Madsun Media is a registered Australian digital agency building high-performance websites, Shopify stores, WordPress sites and web apps for businesses nationwide. Local expertise, fast delivery, transparent AUD pricing.
Australian business hours (AEST/AEDT) — Monday to Saturday.
Is Your Australian Website Costing You Revenue?
Most Australian SMBs are stuck with slow sites, poor mobile experiences, or out-of-reach agency quotes. Recognise any of these?
Agency Quotes That Blow the Budget
Many Australian businesses receive quotes of AUD $20,000+ for a simple 5-page site. A well-priced, results-focused build should not be out of reach.
Your Site Loads in 8+ Seconds
Slow page speed is bleeding revenue. Every second over 3s drops mobile conversions by ~12% on Australian networks.
Cannot Update Without a Developer
Every product change, blog post, or banner swap means another invoice. Your CMS should give you control — not lock you out.
Mobile Experience Is Broken
Australian buyers are 72% mobile-first. A site that breaks on iPhone or Android is actively losing you customers every day.
What We Build
Three specialist tracks — each tuned to how Australian businesses actually buy, sell, and grow online. Choose your platform or ask us what fits best.
What We Build for Australian Businesses
Every engagement is scoped, quoted and delivered against measurable outcomes — page speed, conversion rate, or qualified enquiries. No vague deliverables, no surprise invoices.
Our 5-Step Process — Built for AU Clients
Transparent, AEST-paced, and designed to keep your team in the loop at every step. Fast turnarounds, clear communication, no surprises.
Discovery
A 45-minute AEST call to understand your business, AU competitors, customer journey, and revenue goals — no pitch, no pressure.
Design
Wireframes and high-fidelity Figma designs reviewed in AU business hours. You sign off before a single line of code is written.
Develop
Clean, scalable code with weekly Loom walkthroughs and a staging URL you can share with your team and stakeholders.
Test
Cross-browser, mobile (iPhone/Android), Core Web Vitals, accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA), and SEO audits before we ship.
Launch & Support
Go-live with rollback plan, 30 days of free post-launch support, and a 60-minute training session for your team.
Built the Australian Way
Pricing, hosting, invoicing and compliance — every operational detail aligned to how Australian businesses actually work.
AUD-Quoted Projects
Every line item priced in Australian dollars — no FX surprises, no overseas wire fees. Proposals are GST-inclusive where applicable so your finance team can plug them straight into Xero or MYOB.
GST-Compliant Invoicing
Invoices issued with proper GST breakdowns, sequential invoice numbering, our ABN-aware billing entity, and clear payment terms that suit Australian small business accounting practices.
AU Hosting Options
Deploy on AWS Sydney (ap-southeast-2), Linode Sydney, DigitalOcean Sydney, or Vultr Sydney for sub-30ms latency to Australian visitors. We benchmark each option against your budget and traffic patterns.
APP Compliance
Australian Privacy Principles considered on every build — privacy policies, cookie consent, secure form submissions, and Notifiable Data Breach scheme readiness for projects collecting personal information.
The Tech Stack We Use
We pick the right tool for the job — not whatever the agency happens to know. Here is what powers most of our Australian builds.
Next.js
React-based meta-framework — perfect for fast, SEO-friendly marketing sites and complex web apps with server components.
React
The web's most popular UI library — powers our SPAs, dashboards, and interactive product configurators across AU clients.
Shopify
The fastest path to a high-converting AU D2C store — Shopify 2.0 themes, custom apps, and headless Hydrogen builds.
WordPress
Battle-tested CMS for content-heavy AU sites — custom themes, ACF Pro, WooCommerce, and headless WP-on-Next.js.
Webflow
For brands that need full design control and a CMS their marketing team genuinely enjoys updating — ideal for AU startups.
Custom Node.js
Bespoke APIs, dashboards, and SaaS web apps for AU enterprises — Express, NestJS, Prisma, PostgreSQL, hosted on AWS Sydney.
Melbourne Coffee Roaster — Shopify D2C Rebuild
Northbridge Coffee Co. — Melbourne, VIC
Challenge
Northbridge had a five-year-old Shopify theme converting at just 0.7% — well below the AU coffee D2C benchmark of 2.5-3%. Mobile load times hovered around 6.8 seconds, the subscription flow required eight separate clicks, and Afterpay was buried below the fold. Their wholesale and retail catalogues were merged into one confusing navigation, and Google Search Console showed Core Web Vitals failing on 78% of mobile sessions.
Solution
Full Shopify 2.0 rebuild on a custom theme. We restructured the IA into separate retail and wholesale paths, integrated Stripe AU, Afterpay and Zip above the fold, and added a one-page subscription builder with bean preferences and AU shipping cadence. Australia Post shipping rules were wired in with parcel size SKU mapping, GST-inclusive pricing was applied across product and cart, and the entire theme was rebuilt for sub-1.5s mobile loads. We layered in conversion-focused UX patterns: sticky add-to-cart, social proof badges, AU-customer reviews via Judge.me, and a free shipping progress bar tuned to the average AU basket size.
Results — Year 1
- Conversion: 0.7% to 3.4%
- Page load: 6.8s to 1.4s
- Mobile sales: +480%
- AUD $640K incremental Year 1
AUD Pricing — No Hidden Costs
Three starting packages designed around the most common Australian web projects. Every quote is AUD, GST-aware, and broken down line by line.
- Up to 5 pages
- Mobile-first responsive design
- On-page SEO fundamentals
- Contact form + GA4 setup
- AU-hosted on Linode or Vultr Sydney
- 30 days post-launch support
- Custom design system in Figma
- Shopify 2.0 or custom WordPress
- AU payment gateways (Stripe AU, Afterpay, Zip)
- AU shipping rules + GST configuration
- Schema markup + technical SEO
- CMS training session (60 min)
- 60 days post-launch support
- Bespoke architecture (Next.js + Node.js)
- Custom authentication & roles
- Third-party API integrations
- AWS Sydney deployment + CI/CD
- Dedicated AU project manager
- SLA-backed ongoing support
All prices in AUD. GST applied at checkout where applicable. Project quotes are valid for 30 days from issue. Payment terms: 50% deposit, 50% on launch — Bank transfer (AUD), Wise, or Stripe.
What Australian Clients Say
Real founders, real AU businesses, real results.
“Our Shopify rebuild paid for itself in 11 weeks. Conversion went from 0.7% to over 3% and the site finally feels like the premium brand we are. The team worked our Melbourne hours — no awkward email loops.”
Olivia Bennett
Founder @ Northbridge Coffee Co. — Melbourne
“We had three quotes north of AUD $28K for the same WordPress build. Madsun delivered it on time with cleaner code and better SEO from day one. Genuinely excellent work at a fair price.”
James Whitlock
GM @ Harbourline Marine Services — Sydney
“The custom booking portal they built for our Brisbane studios handles 400+ class bookings a week without a hitch. Hosted on AWS Sydney, blazing fast, and the admin UI is genuinely easy for our front desk team.”
Sienna Kapoor
Director @ Bluebird Pilates — Brisbane
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Fast, conversion-focused websites built for businesses in every major Australian city — same AEST hours, same AUD pricing, local market expertise.
Ready to Build a Website That Earns Its Keep?
Book a free 30-minute AEST strategy call. Get a detailed AUD quote within 24 hours. No commitment, no pressure — just an honest conversation about your project.
Or email us at contact@madsunmedia.com — replies in AEST business hours.