Web Design Agencies in Dunedin
Web design engagements build or rebuild the pages a business uses to explain an offer and collect an enquiry. When SEO is part of the same engagement, templates also need indexable copy, sensible internal links and a structure that can be crawled. Agencies here publish web design or website design. Compare what is delivered at launch and who owns the templates afterwards.
This page compares 5 agencies with a Dunedin location.
Cre8ive Marketing
Cre8ive Marketing is a Dunedin agency at 19 Royal Terrace that combines website design, branding, social media and search engine optimisation for South Island businesses and organisations. Its Web and SEO Audit service crawls a site for technical issues such as broken links, robots.txt, XML sitemaps and speed, then reports clear fixes aimed at better organic rankings without banned SEO tactics. The team also analyses keyword ranks, backlinks and competitor link profiles using specialised SEO tools, and helps with on-page optimisation and content decisions based on search volume. Beyond audits, Cre8ive runs SEO and digital marketing training through the Management Capability Development Fund, including courses on improving a website's online visibility. Day-to-day work spans brand identity, educational resource design, Meta advertising and ongoing organic social content for clients such as ENGAGE, Cancer Society Southern and local tourism groups. Businesses looking for a local Dunedin partner get direct access to Philippa and the team, with phone and email support from the Royal Terrace office.
Firebrand
Firebrand is a full service design, marketing and digital agency that began in Ōtepoti Dunedin and works from 4 Dowling Street, with a second office at Hargest House in Invercargill. Led by managing director Georgina Guthrie-Murray, its team of designers, developers and marketing strategists helps New Zealand organisations decide what needs to change and then builds the work to deliver it. Its search work focuses on how search engines and AI answer systems find, understand and cite a business: GEO audits that test the questions buyers ask and record where the organisation appears, AI search strategy covering entities, authorship and content priorities, and structured data and schema markup for people, services and locations. Websites are built with crawlable links, semantic structure, descriptive metadata and strong performance so they are ready for search from launch. Firebrand also delivers web design and development, e-commerce, custom integrations and applications, website support, marketing strategy, content and organic marketing, paid media across Google Ads, Meta and LinkedIn, graphic design and brand identity. Projects include work for Port Otago, the Highlanders, Mercy Hospital, Oritain, Great South, Southern Way and Te Atamira, across private businesses, public and regional bodies, health, education and community organisations.
Lawford & Co
Lawford & Co is a Dunedin-based web design and marketing agency founded by James Higgs, who learnt SEO from the ground up across a range of marketing roles before starting the company. The business is now part of the Caddie Digital family, giving its clients a larger support team while keeping the same Dunedin-focused service. Its SEO work is split into local SEO, covering Google Business Profile optimisation, map pack rankings and reviews, and website SEO, covering content optimisation, technical performance, internal linking and keyword strategy. A structured quarter-by-quarter programme starts with an audit and strategy, sets up the fundamentals, then builds authority through earned links, expanded content and stronger local signals, with reporting that teaches clients to understand and eventually own their SEO. The team has claimed more than 400 Google Business Profile pages across Australasia. Lawford & Co also designs and builds custom, mobile-first websites and redesigns, provides hosting and maintenance, and runs certified Google Ads management across search, display, YouTube, remarketing, Shopping and Performance Max campaigns. SEO case studies include Preston Black luxury transport, Aspiring Medical and law firm Wilkinson Rodgers, and its website portfolio includes the Dunedin Gaol.
Netbloom
Netbloom is an SEO and web development company based in Dunedin, founded in 2019 by director and CEO Matthew Jeffery. It works with small and medium businesses across New Zealand and Australia, and clients regularly name Matthew as the person doing the work. The team comes from a web development background, which it uses to handle the technical side of SEO such as page speed, security and site structure on a wide range of platforms. Each client gets a personalised dashboard pulling in keyword position tracking, phone calls from Google Maps and Google Analytics data. SEO packages start from $1,000 a month with no contract, and website builds start from $2,500. It also builds ecommerce sites, runs website maintenance plans, registers domains, manages hosting, migrates sites between platforms and supplies written content. Published client results include a 1074 percent rise in organic traffic for Word Wizard and a 116 percent revenue increase for Kind Face. Other clients include Kaka Point Camping Ground, Pro-Dev, The Ferry Bed and Breakfast, Escape Clothing and Mains Plumbers. Contact is matthew@netbloom.co.nz or 027 392 9428.
The Hustle
The Hustle is a Dunedin digital agency at 90 Crawford Street that has been building websites, apps and digital marketing for nearly 20 years, with a team based in Dunedin and across Aotearoa. Its SEO work is done entirely in house in New Zealand, with no off-shoring, and covers website audits, on-site and off-site optimisation, ethical link building and long-term SEO strategy. Each engagement starts with market and competitor research and keyword evaluation, followed by a site analysis and an initial report with recommendations. The team then updates titles, meta descriptions, headings and content, builds a content strategy, fixes site speed issues and creates and submits sitemaps, reviewing results and reporting every month. Clients also get access to the agency's own marketing platform for keyword analysis, automated monthly reports and performance charts. Beyond SEO, The Hustle offers custom website design and development, Shopify development, app and software development, performance tuning, secure hosting and technical services such as DNS, email management and API integration. Portfolio work includes speed optimisation and a custom PC part-picker tool on the Shopify store of Godmode, a New Zealand PC builder.
What to ask a Web design agency
- Is the engagement design only, or design plus SEO implementation?
- Who owns the templates after launch, and how are they handed over?
- How are page speed, indexable content and internal links treated in the design?
- What content do you need from us before build starts?
- How are revisions and post-launch changes priced?