Web Design & Custom Software for Cairns Businesses
I build fast, custom-built websites and the custom software that runs Cairns businesses behind the scenes. Every site is built from scratch, not assembled in Wix, Squarespace or a WordPress page-builder, so it loads quickly, ranks properly and stays easy to change. Beyond the website, I build the booking systems, CRMs, dashboards, payments and internal tools that take the busywork out of running a business. One person, start to finish, from first sketch to launch.
To be straight with you: I run a remote studio, not a Cairns office with a shopfront and a sales team. I work with businesses right across Australia and New Zealand over calls, email and screen-shares, which keeps prices down and turnaround fast. You get fixed honest quotes, GST tax invoices, full ownership of your code with no lock-in, and most sites live in about a week.
Web design & software for Cairns businesses
Cairns runs on tourism more than almost anywhere in the country. Reef tour and dive operators, snorkel and charter boats, Daintree and Kuranda day-trip companies, and the accommodation and hospitality businesses around them all live on online discovery. Most of your customers are interstate or international, planning before they land, and they decide who to book with from a phone in another timezone. A slow or dated site quietly loses that booking to a sharper-looking competitor before anyone reads your reviews. I build fast sites with real online booking wired in, so a visitor who finds you can lock in a reef trip or a room in a few taps instead of bouncing to an OTA that takes a cut.
The same pressure runs through the rest of the Cairns market. Cafes, restaurants and bars in the city and along the Esplanade need to show up when someone nearby searches for somewhere to eat tonight. Construction and trades businesses serving Cairns and the Tablelands need credible sites and local SEO that put them in front of people searching, plus simple quoting and job-scheduling tools so the admin does not eat their evenings. I scope tightly to what actually moves bookings and revenue for your kind of business, then quote a fixed price for it.
What I build
Websites
Fast, custom-built landing pages and full sites — no Wix or WordPress page-builders. Built to load fast, rank, and turn visitors into enquiries. From $299.
Custom software
Booking systems, CRMs, dashboards, payments, member portals and internal tools — the software that runs the business behind the site. From $3,000.
Local SEO
Built to be found in "near me" searches across Cairns, with the structure and speed Google rewards.
Real software, running in production
Recent builds: Keyzee (master-key software for locksmiths), lessonu (a whole tutoring platform), DSE Music (a paywalled lesson membership), Andrew Tree Services (a site + local SEO that earned a 5.0 Google rating) and CoatPro (a painter lead-gen site). See the work →
Cairns web design — FAQs
Do you work with Cairns businesses if you're not based in Cairns?
Yes. I'm a remote studio and work with Cairns businesses, and the rest of Australia and New Zealand, entirely over calls, email and screen-shares. Where you're based makes no difference to the build, the price or the support you get.
How much does a website cost for a Cairns business?
Landing pages start at $299 and a full site with a backend starts from $1,200. Pricing is fixed and confirmed upfront with a proper GST tax invoice, so there are no surprise costs and no open-ended hourly rate.
Can you build a booking system for a reef tour or accommodation business?
Yes. Custom software, including booking systems, payments, CRMs, dashboards and member portals, starts from $3,000. I can wire online booking straight into your site so you capture reservations directly instead of paying a platform a commission on every one.
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