Near Darby Street, Cooks Hill
Web design
near Darby Street, Cooks Hill.
Websites for independent shops, cafés and studios in Cooks Hill, built by a Newcastle agency 5 minutes away in Wickham. Fast on a phone, easy to update.
Tell us about your business and what you need.
Cooks Hill
Websites for independent businesses in Cooks Hill
Darby Street in Cooks Hill is a strip of independent shops, cafés, restaurants and makers, with no chain stores, where some businesses have traded for 20 or 30 years beside new openings.
An independent shop has no head office building its website, so it is usually the owner’s job. That is the work I take off them, from Grey Street in Wickham, about 5 minutes away.
On a phone
What a small shop’s website has to do
When someone looks your shop up on their phone, the site has to load fast, say what you sell and when you are open, and make it easy to call, book or visit. Everything else is extra.
What I build
What I build
- A site that works on a phone first.
- Your products or services, your hours, a map and a button to call.
- Pages that match your Google listing.
- The same name, address, hours and services, so Google and your customers see one business.
- Something you can update yourself.
- Opening hours, a new product or a closed-for-holidays notice should not need a developer.
Hughesys Painting, a painter in Edgeworth, and Shine and Speak, a speech pathology practice in Arncliffe, are two of the sites we have built. You can click through to both on our work page.
Finding us
Finding us
12 Grey Street, Wickham. From Darby Street it is about 2.8 km, via King Street, Stewart Avenue and Hannell Street.
What good website design does for a small business
Good website design makes it easy for customers to see what you do, trust you, and get in touch, on a mobile phone as much as on a computer. Many visitors to a small business site arrive on a phone, often from Google or social media, and decide within seconds whether to stay.
Design, content and marketing together
A website works best as part of your digital marketing rather than on its own. That means clear content written for your customers, pages Google can understand, and an enquiry form or phone link that works. If you sell online, ecommerce adds payments and stock to the web development work, which changes the price and the timeline.
Web design and SEO
Web design and SEO overlap: page speed, clear headings and mobile layout all affect how a site ranks. Building them in from the start costs less than fixing them after launch.
From clients
What clients say about working with spareday
“Huge shoutout to Reece for building my website for Hughesys Painting Services. Since it went live my phone hasn’t stopped ringing.”
“He created a stunning website for us that captures and nurtures leads with an automated email marketing system, which has filled a huge gap in the business and saved a lot of time (and money!).”
“He was able to take our rough ideas, from concept through to reality. The site has provided an influx of new members, helping to keep our club viable.”
“Excellent in all facets of web design with particular expertise in SEO and email marketing. Online visibility has skyrocketed since working Reece which translates as flawless customer relations, new leads and new customers.”
Official guidance
Darby Street; City of Newcastle, business; business.gov.au, your business website.
A few practical details
Questions owners ask
How long does a site take?
It depends on how many pages and how much of the writing and photos you already have. We set the timeline in the quote.
Can I keep my domain?
Yes. Your domain stays yours.
What does it cost?
We quote after a short call about what the site needs to do.
Who you’ll work with
Hi, I’m Reece.
spareday is my business, based here in Newcastle. You’ll deal with me from the first conversation to the day your website goes live, and I’m still the person you talk to when something needs changing.
Find us
spareday in Newcastle.
12 Grey Street, Wickham, Newcastle NSW 2293.
Your next website
Tell us what you have in mind.
Share a little about your business and what you’d like your website to do. We’ll discuss what you need and put together a free growth plan, price included.
Or call 0485 017 387.