Our Services
personalised
We believe that your website should reflect the personality of your business and, as such, we strive to communicate that in our designs. Everything from the colour scheme and fonts down to the smallest details should express exactly what makes you YOU.
responsive
With over half of all website traffic generated from mobile phones, it is crucial that your website is displayed perfectly on such devices. This is why we design your website to respond to phones and tablets, as well as standard PCs.
We know our code works — because we wrote it. While others may use cookie-cutter templates and generic frameworks to build websites, all of our code is written from scratch. Without the excess mess that a lot of other websites have to deal with, ours load much faster and work much better.
robust
We take pride in the quality of our work. That's why we test your website rigorously on all modern web browsers to ensure that it works perfectly. Whether your visitors decide to rotate, resize, zoom, or otherwise click, poke or prod your website, you can be sure it will be up to the task.
managed
You needn't trouble yourself with the worries of hosting; we'll do it for you! We'll reserve your domain name and deploy your website to the Internet at no extra cost. And if you ever need us, we'll be at the ready!
flexible
Do you want to secure your web hosting long-term? Choose one of our hosting contracts! Do you prefer a no-lock in contract? Pick our month to month option!
Whatever your hosting preferences, we've got you covered.
Our team
Cameron and James are both the designers and programmers of Mercury Web Solutions, having studied and worked together for many years. Their combined experience of 8 years in the webisphere has given them the ability to tackle any scenario. They founded Mercury Web with the aim of providing businesses with high-quality, personalised websites. Cameron is based in Melbourne and James works out of the Mornington Peninsula.
Our process
Connect. We ask you lots of question in order to understand the personality of your business and what you need your website to do.
Design. A design is basically the blueprint for your website in the form of a PDF document. It shows you, pixel for pixel, what your website will look like. We keep designing until you're happy!
Build. This is when we make your website. We build it from the ground up specifically to suit your design.
Refine. We test your website thoroughly on all modern browsers and devices to ensure it meets our high quality standards.
Deploy. We upload the finished website to our secure servers where it will be available on the Internet for all to see!
Maintain. If you want any changes made at any point onwards, for a small fee, we're happy to oblige!
Pricing estimate
Choose the features you desire for your website to receive a rough estimate of what it will cost to build. Click on the info icons to see more information.
Get your estimate
Design
$150
A fully fledged design just for you
Mobile responsiveness
FREE
Mobile and tablet designs are included as standard
Copywriting
FREE
All of your content written for you
Build
$200
This is the website itself!
Search optimisation
$150
The best chance of being found on Google
Google Analytics
$80
Find out who's visiting your website
Host
FREE
Your website deployed to the Internet
1 months of hosting
$12
Month-to-month on a no lock-in contract
12 months of hosting
$96
$8 per month — save 33%!
24 months of hosting
$168
$7 per month — save 42%!
36 months of hosting
$216
$6 per month — save 50%!
Domain name registration
FREE
Your URL registered for you
SSL certificate
FREE
Show your visitors you care about their data
*No extra fees for set-up or administration. Cost of product still applies.
Info: Website type
The first decision you need to make is whether you want a single-page or a multi-page website. Each type of website has its own advantages.
A single-page website splits it content into sections, all residing on the same webpage. A multi-page website is split into webpages, which is what it uses to organise its content.
Info: Single-page
You're on a single-page website right now!
A single-page website is comprised of only one webpage. Clicking a button in a navigation bar will move you to a section on this page. This type of website is used for telling a short story and is best for small businesses.
Single-page websites are comprised of sections, which are self-contained areas of a webpage that are dedicated to a particular topic.
Info: Multi-page
Apple's website is an example of a multi-page website!
A multi-page website is comprised of multiple webpages, each dedicated to exploring a topic in-depth. Clicking a link in a navigation bar will load a new page. This type of website is used for displaying a larger or more complicated array of information and is best for medium to large businesses.
The pages of a multi-page website usually contain a lot of information — enough to force the user to scroll down to view it all — and are sometimes organised with subheadings, depending on the content.
Info: sections
Sections are self-contained areas of a webpage that are dedicated to particular topics. They usually — but not always — begin with a heading to explain what is about to follow.
The sections on this page are as follows:
- The 'header'
- Our Services
- Our Team
- Our Process
- Pricing Estimate
- Enquire Now
Info: pages
Pages, or webpages, are parts of a website that are dedicated to exploring topics in-depth. They usually contain a lot of information — enough to force the user to scroll down to view it all — and are sometimes organised with subheadings, depending on the content.
You can usually distinguish between pages by looking at the URL in your address bar. For example, some of the pages on the Apple website are:
- apple.com/au/
- apple.com/au/mac
- apple.com/au/ipad
- apple.com/au/iphone
- apple.com/au/watch
Info: Design
A design is basically the blueprint for your website in the form of a PDF document. It shows you, pixel for pixel, what your website will look like. We use graphic design software to lay out, sketch and color this blueprint.
In addition to designing your website for standard PC screens, we also do this for mobile and tablets free of charge. If you so choose, we can write the copy for your website as well.
Info: Mobile responsiveness
When a website is able to react to changes in size or shape of the browser window, it is considered responsive.
Let's say you're browsing a website on a phone or tablet and you rotate it from portrait to landscape. If the website optimises its presentation and proportions according to this new layout, it is said to be mobile responsive.
With over half of all website traffic generated from mobile devices, it is crucial that your website behaves in this manner.
Info: Copywriting
The copy of a website is the text that it displays. Copywriting is therefore the art of writing that text.
Common examples of copy include: introductions, biographies, and even this very informative paragraph that you're reading right now.
Info: Build
In the design phase, we make a blueprint for your website. In the build phase, we use this blueprint to develop the website itself.
Info: Search optimisation
Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of getting your website to the top of Google! We use a variety of strategies and techniques to ensure that when users search for you, they can find you.
Info: Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a service that you can use to monitor your website's traffic. You'll gain access to valuable statistics such as:
- How many people are visting your site and when
- Whether they are new or returning users
- The demographics of those users
- How users arrive at your site (from social media clicks, search engines, etc.)
This information is important to any business with an online presence as it allows you to closely monitor the performance of your site and tweak certain aspects to get the most you possibly can out of it.
Info: Host
In order for your website to be accessed on the Internet, it must first be hosted on a web server. We can upload your site and host it on our servers for the duration of your choosing.
Info: months of hosting
This is where you select your hosting period. For as long as you choose, we'll keep your site online.
If you choose 1 month, you'll pay month-to-month with no lock-in contract. Choosing one of our contract options is more cost effective in the long run!
Info: Domain name registration
A domain name is the URL that users type in to their address bar in order visit your website. It's similar to the address of a house. Our domain name is 'www.mercurywebsolutions.com.au'.
We'll purchase the domain name for you, saving you the hassle of doing it yourself!
Info: SSL certificate
A Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificate is used to encrypt data that is sent across the Internet so that it remains private and hidden from those with malicious intent.
If your website handles sensitive information like personal details, passwords, or financial information, it is highly recommended that you use SSL to keep it all safe. You know you're on a secure website when it's url starts with 'https' instead of the normal 'http'.
For a more accurate quote, see the section below for ways to contact us!
Enquire now
Get in touch to tell us about your website needs! Alternatively, feel free to ask us any questions you may have!
Melbourne, Australia