Do you design the site as well?

That is UX/UI Design, listed under Design. It is sold separately because plenty of clients arrive with designs already done and only need the build — and because bundling forces everyone else to pay for both.

Do you build on WordPress?

We build custom sites on modern stacks such as Astro, which keeps them fast and maintainable. If a project genuinely needs a particular platform, that is a conversation worth having before the build starts.

Can you handle SEO as well?

Structure is built in from the start. Ongoing search work is offered as its own service, SEO & AEO Strategy.

Who owns the site once it launches?

You do — the code, the repository and the hosting account. Ask this of anyone you hire, before you hire them.

How much does a website cost?

It depends on the number of pages, the complexity and whether design, content and photography are included, so we quote after a conversation.

Web & AppsDevelopment

Web Development in Melbourne

Ruana Soul Studio builds websites in Melbourne. Sites are custom, mobile-first and fast, with an SEO-ready structure and analytics configured from launch. They are built on modern, maintainable stacks such as Astro, so the site can be changed later without being rebuilt from scratch.

Built to be found, and built to be changed.

Tell us about your website

What every engagement includes

Custom build, not a template
Built to the design rather than bent to fit a theme you will later fight.
Performance as a feature
Fast pages, because speed affects both ranking and whether anyone waits around on a phone.
Mobile-first
Built for the screen most of your traffic actually arrives on, then scaled up.
SEO-ready structure
Headings, metadata, schema and internal linking in place from the first build rather than retrofitted.
Accessible by default
Keyboard navigation, real contrast and semantic markup — which also happens to be what crawlers read.
Analytics from day one
Configured at launch, so there is data to judge the site by.
Maintainable and handed over
Modern stacks such as Astro, in your repository, documented, so changes later are edits and not a rebuild.

Who it's for

Small businesses in Melbourne
Sites that have to earn enquiries, not just exist.
Brands outgrowing a template
Businesses hitting the limits of a builder they no longer control.
Teams launching something
A product, a service or a campaign that needs a page built to convert.
Anyone rebranding
A new identity needs a site that carries it.
Clients who already have designs
Where the interface is resolved and what is missing is the build.

How it works

01 · TALK
What the site is for, who uses it and what counts as it working.
02 · STRUCTURE
Pages, hierarchy and the path to the enquiry, agreed before any build.
03 · BUILD
Development on a modern, maintainable stack, with SEO structure and analytics included.
04 · TEST
Across real devices, for speed and for accessibility.
05 · LAUNCH
Deployed, measured and handed over in your own repository.

Web Development in Melbourne

What every engagement includes

Custom build, not a template

Performance as a feature

Mobile-first

SEO-ready structure

Accessible by default

Analytics from day one

Maintainable and handed over

Who it's for

Small businesses in Melbourne

Brands outgrowing a template

Teams launching something

Anyone rebranding

Clients who already have designs

How it works

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