Built for Wollongong trades, clinics, and service businesses.

Wollongong web engineering

Zero-fluff websites for hardworking locals.

Skip the offshore headaches and bloated agency retainers. We’re Wollongong-based software engineers who build lightning-fast, compliance-ready sites for a single flat fee.

Flat build fee $2,500 AUD
Care plan $99 / month
Lighthouse target 95+ guaranteed

The status quo

Stop losing local jobs to a broken website.

  • 01 / Offshore

    The offshore disaster

    You hired a cheap developer online. Now your site takes 6 seconds to load and breaks on every mobile screen.

  • 02 / Aesthetics

    The pretty trap

    You paid thousands for a nice design that fails Google’s speed tests and hides you from search results.

  • 03 / Time

    The time drain

    You don’t have hours to write SEO copy, navigate NDIS compliance, or chase a developer who stopped replying.

The Next Byte way

You do the hard yards. We handle the tech.

At Next Byte Studio, we’re engineers, not brand therapists. We’re Wollongong-based software engineering students who build websites against strict performance benchmarks—not gut feelings. You get a technically correct site for a transparent, flat fee.

Read how we work

  1. 95+ Google Lighthouse score

    We compress the code so your site loads in under 1.5 seconds on mobile. Every time.

  2. WCAG 2.2 AA compliant

    Proper semantic HTML and visual contrast built in from day one, not bolted on after. Essential for NDIS and allied health providers.

  3. Flat pricing, no surprises

    $2,500 for the complete build. $99/month to keep it hosted, secure, and updated. That’s the whole quote.

Services

What’s in the build.

The exact technical standards required to capture local search traffic—no monthly agency bloat.

  • High-speed web development

    Precision-coded, locally hosted sites built to pass Google’s Lighthouse speed test on launch day.

    < 1.5s mobile load
  • Technical SEO architecture

    Clean URL structures, proper heading hierarchy, and schema markup written exactly how Google’s crawler wants to read it.

    schema.org ready
  • Zero-effort copywriting

    We record a 15-minute conversation with you and write every word of the site ourselves. No blank pages, no briefs to fill out.

    15-min recorded chat
  • NDIS & government compliance

    Proper ARIA labels, keyboard navigation, and contrast ratios to protect your clinic’s funding eligibility.

    WCAG 2.2 AA
  • AI search readiness

    Structured data markup so ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and voice search recommend your business first.

    LLM-discoverable
  • The $99/mo care plan

    We manage your DNS, SSL certificate, hosting, and software updates. Your site stays up. Full stop.

    99.9% uptime

Proof, not promises

Hard data beats marketing hype.

Every build must pass these objective benchmarks before your final invoice is issued. Test it yourself before you pay—don’t take our word for it, take Google’s.

  • Speed
    95+

    Google Lighthouse performance. If it doesn’t load in under 1.5 seconds, we don’t launch it.

  • Compliance
    WCAG 2.2 AA

    Accessibility from the first line of code, not a post-launch patch.

  • Ownership
    100% yours

    No hostage code. Your domain, hosting, and every asset are yours from day one.

No sales deck

Get a website that works as hard as you do.

Book a 15-minute call to see if our flat-rate build is right for your business. No sales deck. No obligation.

Book Your Technical Chat