Website Design Townsville Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810 0413 651 740
Website Design Townsville Flinders Street, Townsville City QLD 4810 0413 651 740
Built by a WordPress developer who has worked with it for years
I build WordPress websites Townsville businesses can own, edit and keep for years. Every site uses WordPress and Elementor, sits on hosting in your name and is quoted at a fixed price before work starts.
The same software behind a huge share of the web
WordPress is free, open source software that runs a very large share of all websites, from tiny one page tradie sites to news outlets and universities. Nobody owns it in the way Wix owns Wix. That means no single company can raise the price, change the rules or switch your site off.
For a small business in Townsville the practical benefits are simple. There are thousands of developers who know it, so you are never stuck with one person. It handles a five page site and a fifty page site equally well. It can grow into bookings, memberships or an online shop later without starting again.
Change your own content without touching code
On top of WordPress I use Elementor Pro, a visual page builder. You click on a heading, type the new words and press update. Swapping a photo, adding a staff member or changing your opening hours over Christmas takes a few minutes rather than an email and an invoice.
Every build finishes with a one hour training call over video where I show you the edits you are most likely to make. If you would rather not touch it at all, the website updates service or a monthly support plan covers that.
Ownership is the big difference
Wix and Squarespace are rented. You pay a monthly fee to keep the site inside their system and you cannot take it with you. If they raise prices, change a feature you rely on or close your account, the site goes with it. Moving later means rebuilding from nothing.
A WordPress site sits on hosting you pay for directly. You can download a full copy, move it to a different host or hand the logins to another WordPress developer in Townsville or anywhere else. Your domain stays registered to you, not to a builder.
The builders suit hobby projects. For a business that relies on Google for years, WordPress gives more control for a similar ongoing cost.
I go through the costs and trade offs in detail in WordPress vs Wix vs Squarespace for Townsville businesses.
Only the add ons your site actually needs
Plugins add features to WordPress. Too many slow a site down and open security holes, so every build uses a short, trusted list.
Elementor Pro forms for contact and quote requests, with spam protection and a saved record of every enquiry.
A well supported SEO plugin for page titles, descriptions, schema and the XML sitemap.
Page caching and image compression so pages load quickly on a phone.
Automatic backups stored away from the website itself so a bad day is easy to undo.
WooCommerce for online stores and a booking plugin for appointments when the Advanced package needs them.
Fast sites keep visitors and help rankings
A slow site loses people before they see your phone number. Speed also feeds into how Google ranks pages, so a quick site helps twice.
I keep WordPress builds lean, size every image properly and choose hosting that is built for WordPress. Most sites I build sit on a host that costs about $15 to $25 a month. The website hosting page explains what to look for.
Most hacks come from neglect, not bad luck
WordPress gets a bad name for security because it is so popular. In practice, the sites that get hacked are almost always ones with outdated plugins, weak passwords or abandoned themes. Keep those three things under control and WordPress is very safe.
Every site I build launches with current software, strong unique logins and security settings in place. After that, a WordPress maintenance plan keeps it patched, from $19 a month. If you already have a site that has been compromised, see hacked website repair.
Fixed prices with GST included
Every WordPress website in Townsville that I build fits one of these, with bigger custom builds quoted on their own.
$880
A single scrolling WordPress page for tradies and contractors, live in about two to three weeks.
$2,200
Up to eight pages with copywriting, quote form and SEO foundations, live in about four to six weeks.
$3,300
WooCommerce, bookings or memberships with a payment gateway, live in about six to ten weeks.
Answers for Townsville businesses weighing up WordPress
Have a question that is not covered here? Ring me or send a message and you will hear back from me within one business day.
Website Design Townsville is run by Nick Fritzkowski, a WordPress developer who builds small business sites on WordPress and Elementor for clients across Townsville and North Queensland. He has been building websites since 1995. Each site is quoted at a fixed price, built and supported by Nick personally and handed over with full logins so the owner keeps control.
WordPress is usually a better long term choice than Wix for a Townsville business, because you own the site, can move hosts and can hire any developer to work on it. Wix is easier to start with but stays locked inside Wix forever. The comparison guide covers costs, SEO and editing in more detail.
A WordPress website built in Townsville with Elementor can be updated by the owner without any coding, using a visual editor where you click and type. Every build from Website Design Townsville includes a one hour training call with Nick covering the edits you are most likely to make, such as prices, photos, opening hours and new staff.
WordPress websites in North Queensland are safe from most hacking attempts when the core software, themes and plugins are kept updated and admin logins are strong. Nearly every hacked site traces back to outdated plugins or reused passwords. A monthly maintenance plan from $19 handles updates and backups so small problems are fixed before anyone can exploit them.
A WordPress website in Townsville costs $880 for a single page, $2,200 for a complete site of up to eight pages and $3,300 for an advanced site with a shop or bookings, all fixed prices with GST included. WordPress itself is free. Hosting adds about $15 to $25 a month and a domain costs a small yearly fee.
An existing WordPress site can be taken over by a Townsville web designer as long as you have or can recover the admin login and hosting access. The first job is a health check of updates, backups and plugins. From there you can move to a support plan, book one off changes or plan a redesign if the site needs more than a tidy up.
WordPress works well for Townsville websites that need online bookings or a shop, using WooCommerce for products and a booking plugin for appointments. Both are added in the Advanced package at $3,300, which covers up to about fifty products and a payment gateway. Larger stores or complex booking rules are quoted separately once the requirements are clear.
Tell me what you need the site to do and I will recommend the right package with a fixed price.
