I build clean, fast, mobile-ready websites for small businesses and sole traders — hand-coded, no bloated templates, and finished properly the first time.
Small, focused projects done properly — not agency overhead and endless meetings.
A polished site that tells people who you are, what you do, and how to reach you. Built to load fast and look right on a phone, because that's where most of your customers are.
Already have a site that looks dated, loads slowly, or breaks on mobile? I'll rebuild it around what you actually need, and keep whatever's already working.
One sharp page built around a single goal — bookings, enquiries, signups. Ideal if you're testing an idea or running ads and need somewhere to send people.
Not a sales pitch — just what the research actually shows.
Most people research a business online before they ever call or walk in. If there's nothing to find, or what they find looks neglected, a fair few of them quietly move on to whoever shows up next in the search results.
of small businesses now have a website, up from 64% in 2018 — having one is no longer the exception, it's the baseline.
Source: Clutch, 2025of people judge whether a business is credible based on its website design alone, before reading a word of content.
Source: Stanford Web Credibility Researchof web traffic worldwide now happens on a phone — a site that isn't built mobile-first is failing most visitors by default.
Source: StatCounter, 2025more likely to report growing revenue — the gap between small businesses with a strong digital presence and those without one.
Source: Deloitte / Google, Connected Small BusinessesA website allows for you to show off your work to a customer before they ever even enter the building. It is essential in the modern age for a business to have a well designed, robust and functional website in order to garner customers. In the long run a website will pay for itself by increasing potential clientele and revenue in your business.
One flat price, quoted up front. No hourly billing, no surprise invoices.
Domain name and hosting are paid directly to your provider — usually $10–20 a month — so you own everything outright and aren't locked into me. Get in touch and I'll give you a fixed number before any work starts.
Four steps, roughly one to two weeks start to finish.
Call or email me and tell me about the business. No charge, no obligation — I'll tell you straight if I'm not the right fit.
You get a written price and timeline before anything starts. That number doesn't move unless you ask for something new.
I send you your photos, copy and details list, then build the site and show you a working version to react to.
Two rounds of changes, then it goes live on your domain. You get the files and full ownership.
I'm James, a freelance web designer working out of Hobart. I build websites for small businesses — the tradies, barbers, cafes and or anybody who need's a proper online presence but dosen't have thousands to burn.
You deal with me directly from the first phone call to launch day. No account managers, no handing your job to someone junior, no jargon. If something won't work, I'll tell you why and suggest what will.
Every site is hand-built rather than assembled from a page builder, which means it loads faster, behaves properly on phones, and doesn't tie you to a monthly subscription just to keep it online.
Post launch I can help to maintian the website, update the website if needed and fix anything if it goes down for.
Tell me what the business is and what you need it to do. I'll come back with a fixed price — no cost for the conversation.