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Beacon & Co

// WEB DESIGN AGENCY

Your new website —built before you buy it.

Beacon & Co designs fast, modern websites for Melbourne tradies, cafes, salons, and local businesses across Australia. We build your demo first — you see the real thing before you commit to a cent.

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// THE PROBLEM

Most agencies take your money upfront, then keep you waiting for weeks to see anything.

We build your site before you pay. You see a working demo — not a mood board, not a wireframe — before you sign anything.

You never quite know what you're getting until the final invoice arrives.

Fixed pricing. No surprises. What we quote is what you pay — and you see the result before it costs you a cent.

Web projects have a reputation for going over time, over budget, and over your head.

We keep it simple. Clear scope, plain language, and sites that go live in days — not months.

That's the Beacon way — built for Melbourne local businesses. No lock-in, no jargon, no guesswork.

100

PageSpeed score — every build

5-day

average build turnaround

0$

paid before you see the demo

1 price

transparent — no tiers, no extras

// HOW IT WORKS

Three steps to your new site.

01

Tell us about your business

A free 15-minute call is all it takes — we learn what you do, who your customers are, and what a great website looks like for you.

02

We build your demo

We design and build a full working version of your site before you pay a cent, so you can see exactly what you're getting before you commit.

03

You approve, we launch

Once you're happy with every detail, we go live — typically within days — and hand over a fast, mobile-ready site that's built to bring in customers.

// SEE YOUR BUSINESS HERE

Type your name. Watch it become a website.

A tiny taste of what we do — pick your trade and see your business on a homepage, live.

Your trade

This takes us 5 days to make real — and you see it before you pay.

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// CONCEPT BUILDS

Concept builds — see what yours could look like.

Built as demonstrations of our build-before-you-buy model — your demo is built the same way, free.

Concept plumber website shown on desktop, laptop, and mobile devices

TRADIE CONCEPT

Concept: mobile-first plumber site with online booking and Maps integration.

A demonstration build for a local trade business: tap-to-call header, online booking, a Google Maps embed, and a contact form ready to feed a CRM. Engineered the way every Beacon site is — to score 100 on PageSpeed, mobile and desktop.

Online bookingMaps integrationContact form
Concept cafe website shown on desktop, laptop, and mobile devices with menu section visible

CAFE CONCEPT

Concept: warm, menu-first cafe site with gallery and reviews section.

A demonstration build for a brunch cafe: a custom menu display, a clean photo gallery, and a Google Reviews section — laid out so the food and the room do the selling.

Menu displayPhoto galleryReviews section
Concept barber shop website shown on desktop, laptop, and mobile devices

BARBER CONCEPT

Concept: dark, editorial barber site with a multi-step booking flow.

A demonstration build for a barbershop: a multi-step booking flow, a service and price list, and a page structure set up for local SEO from day one.

Multi-step bookingService listLocal SEO-ready

// BEFORE & AFTER

Smith PlumbingBook online

Emergency plumber,
at your door in hours.

Upfront quotes · Licensed & insured · 5-star rated

Call nowGet a quote

Blocked drains

Hot water

Gas fitting

~*~ Smith's Plumbing Services ~*~

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TYPICAL OLD SITEBEACON CONCEPT

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// MORE CONCEPT BUILDS

Concept web agency website on a laptop — "We Build Websites That Grow Businesses"

AGENCY CONCEPT

Concept: growth-agency site with a bold hero and case-study layout.

Bold heroCase-study layout
Concept digital studio website shown on laptop with developer working

STUDIO CONCEPT

Concept: digital studio site with a custom design system.

Custom design
Concept digital agency website shown on large monitor in design tool

AGENCY CONCEPT

Concept: agency site with CMS-editable content and SEO structure.

CMSSEO structure

// PRICING

Simple, transparent pricing.

One price. No tiers. No hidden extras. A premium, fully custom website built for your business.

LAUNCH PRICING

Website Build

One straightforward price for a professional, fully custom small-business website — no tiers, no hidden extras.

