Services that deliver results

From fast marketing sites to full-stack platforms. Every project includes performance, accessibility, and NZ compliance as standard — not extras.

Astro Marketing Site

Lightning-fast static sites for small NZ businesses — cafes, trades, professional services, local brands. Built in Astro for near-instant load times and outstanding SEO performance. Every site comes with a CMS so you or your team can update text, images, and events without touching code — using either Decap CMS (free, simple) or Sanity (free tier, better for multiple editors).

What's included

  • Figma design — up to 8 pages
  • 2 rounds of revisions
  • Responsive for all screen sizes
  • CMS so you can update content yourself — no developer needed
  • Contact form setup
  • WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility
  • Google Analytics with cookie consent
  • Lighthouse >90 before handover
  • Loom walkthrough on handover

Tech stack

  • Astro
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Decap CMS or Sanity
  • Cloudflare Pages
  • Cloudflare DNS
Best for
Brochure sites, portfolios, local businesses
Timeline
3–6 weeks
Starting from
$350 + GST
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Next.js Business Platform

Full-stack React applications for businesses that need more than a brochure — e-commerce, booking systems, member portals, dashboards, and SaaS MVPs.

What's included

  • Figma design — up to 10 pages
  • 2 rounds of revisions per phase
  • Server-side rendering & API routes
  • Database integration
  • User authentication (if needed)
  • WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility
  • Performance optimisation
  • Staging environment
  • Loom walkthrough on handover

Tech stack

  • Next.js
  • Tailwind CSS
  • Prisma / Supabase
  • Vercel
  • Stripe
Best for
E-commerce, bookings, dashboards, SaaS
Timeline
6–16 weeks
Starting from
$6,000 + GST
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Maintenance & Retainer

Ongoing support, security updates, and content changes so your site stays fast, secure, and up to date. Retainer clients get priority scheduling.

What's included

  • Monthly security updates
  • Dependency updates
  • Performance monitoring
  • Content changes (hours vary by tier)
  • Priority support response
  • Annual accessibility check

Tiers

  • Basic — 1hr changes/mo
  • Standard — 3hrs changes/mo
  • Managed — hosting included
  • Min. 3-month commitment
Best for
Existing sites needing ongoing support
Minimum commitment
3 months
Starting from
$150 + GST/mo
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RAG AI Assistant

A custom AI chatbot trained on your own content — FAQs, product info, service details, policies — so visitors get instant, accurate answers without waiting for a reply from you. Built using Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), so the bot only answers from what you've given it, not the open internet.

What's included

  • Knowledge base setup from your content (docs, FAQs, pages)
  • Embedded chat widget — matches your site's style
  • Answers only from your approved content — no hallucinations
  • Fallback to contact form when the bot can't answer
  • Mobile responsive widget
  • Easy content updates — add new docs any time

Tech stack

  • Claude API
  • Vector embeddings
  • Supabase pgvector
  • Cloudflare Workers
Best for
FAQ automation, customer support, product info
Timeline
1–3 weeks
Starting from
$800 + GST
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Coming soon

📊 Data & Cloud (AWS)

AWS infrastructure, data pipelines, analytics dashboards (Metabase, Superset), and ML integration for NZ businesses with data they're not using yet. Currently in development alongside AWS and data science studies — available once certifications and portfolio pieces are in place.

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The process

Every project starts with a quick form and a real estimate — then follows the same clear phases through to launch.

01 — ENQUIRY

Two minutes, instant estimate

Fill in our short form and you'll see a starting price on screen straight away. We'll also send you an email with the full breakdown and two ways to go deeper.

02 — DISCOVERY

Call or AI chat — your choice

Book a 20-minute call to talk through your project, or answer a few questions with our AI at your own pace. Either way, we build a complete brief before writing your proposal.

03 — PROPOSAL

Proposal & SOW

You receive a clear written proposal with scope, timeline, and fixed pricing. No surprises. Work only begins once both parties sign and deposit is paid.

04 — DESIGN

Design in Figma

Full site design delivered in Figma for your review and approval. Design is signed off before a single line of code is written.

05 — BUILD

Development

We build the approved design. You get a staging link to review the full site before it goes live.

06 — LAUNCH

Launch & handover

We run a full pre-launch checklist, go live, and hand over everything — including a Loom walkthrough of your CMS. You own the site outright.


Always included

These aren't extras or add-ons — they're the baseline for every SouthStack project.

WCAG 2.2 AA

NZ mandatory accessibility standard from March 2025. Tested before every handover.

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HTTPS / SSL

Every site is served over HTTPS. No exceptions.

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Fully responsive

Looks and works correctly on every screen size.

Lighthouse >90

Performance, accessibility, best practices, and SEO all scored before handover.

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Cookie consent

NZ Privacy Act 2020 compliant cookie banner. Required by law if you use analytics.

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Full IP transfer

You own the code, designs, and content outright once final payment is received.


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