it from there.