Devarko Australia · Melbourne

Web Design for Melbourne Businesses

We are Devarko, a software studio based in Hobart, and we build websites for businesses across Melbourne. We work remote-first, which keeps the work quick and keeps your costs sensible. Melbourne is a short flight across Bass Strait when a meeting in person earns its place.

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Melbourne is a crowded market, so the work has to be good

Melbourne is one of the most crowded web design markets in the country. That is good news for you as a buyer. The standard is high, prices get compared, and a cheap template site with slow load times stands out for the wrong reasons.

Most of the Melbourne businesses we talk to are in cafes, retail, trades, or professional services. The common thread is that their customers are searching on a phone, comparing three options in a minute, and judging the business by the site in front of them. We build for that moment: quick to load, easy to read, and clear about what you do and how to book or buy.

What a Melbourne business gets from us

We build in whatever fits the job. For a marketing site that needs to be quick and cheap to maintain, WordPress is often the right call. For a booking system, a portal, or anything with custom logic, we write the code ourselves. Our own site scores in the high 90s on Google Lighthouse, and that is the bar we aim for on yours.

You keep full ownership of everything: the code, the hosting accounts, the domain, and the content. If you decide to work with someone else next year, you take it all with you and nothing is tied to us. We think that is the only honest way to build for a client. You can read more about how we approach builds on our web development page.

Remote-first, and why it works for Melbourne

We are based in Hobart, not Melbourne, and we are upfront about that. In practice it means most of our work happens over video calls, shared documents, and a project board you can check any time. You see progress as it happens rather than waiting for a big reveal at the end.

Melbourne is a short flight across Bass Strait, so if a kickoff or a strategy session is better done in a room together, we can be there. For the day-to-day build, remote keeps things moving and keeps your budget going into the work rather than into an agency office in the CBD. Plenty of our clients have never needed us to fly over, and their sites shipped fine.

Proof from real products

We would rather show you working software than talk in adjectives. We run our own freight ERP, Cargonio, in production. We built Bright Future, an e-learning platform used in Kuwait, and Ilmversity, a school LMS. In the United States we work on veterinary platforms including DVM Central, VetPet Central, and VetandTech. We also build for freight operators including Skyline Cargo and Kare Cargo.

None of those are landing-page mock-ups. They are live systems with real users, billing, and data behind them. When we say we can build something more involved than a brochure site, that is the evidence.

How pricing works

Website builds are quoted per project. A five-page site for a cafe is not the same job as a booking platform, so we do not pretend there is one number. We have a short call, look at what you need, and send a fixed quote before any work starts. If that suits you, start a conversation and we will set up a time.

SEO is separate and runs month to month from AUD $990, with no lock-in contract, so you can stop when you like. If you want to see how the ongoing plans are structured, our packages page lays it out in plain numbers.

Questions

Melbourne businesses often ask.

You are in Hobart. Do you actually work with Melbourne businesses?
Yes, most of our clients are not in Hobart. We work remote-first, so the city you are in does not change how we build. Melbourne is a short flight across Bass Strait if we need to meet in person, and for the day-to-day work we run everything over video calls and a shared project board.
How do meetings work if you are not local?
We do kickoffs, reviews, and check-ins over video. You get a project board you can look at any time, so you are never left waiting for an update. If a session genuinely needs to happen in a room, we can fly over for it, but on most projects that has not been necessary.
Can you take over our existing Melbourne website?
Usually, yes. We start by looking at what you have, whether that is WordPress, a page builder, or custom code. If it is worth keeping, we improve it. If it is holding you back, we tell you plainly and quote a rebuild. Either way you keep full ownership of the site and its accounts.
What does a website cost?
Builds are quoted per project, because a small marketing site and a booking platform are different jobs. We give you a fixed quote after a short call, before any work starts. SEO is separate and starts at AUD $990 a month with no lock-in, so you can stop whenever you want.

Let us talk about your Melbourne site

A short call, an honest quote, and no pressure. We will tell you what your project needs and what it will cost.

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