// web design · adelaide
Websites that earn their keep.
We design and build websites for Adelaide businesses, then host them, secure them and keep them fast. One senior team, a fixed quote in writing, and no disappearing act after launch.
A business website has one job: turn the people who find you into enquiries. Most sites fail at it quietly. They load slowly, read like a brochure from 2015, and nobody can tell you who is responsible for fixing them.
Webgrid is an Adelaide software, IT and AI studio. We hand-build websites rather than assembling them from page-builder templates, which is why they load fast, rank properly and do not fall over when a plugin updates. And because we run hosting, email and infrastructure every day, the site keeps working after the launch photos.
You deal with the people who do the work. No account managers, no offshore handoff, no hourly billing surprises. You get a fixed quote in writing before anything starts.
// how it looks
Design that does something.
Type and hierarchy on purpose
Three typefaces, three jobs: headings, body, and the interface. Nothing is left to a theme's defaults, which is why the eye lands where the enquiry is.
Your photos, not a stock library
A real vineyard, a real treatment room, a real stretch of Aldinga coastline. Stock photography reads as stock photography.
Motion with a reason to exist
Content rises into place to guide the eye, and stops completely for anyone whose device asks for reduced motion. Animation that only shows off gets cut.
Fast is a design decision
Every image, font and effect is weighed against what it costs to load. Design that only looks good on a fast connection is not finished.
// what we build
What we build.
Business websites
A fast, credible site that explains what you do and gets the enquiry.
// the build
- Hand-built, no templates
- Designed around your content
- Real type, not theme defaults
- Clean code, readable later
- Laid out for thumbs first
- Accessible contrast & focus
// what you get
- Written for how people search
- Enquiry forms that reach you
- Tested on a real phone
- Fast on mobile data
- Call & directions one tap away
- Pages you can add to
Ecommerce
Online stores on WooCommerce, Shopify or fully custom, set up so your team can run them.
// the store
- WooCommerce, Shopify, custom
- Products, payments, shipping
- Local pickup and delivery
- Subscriptions & memberships
- Discounts, bundles, gift cards
- Stock synced with the shop
// running it
- Your team can self-manage
- Connected to your accounting
- Orders straight to your inbox
- Abandoned cart emails
- Shipping labels, no retyping
- Trained on it, notes to keep
Custom design & build
When a template cannot do the job: bespoke layouts, tools built into the page, and interfaces designed from your business up.
// the design
- Designed from your business
- A component set to grow into
- Motion that guides the eye
- Interaction states designed
- Art direction from your photos
- Reduced motion respected
// the build
- Calculators built in
- No plugin stack to break
- Custom fields your team uses
- Wired into your software
- Built to a performance budget
- Yours to keep, code and all
Redesigns & rebuilds
Rescuing sites that are slow, dated or held together by a departed developer.
// the move
- Content and URLs preserved
- Rankings protected in the move
- Every old link redirected
- Off old platforms safely
- Nothing lost in the switch
- Launch out of hours
// the result
- Faster on the same content
- Out of a builder, into code
- Editable without breaking it
- Analytics carried across
- A design that ages better
- Mobile fixed, not patched
Hosting & care
We host what we build, watch it, and fix things before you notice them.
// the hosting
- Australian hosting
- Backups and security updates
- Email on your domain
- SSL, DNS and domains handled
- Uptime watched, not waited on
- Staging before anything ships
// the care
- A human answers when you call
- Fixed monthly, agreed up front
- Small changes, no new quote
- Plugin updates tested first
- Same people who built it
- Leave whenever you like
Search & performance
Built to rank from day one: proper structure, real page speed, local signals.
// found
- Structured data included
- Local Adelaide signals
- Written to be quoted by AI
- Business Profile pointed right
- One page, one clear job
- Internal links that make sense
// fast
- Fast scores on real devices
- Measured, not guessed
- Images sized and modern
- Fonts self-hosted
- No tracker bloat
- Core Web Vitals in the green
Some of these have a page of their own, with the detail this one does not have room for.
ecommerce websiteswordpress developmentcare plans// proof
Built for real businesses.
JP Mortgages. A public website, internal tools and AI working as one system for a finance brokerage, so the site is not a brochure, it is part of how the business runs. read the case study
Intraline Health & Beauty. A clean, fast site for a health and beauty business that puts services and booking front and centre, built and hosted by the same team that supports it. read the case study
Juxtaposed Wines. A McLaren Vale winery with no online store became one with a full WooCommerce shop and a wine club. Orders now come in while the team is out in the vineyard. read the case study
// how it works
How it works.
A straight conversation
We talk about what the site needs to do for the business, not what it should look like. You get a fixed quote in writing before any commitment.
Design & build
We design around your content and customers, build it by hand, and show you working pages early instead of mockups forever.
Launch without drama
Domains, email, redirects and rankings handled properly. If you are moving from an old site, nothing important gets lost on the way.
Kept running
Hosting, backups, updates and support from the same people who built it. When you want changes, you call us and they happen.
// no hourly surprises. fixed quotes, in writing, before any commitment.
// faq
Questions, answered straight.
What does a website cost in Adelaide?
It depends on what the site has to do, which is why we quote each project individually, in writing, before any commitment. A brochure site and an online store are very different jobs. Tell us what you need and you will have a fixed number quickly, with no hourly billing and no surprises.
How long does a website take to build?
Most business websites are live within weeks of the go-ahead. We build in stages and show you real working pages early, so you are never waiting months for a big reveal.
Do you use WordPress or build custom?
Both, depending on the job. WordPress and WooCommerce when your team needs to self-manage content and products, fully custom when speed and specific functionality matter most. We recommend the option that fits, not the one we feel like building.
Can you fix or redesign our existing site?
Yes, rescues and rebuilds are a large part of what we do. We keep your content and URLs, protect your Google rankings through the move, and get you off whatever platform or developer arrangement is holding things up.
Do you do the hosting and email too?
Yes. We host what we build on Australian infrastructure, run email on your domain, and handle backups, updates and security. One team, one phone number, accountable for the whole thing.
Will the site show up on Google?
The site ships with the technical side done properly: fast loading, clean structure, structured data and local Adelaide signals. Rankings then build with time and content. We are honest about that, and we can help with both.
Wondering what the numbers usually look like?
what a website costs in adelaidecare plans, once it is live