Getting your Thames business found on Google
The heritage gold town at the Coromandel's gate. Thames is big enough that customers look you up before ringing, and small enough that a well-built site can still reach the top of those results without an agency budget.
That is the whole job: a site structured around what your customers actually type, Thames included, then improved long after launch. From $299 a month, all inclusive, cancel any month.
What it takes to get found in Thames
We measured this rather than assuming it. In August 2026 we ran the search a customer would run in 64 New Zealand centres and read the top three ordinary results in each. Slightly over half had no locally based studio in the top three at all. In 29 of the 64 a local business held at least one of the three slots, and across every centre together, studios actually based in the town took roughly one slot in five.
Both halves reward the same work, which is the useful part. Speed, a real page for each service, correct local markup and content that keeps arriving will move you in either. Your trade's results are a different picture again — checking them is the first thing we do, before a word of your site is written.
In August 2026 we ran the search a customer would run for a web designer in Thames. The top three ordinary listings, below the map, were part local and part out-of-town. Most of it was directory pages, ranking on the directory's strength rather than on any designer's work. That mix is the normal picture, and it is the one worth knowing before anybody spends money on a website.
How this works in practice
Everything is arranged so you never have to take our word for anything. Prices are published, so nothing gets quoted specially for Thames. Delivery is 10 business days or your first month is free. The domain is in your name from day one, and every fix is verified by an independent crawl. The one thing we cannot offer is somebody local to shake hands with.
- Free 20-minute call — you tell us what your business does and for whom; we tell you honestly whether we fit. No proposal theater.
- Every price is published — $299, $599 or $1,199 a month in USD, no setup fee, cancel any month.
- Live in 10 business days from kick-off, or your first month is free — that promise is in writing.
- Improved every month — new pages and ongoing SEO, with every fix verified by an independent re-crawl.
What does a website cost in Thames?
Most website quotes in Thames come as a project fee after a discovery call, and the ongoing work is seldom in the figure at all. We went the other way and published one: $299 a month in USD with the build, the hosting, the copy and the monthly SEO inside it, no setup fee, cancel in any month.
Pay yearly and get two months free. Cancel any time and we refund the unused months pro rata — the annual plan is a discount, not a lock-in.
- 5-page SEO-first website — domain, hosting and SSL included
- 1 location page for your service area
- Automated blog — 2 SEO-optimised articles published each month
- Custom AI-powered CRM in the backend
- Ongoing SEO optimisation, connected to the JustMarket.Me SEO aggregator
- GEO optimisation for AI answer engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity)
- Google Business Profile set up and connected to your site
- Monthly report — the before-and-after HTML for every fix we shipped
- Unlimited change requests, one in the queue at a time
Already have a website that isn't being found?
Rebuilding a site that has a fixable problem is an expensive way to solve it. The SEO Audit is $490 and takes five business days: a full crawl in Googlebot's view, every finding evidenced and graded P0/P1/P2, and a plan you own outright whether or not you ever work with us. Plenty of businesses find the problem is three fixable things rather than the whole site.
Building for a specific trade?
Every plan costs the same whatever your business does, but the details differ by industry. These guides go a level deeper:
real estate agent · bicycle shop · health coach
Frequently asked questions
Is there a contract?
No. Cancel in any month, with no notice period and no exit fee. Your domain is registered in your name from day one and you get a full export of the site and its content within five business days of leaving.
Do you have an office in Thames?
No. We work remotely for businesses across New Zealand, including Thames. The first conversation is a free 20-minute call, and you see published prices before committing to anything.
Who owns the website and the data?
You do. The domain is in your name from day one, and the content, the Search Console property and the Analytics account are yours rather than ours. Nothing about leaving requires our cooperation.
Will the site work properly on phones?
Yes, and it is not an afterthought. Most local searches happen on a phone and Google judges the site by its mobile version. Mobile speed is measured before and after every change and appears in your monthly report.
How do I know the work actually happened?
Every fix is verified by an independent re-crawl and arrives in your monthly report as before-and-after HTML. We also run the same Engine against our own site and publish the live result, failures included, at justmarket.me/self-audit — so you can judge the standard before spending anything.