Business websites
A proper home for your business. Clear, quick on a phone, easy to find on Google, and written so people know what to do next.
Website design in Hamilton, for businesses all over NZ
A website with a bit of cunning.
Sitefox builds good-looking, quick websites for small businesses, plus the clever parts behind them: online shops, food ordering, bookings and tools made for how you work.
45+ small-business websites built and live, and counting.
What we build
If your business needs it online, we can build it.
Online shops
Products, cart, checkout, order emails and a back office to run it from. No app store bolted on top.
Food ordering
Your menu, paid online, straight to a screen in the kitchen. No platform taking a cut of each order.
Bookings and enquiries
Let people book, ask or get a quote at 9pm, and have it land in your inbox ready to answer.
Website makeovers
Already got a site that looks tired or never brings in work? We rebuild it and keep what is worth keeping.
Google Ads
Be at the top of Google the day you want more work. We set up and look after your ads, aimed at the people and places you actually serve, so your budget isn't wasted.
From $150 NZD a month, plus your ad spend
More about Google Ads →Our work
Real things, running right now.
Online shop
Akewz
A New Zealand 3D-printing shop with more than 60 products. Sitefox built the storefront, the checkout, the automatic order emails and a simple back office the owner runs day to day.
- Live payments online
- Custom print enquiries
- Owner edits products themselves
Health clinic
Nexus Physiotherapy
An ACC-accredited physio clinic in Hamilton. The site puts fees and the ACC process up front, shows live Google reviews, and lets patients message the physio straight from any page.
- Live Google reviews
- Clear ACC and private fees
- Chat and contact forms that reach the clinic
Sample site
Fern & Flour
A made-up café we built to show what is possible. Try ordering from the menu on one screen and watch it pop up on the kitchen display on another.
- Menu with options
- Live kitchen screen
- Customer sees when it is ready
Custom tool
Walkies
A dog-walk tracker for a private online group. Members log walks on their phones and climb the leaderboard with the pack, while their route maps stay private.
- Works on any phone
- Member logins
- Leaderboard and route maps
Art and photography
Rambling Kiwi
A home for a New Zealand photographer and artist. The work is sorted into collections, every photograph has its own print page, and there are hand-drawn comic strips to play.
- Gallery sorted into collections
- A page for every print
- Comic strip videos
Learning app
Spelling Challenge
Look, cover, spell, check. Each word appears as letter tiles with the tricky part in gold, then hides so it can be spelt from memory. This is the public demo of an app made for one learner.
- Eight letter patterns
- Hear each word read aloud
- Practise the words you missed
Learning app
Times Tables Challenge
The spelling game's maths partner. Pick a times table and work out one sum at a time, with no timer: accuracy comes before speed. Get one wrong and it counts you up to the answer.
- Every table from ×1 to ×12
- Mix it up across all tables
- Practise the sums you missed
The fun bits
Little touches people remember.
Like the swish under our own headline. Small, clever extras make a site feel like yours, and give people a reason to smile, stay and come back. Here are a few from Akewz.
Akewz
A logo with a bit of life
The Akewz winged smiley floats gently on the home page and bobs along in the header. It is a tiny thing, but people notice it.
Welcome offer
Want 10% off your first order?
Here's your code: DEMO10Just a demo, nothing was sent.
Akewz
A welcome offer that pops up
New visitors are offered 10% off their first order for their email. Say no thanks and it leaves them alone for a month, so it never nags.
Akewz
A custom order box that prints itself in
When you scroll to it, the "How a custom order works" box is printed in line by line, like a 3D printer would make it. The form handles photos and print files, and checks everything before it sends.
Custom prints
Have something different in mind?
Tell us what you need and we'll come back to you by email with what's possible and what it would cost — usually within a day or two.
- A replacement part, bracket, knob or clip that's broken or missing
- Your own design, logo or idea turned into a real thing
- A print file (STL, 3MF, OBJ) you already have — printed in the colour you want
A photograph, sketch or print file is a useful start.
How a custom order works
- You tell us what you need. We come back with a price and a realistic timeframe — there is nothing to pay to get a quote.
- Happy with it? A 25% deposit is paid, and that is the point your piece goes on the printer.
- The balance is due once it is finished, before it is sent out or picked up.
Change your mind before it goes on the printer and the deposit comes straight back. After that it cannot — a custom piece is made for one person to one set of measurements, so it cannot be sold to anyone else. The deposit is what lets us say yes to one-off jobs.
A working copy of the Akewz form, built into Sitefox. Nothing you type here is sent anywhere.
Akewz
A Christmas page with a snowman that prints itself
Snow drifts down, the snowman is printed layer by layer as you arrive, and the countdown to the last day to order for Christmas updates itself every day.
Printed to order in New Zealand
Christmas at AKEWZ
Gift ideas for the league fan, the collector and the hard-to-buy-for — all printed to order here on the Hibiscus Coast. Get your order in before the cutoff and it will be under the tree in time.
Order by 27 November for delivery before Christmas20 days left
A working copy of the Akewz Christmas banner, built into Sitefox.
Why Sitefox
Four house rules.
1
Fast beats fancy
Most of your customers are on a phone with one bar of signal. Every site is built to load quickly there first.
2
No cut of your sales
Your orders are your money. We charge for building and looking after the site, not a slice of each sale.
3
Plain English only
You get straight answers from a real person who built your site, not a ticket number and a help centre.
4
Built around you
No squeezing your business into a template. If you work a certain way, the site works that way too.
How it works
From a chat to a live site.
1
Tell us about it
What you do, who you do it for, and what you want the site to get done.
2
We get building
We write the words, sort the design and build the real thing, not a mock-up.
3
You try it out
Click around it on your own phone, tell us what to change, and we change it.
4
We go live
We connect your domain, get you on Google and keep it all running from there.
Pricing
Simple sites, simple price. Bigger builds, a fair quote.
Fixed website
$30 NZD a month
We build your site first. If you love it, you keep it. If you do not, you owe nothing.
- No setup fee
- Hosting and support
- Your domain and business email
- Google Business Profile setup
- Cancel any time
Ecommerce website
$50 NZD a month
Plus $299 NZD one-off setup, paid upfront
Pay the setup fee to get started, then we build your shop. No cut taken from your sales.
- Cart and checkout
- Order emails
- A back office you can run yourself
- Hosting and support
- Your domain and business email
- Google Business Profile setup
- Cancel any time
Bigger jobs
Quoted per job
Need more than a standard site or shop? Tell us what you are after and we will give you a straight price.
- Food ordering
- Bookings
- Google Ads, from $150 a month
- Anything else you need online
FAQ
Good questions.
What kinds of business do you work with?
Cafés, trades, trainers and ecommerce sites. If you are not sure you fit, ask.
Where are you based?
Hamilton, in the Waikato. We build websites for businesses all over New Zealand, so it does not matter where you are.
How long does it take?
A standard business website is usually a matter of days once we know what you need. Shops and bigger jobs take longer, and we will give you a straight timeframe with the quote.
Can I change things myself?
On shops and ordering sites, yes: you get a back office for products, prices and photos. On a business website, just send us the change and we will do it.
I already have a website. Can you take it over?
Yes. We rebuild it, keep what is working and move your domain across, so your email and your Google listing carry on as they should.
Do I need to write the words or take the photos?
No. We write the first draft of the words from what you tell us. Your own photos are always best, but we can work with what you have.
What are we building?
Tell us a bit about your business and what you are after. You will hear back from a real person.