Essentials
NZ$1,490
A sharp one-page site that gets you found.
- Single-page custom design
- Mobile-first and fast
- Call, email and map buttons
- Google Business Profile tidy-up
Web design · Rotorua
Website design for Rotorua businesses
For the tourism operators, trades, cafés, clinics and shops of Rotorua. A fast, clear site that turns a search into a booking or a call, designed within 24 hours and live in 72.
Already made, no sign-up. We design free homepage concepts for local businesses and send them over, ready to look at. Want yours? Send your business name and town. No account, no card, no call. Designed within 24 hours, live in 72 if you go ahead.
Rotorua is searched by millions of visitors, and by the people who live here
Rotorua lives on visitors: the geothermal parks, the Redwoods and the mountain biking, the lakes, the cultural experiences, and the motels along Fenton Street. Most of those visitors plan on their phones, and they book the places that come up and look open.
Underneath the tourism is a working town, with forestry and wood processing, the hospital, Scion’s research campus and the usual trades, cafés and clinics along Tutanekai Street, in Ngongotahā and out in Lynmore and Springfield. Those businesses live on locals, and locals search too.
What goes on a Rotorua business website
Bookings, seasons and what to bring
For tours, hire and stays, a booking link or enquiry form, your seasons, and plain answers to the questions visitors ask. For cafés and shops, hours that are right on a long weekend.
The suburbs and the lakes, by name
Locals search “plumber Ngongotahā”, “café Lynmore” or “mechanic Fairy Springs”. Naming Lynmore, Springfield, Ngongotahā, Westbrook, Glenholme, Ōwhata, Fairy Springs and the lakes you serve tells them and tells Google.
One tap to call, book or find you
A visitor looking for dinner on Eat Streat or a resident with a leaking roof is on their phone. Call, booking and map buttons stay in reach on every screen.
Your Google Business Profile, matched to the site
Visitors see your Maps listing first. We check hours, categories, service area and photos agree with the site and link your reviews.
Photos of your actual place and jobs
The view from your deck, your bikes, your workshop, your counter. Real Rotorua photos, not stock geysers.
Who we build for in Rotorua
Tourism and activities
Guides, bike hire, lake cruises, cultural experiences, hot pools and small stays that need bookings, seasons and a map that works for visitors.
Motels and holiday homes
Fenton Street motels, B&Bs and lakeside baches that want direct bookings instead of paying a cut on every one.
Cafés, bars and food
Eat Streat, Tutanekai Street, Lynmore and Ngongotahā. Menu, hours, a map pin and photos that look like the place.
Trades
Builders, sparkies, plumbers, roofers and painters working across Rotorua and the lakes, with the areas you cover named.
Forestry and rural services
Contractors, machinery, fencing and farm services serving the Kaingaroa side and the farms around the lakes.
Health and clinics
Physios, dentists, GPs and allied health near the hospital and in the suburbs, with booking and ACC spelled out.
Across Rotorua and the lakes
We serve businesses across Rotorua, Ngongotahā, Lynmore, Ōwhata, Springfield, Westbrook and the lakes, and nearby in Taupō, Tokoroa, Murupara, Te Puke and Whakatāne.
We are not based in Rotorua. Everything happens by email, which suits a guide between tours or a builder on site. No site yet? Start here. Trade business? See what goes on a tradie site.
How it works
No meetings. Everything happens by email, in your own time. Timings run from your go-ahead and assume quick replies.
- 01
Within 24 hours
Your homepage, designed
We design your homepage from what you tell us, or what’s already public about your business, and send a private link. Free, and you don’t owe us anything.
- 02
Next
Changes by email
Reply with anything you’d like changed and approve the wording. Two rounds of changes are included.
- 03
Within 72 hours
Live, and yours
Domain, contact buttons and Google Business Profile connected, tested on real phones, launched.
One fixed price, agreed up front
Prices in New Zealand dollars, paid once. No lock-in: the site and domain are yours.
Best fit for most
Business
NZ$2,490
The full site most local businesses need.
- Up to 6 pages
- Online booking or enquiry set-up
- Copywriting included
- Local search set-up and map
- Two rounds of revisions
Growth
NZ$3,490
For multi-service or multi-location businesses.
- Up to 12 pages
- Team, menu or treatment pages
- Online forms
- Photography direction
- Priority support for 3 months
Care plan
NZ$49/month
Hosting, SSL, backups, security updates and small changes whenever you need them. Optional. Cancel any time.
Questions we get asked
Anything else? Email us and you’ll hear back within 24 hours.
How much does a website cost in Rotorua?
Our prices are the same across New Zealand: NZ$1,490 for a one-page Essentials site, NZ$2,490 for Business (up to 6 pages, copywriting, booking or enquiry set-up) and NZ$3,490 for Growth (up to 12 pages). All one-off. The optional care plan is NZ$49 a month. Business suits most tourism operators, since it includes the booking set-up. For a wider look at prices, see our NZ website cost guide.
Do you have an office in Rotorua?
No. We serve Rotorua businesses by email and we do not have an office there. We work the same way for businesses across the central North Island. You get a link to your homepage design, reply with changes when you have a minute, and approve the wording before anything goes live.
How long does it take?
Your homepage design arrives within 24 hours of your go-ahead, and the finished site goes live within 72 hours if you reply quickly to the two rounds of changes. Timings run on your clock in Rotorua, by email, so there is no waiting for a meeting slot.
Can the site take bookings directly?
Yes. The Business package includes a booking or enquiry set-up. If you already use a booking system, we link it so the site and the system agree on availability.
We already get bookings through the big travel sites. Why a website?
The travel sites take a cut on every booking and show your competitors beside you. A site of your own gives visitors who found you on Maps or a recommendation a direct way to book, and it is where your reviews and photos live.
My business serves locals, not tourists. Does this still apply?
Yes. Locals search “electrician Rotorua” or “physio Lynmore” the same way. The page names the suburbs you cover and your Google listing backs it up.
Get your Rotorua homepage design, free
Send us your business name and town. Your homepage design arrives within 24 hours, free and with no obligation.