First 3 clients

A$500one-off

Standard rate

A$1,000one-off
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Everything included:

  • Unlimited pages — no per-page charge
  • Premium custom design — your brand, not a template
  • Mobile-responsive across all devices
  • Online booking integration
  • SEO fundamentals — titles, descriptions, clean structure
  • Contact form straight to your inbox
  • Performance and speed optimisation
  • SSL and security
  • Google Maps and social link integrations
  • Content guidance — we tell you exactly what to provide
  • Two revision rounds before launch

Beacon Care

An optional monthly plan that keeps your site secure, current and working hard — so you never have to think about it.

fromA$60/ month
  • Premium maintenance — updates, daily backups, active security monitoring
  • Content edits up to 20 per month (text, photos, prices, hours)
  • Google Business Profile and review management
  • Monthly plain-English report with strategy notes
  • Same business day priority support
  • All hosting and platform costs included — no separate bills
Ask us about Beacon Care

One-Off Changes

No monthly plan? No problem. Request changes whenever you need them — no ongoing commitment.

Single change request

From A$129

Update text, swap a photo, change prices or opening hours.

Larger work

A$99 / hour

Billed in 30-min blocks after the first hour, quoted before we begin — no surprises.

Worth knowing: Beacon Care (from A$60/mo) includes up to 20 edits per month. If you expect more than a few changes a year, a care plan works out far cheaper than paying per change.

All prices in AUD. One-off build fee. Care plan billed monthly, cancel anytime.

// WHY BEACON

Why local businesses choose Beacon.

Sites that score 100 — every time.

Every site we build is engineered to achieve a perfect PageSpeed score and meet Google's Core Web Vitals thresholds. A fast site ranks higher, converts better, and keeps visitors from clicking away.

Melbourne-based, real people you can call.

We're a Melbourne team — not an offshore agency, not a reseller. When you need us, you speak to the developers who built your site. No support tickets, no call centres.

We don't disappear after launch day.

Every client has the option to stay on a care plan — so updates, backups, and monitoring are handled for you on an ongoing basis. We're here for the long run, not just the handover.

How fast is your current site?

Run the same test Google uses to rank you. Slow sites lose customers before they load — yours could score 100.

The Beacon & Co team collaborating on a client project

// THE TEAM

"Beacon & Co was built by developers who got tired of watching local businesses pay too much, wait too long, and end up with websites that underwhelmed. We created a model that's transparent, fast, and fair — so you always know what you're getting."

— Tony & Sheon, Co-founders

// FAQ

Common questions.

No — and that's the whole point. We build a working demo of your site before you're asked to commit to a payment. You see the real thing — not a concept, not a mood board — before you decide. If it's not right for you, you walk away at no cost.

One transparent price: A$1,000 as a one-off build fee — currently A$500 for our first three founding clients. That covers a fully custom site with unlimited pages, online booking, contact forms, and SEO fundamentals. No tiers, no hidden extras.

Your first draft is ready within 7 days of us receiving your deposit and content. From there it's usually one or two quick revision rounds before we go live — we don't keep you waiting.

No problem. We tell you exactly what to provide, help shape the words with you, and can work with quality stock imagery or placeholder visuals while you source your own photos. We flag what's needed early so nothing holds up the build.

No. The build is a one-off payment. If you add Beacon Care, it's billed month to month — cancel anytime, no exit fees, no lock-in period. You stay because you want to, not because you're stuck.

Beacon Care (from A$60/month) covers ongoing updates, daily backups, security monitoring, up to 20 content edits per month, Google Business Profile upkeep, and a monthly plain-English report — with all hosting costs included. Full details are on the pricing card above.

Easy. Small one-off changes — text, photos, prices, opening hours — start from A$129. Larger work is A$99/hour, always quoted before we begin. Or join Beacon Care and up to 20 edits a month are included.

Absolutely. We're Melbourne-based and love working with local businesses across Victoria — from the CBD to Geelong, Ballarat, and the Mornington Peninsula — but we work with clients across Australia remotely. A video call is all it takes to get started.

We build on Astro — a modern, high-performance framework that produces fast, secure static sites. Your build can include Keystatic CMS so you can edit your own content without touching code, and edits are also available any time through Beacon Care.

// GET STARTED

Ready to see what your site could look like?

Book a free 15-minute discovery call. No commitment, no jargon — just a clear picture of what's possible for your business.

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