Web design Cairns.
Cairns is tropical north Queensland's commercial hub — tourism is the headline, but the underlying small-business mix is trades, allied health, hospitality, and services for an audience that runs from FNQ locals to international visitors planning a reef trip.
Australian-owned. No agency markup, no offshoring, no retainers.
Bold Agency is a small studio — the person who builds your site is the person you talk to. No account managers, no junior designers handed your project after a senior pitches it, no surprise scope creep. You own everything we ship.
Lighthouse 100, every page
Performance, SEO, Accessibility, Best Practices — measured at launch with the live URL, not promised in a pitch deck.
You own the code, the data, the domain
Each client gets their own repository and admin login. If you ever want to walk, we hand it all over. No lock-in, no proprietary platform tax.
Fixed pricing, published on the website
Four tiers from $997 to $8,997. The price you see is the price you pay. No discovery-call dance required to find out what your project costs.
What building for Cairns actually looks like.
Cairns websites face a unique constraint: a significant chunk of visitors are international, often on slow mobile connections, often translating English on the fly. We build with that in mind — minimal page weight, real performance budgets, clear typography, and unambiguous calls to action. The local small-business mix is heavy on tourism operators (reef and rainforest), accommodation, hospitality, allied health, and trades. Build categories that come up often: dive shop and tour booking pages, allied health practices in Edmonton and Smithfield, and small retail and hospitality through the city centre and northern beaches. Same QLD timezone, no daylight saving offset to think about — Cairns project schedules line up cleanly with Brisbane.
…and anywhere else in greater Cairns. Suburb isn't a gate.
Cairns is heavy on tourism operators, hospitality operators, trade businesses, and allied health practices. We've thought about each.
Plumbers, sparkies, roofers, builders — your website's only job is converting a Google search into a phone call before the punter scrolls to your competitor. We build the phone-call machine.
Physios, chiros, dentists, psychologists, podiatrists, dietitians — your patients are doing their homework before they pick up the phone. Your website needs to be the homework: practitioner credentials, conditions you treat, online booking, accessibility, real trust signals.
Also serving in Cairns: tourism operators, hospitality operators, independent retail. No dedicated landing page yet — same fixed tiers apply, same build standard.
Sprint
One page, fixed scope, $1,397.
A single-page presence for sole traders, side hustles, and event microsites. Live in three working days flat.
- 1 custom-designed long-scroll page
- Mobile-first responsive build
- Lighthouse 95+ guaranteed
- Contact form to your inbox
- Domain + hosting setup (you keep them)
- 3 working day turnaround
Spark
Online and converting in days, not weeks.
A polished 3-page brochure for sole traders and new businesses who need a real online presence — fast.
- 3 custom-designed pages (Home, About, Contact)
- Mobile-first responsive build
- Basic on-page SEO + Google Business Profile setup
- Contact form to your inbox
- 1 round of revisions
- Stripe-ready (add payments later)
- 1 month of post-launch support
Signature
The complete small business website.
5–7 pages with motion, a live blog, and the SEO foundation to actually rank. Most clients land here.
- 5–7 custom-designed pages
- Section-level animations and motion
- Self-edit blog/CMS — change content without calling us
- Advanced on-page SEO + schema markup
- Google Business Profile + analytics + Search Console
- 2 rounds of revisions
- Lighthouse 95+ guaranteed
- 3 months of post-launch support
Flagship
When the website is the business.
10+ pages with custom interactions, e-commerce or booking, and copy written for conversion. Built to win the category.
- 10+ custom-designed pages
- Cinematic interactions (GSAP, scroll-driven, 3D where useful)
- E-commerce (Stripe) or booking (Cal.com / custom)
- Conversion-focused copywriting included
- Premium photography + custom hero imagery + curated stock
- Industry schema + review-rich snippets
- 3 rounds of revisions
- Lighthouse 99+ guaranteed
- 3 months of post-launch support + monthly strategy call
No discovery calls. No black-box quotes.
Most agencies open with a discovery call and a vague timeline. We open with a real number and a live staging URL.
Quote in 60 seconds
Use the estimator or send us a brief. Real number, no calls required.
30% deposit locks your slot
Pay via Stripe. We open a starter repo, send a brief form, and book the kickoff.
Design + build, in the open
We work on a live staging URL you can watch evolve. No black-box period, no surprises at hand-off.
Launch + ongoing care
Final payment on launch. Move onto a $79–$299/mo care plan or take the keys.
Honest answers to the things Cairns businesses ask.
Do you build multilingual or translation-friendly sites?
Yes — for Cairns tourism clients we commonly build with structured content that's easy to translate later (we don't hardcode copy into images, we use semantic HTML, we keep the design language-flexible). Full multilingual builds with hreflang and translated content sit in the Flagship tier.
How does pricing work?
Four fixed tiers, published on the pricing page. Sprint $997 (single page), Spark $1,997 (3 pages), Signature $4,497 (5–7 pages, most popular), Flagship $8,997 (10+ pages, ecommerce or booking). 30% deposit on acceptance, 70% on launch. No retainer padding, no surprise extras.
Do I own the site at the end?
Yes. You own the code, the domain, the data, and the admin login. If you ever want to walk, we hand it all over and you go. We don't lock anyone into proprietary platforms or lock-in hosting.
How long does a build take?
Most builds run two to four weeks of active work, depending on tier and how quickly you can review drafts. We don't publish exact-day promises because every project has its own pace — but we work on a live staging URL from week one, so you watch it evolve rather than waiting for a big reveal.
What's not included?
Stock photography licences if you want premium imagery (we offer free options first), domain registration if you don't have one (~$20/year), and email forwarding setup. Everything else listed in the tier is included with no surprises.
Can I edit the site myself after launch?
Yes. The admin backend (the same one we use) lets you edit copy, swap photos, update prices, and add team members without touching code. Hand-over includes a 5-minute walkthrough video.
What if I don't like what you build?
We work in stages with checkpoints — wireframe, design draft, build. You sign off on each one before we move on. If something's wrong, we revise it before going further. We don't disappear for a month and ship something you've never seen.
Building beyond Cairns.
Same fixed-tier pricing, same modern stack, same Australian-owned shop — wherever in the country you are.
Get a quote in 60 seconds.
A site live in days.
Slide our pages, pick the features you need, see the price update live. Save your quote with one email — no sales calls to get a number.
Money-back if you don't love it in week one. Australian-owned. ABN-registered.