Every business has a debut. This is yours.

Get a website that makes your NZ business easy to trust.

Before customers call, they look you up. If they find nothing, or a site you are reluctant to share, you can lose trust before you get the chance to earn it. Debut helps you look established from day one.

Debut is professional website design for New Zealand small businesses. Your site is written and designed for you by an established Christchurch marketing agency and live in about two to three weeks. No agency price tag, no long wait, no blank page.

See if Debut fits my business

Takes 60 seconds. No obligation. Personal feedback.

Already certain? Pay set-up fee and start your brief

Introductory offer: $300 off set-up until 31 December 2026, so $695 + GST instead of $995 + GST. Ongoing plans from $125 + GST a month.

Is Debut right for your business?

Three different starting points, one shared need: you are ready to put your business in front of customers and need a professional small business website to support that step.

  • You are ready to launch a new business, a side business, or a second venture, and you want to look credible from the start
  • Your business is operating, but customers have nowhere credible to find you online, and you have been putting it off because you don't know what to write
  • Your current do-it-yourself site, or the one a friend built for you, no longer reflects the quality of your work and you are reluctant to share it

Already have a website? See how it stacks up.

Check your homepage in just 30 seconds and see the things that decide whether customers, Google and AI tools take you seriously. No sign-up needed to see your score.

What does Debut include?

Everything handled, so you can get back to what you do best. Here is what you get.

Professionally designed to your brand, mobile-ready, and reviewed by you before anyone else sees it.

Three pages as standard

Home, contact, and your choice of about or services. Add more whenever you need them.

Your brand, on every screen

Mobile-responsive design with your brand colours and chosen font style.

Photos sourced for you

Stock photography matched to your business if you do not have your own.

One round of revisions

Your chance to ask for all the changes you want before go-live.

You answer a structured set of questions about your business, your clients, and your goals. We turn your answers into polished, professional copy.

You answer, we write

A structured set of questions about your business. No blank page, no writing it later.

Every page, every heading

Every word written for you, across the whole site.

Written for your customers

Copy that speaks to the people you want to reach and gives them confidence.

Written for search too

Structured so search engines and AI tools can understand what you do.

Built so search engines and AI tools can understand what you do, where you work, and who you help.

SEO setup

So the right people can find you on Google.

Answer engine optimisation

Structured so tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews can understand your business. Most website builders do not include this.

Schema markup built in

For local business visibility across New Zealand.

Google Business Profile guide

Included after go-live so your listing matches your site.

Nothing for you to set up, renew, or worry about.

Domain included

Registration and connection included, or use your existing domain.

Hosting, SSL, and CDN

Hosting, SSL certificate, and global content delivery network included.

Analytics set up for you

Google Analytics and Search Console connected before go-live.

Renewal covered

Domain renewal included in your plan from year two onward.

Your site keeps working for you, and you keep control of it.

Edit it yourself

A content editor so you can update your own text and images, no developer needed.

Monthly analytics and reporting

Performance stats every month so you know what your site is doing.

Support from real people

Access to our Christchurch team whenever you need a hand.

Bonus: six improvements a year

On the annual plan you get two check-ins, at six and twelve months. At each one, choose three improvements to your site, such as a new section, a layout refresh, a booking or map integration, or a hero redesign.

Three pages as standard

Every Debut site starts with three pages: home, contact, and your choice of about or services. A terms and conditions page is included free of charge as standard if you want one. From there, add whatever other pages your business needs at $100 + GST each, once only.

Not a template. Not a one-pager.

Debut sites are not AI-generated single pages. They are proper multi-page websites, designed and written by our Christchurch team. We built our own engine to solve the problems small businesses and start-ups face when trying to get online: the cost, the wait, and the blank page. Every site is grounded in real marketing knowledge, not guesswork.

Case study: a Debut website

Home page of the Parallax Films website built by Debut

$20k+

in enquiries in the first week live

60%

growth in monthly organic search traffic

Parallax Films

Parallax Films is a Christchurch-based video production, photography, and drone company. They create cinematic video and photography for corporate and commercial businesses, farming and agriculture, retirement villages and aged care, and luxury architecture and tourism accommodation across New Zealand.

In the first week after their Debut site went live, they received more than $20,000 in enquiries. Monthly organic search traffic has grown by 60%, and the site is performing well across Google Search, Google Gemini, ChatGPT, and Claude. The site was built from day one so search engines and AI tools can understand what Parallax does, where they work, and who they help.

View the live site at parallaxfilms.co.nz

See a Debut website for yourself

Every site below was designed, written, and built by our Christchurch team. Click any of them to open the live site.

How does Debut work?

Complete your brief, receive your first preview within five working days, and go live in approximately two to three weeks, depending on feedback and domain access. No back-and-forth, no waiting.

  1. Day one

    Get started

    Pay your set-up fee securely online. Takes two minutes.

  2. Day one

    Creative brief

    Fill in our intake form: your business, your pages, your colours, your photos. About an hour of your time.

  3. Within five working days

    Preview

    Our Christchurch team builds your site and sends you a preview link to review.

  4. Week two to three

    Go live

    One round of revisions, then we connect your domain and send you a video walkthrough of your editor.

  5. Ongoing

    Stay supported

    Hosting, maintenance, security, your content editor, and monthly stats, on the plan you choose.

Why we built Debut

We kept meeting capable New Zealand business owners we wanted to help, but a traditional agency website was not the right fit for their stage or budget. At the same time, doing it themselves meant more decisions, more delays, and often a result that did not reflect the quality of the business.

We created Debut to close that gap: real marketing expertise, professional writing and design, and a straightforward path to getting online, so business owners can get back to what they do best.

Affordable without going cheap. We streamlined the scope and the process, not the strategy, the copy or the search foundations that make a website work.

For the people, by the people

Every Debut website is designed, written, and launched by our Christchurch team. You are not working with a platform. You are working with people.

Backed by C i Marketing, operating since 2011. Learn more at cimarketing.co.nz

Everything you need to know

Debut is a fully managed website service for New Zealand small businesses. We build your website from scratch, host it on fast global infrastructure, connect your domain, and give you an easy content editor so you can update your own content. It is backed by C i Marketing, a Christchurch marketing agency.

Complete your brief, receive your first preview within five working days, and go live in approximately two to three weeks, depending on feedback and domain access.

Your monthly or annual fee covers hosting on enterprise-grade global infrastructure, your content management system, SSL certificate, ongoing technical maintenance, and access to our support team.

Yes. Every Debut site includes a simple content editor built into your website. Log in, update your own text and images, and changes go live within about 60 seconds. No tech knowledge needed. For bigger changes, such as new sections, layout work, SEO updates, or structural improvements, those are handled by our team either as a paid add-on, or as part of your annual plan check-ins (three improvements per check-in, six across the year).

Not at all. Most Debut clients are starting from scratch. We create a simple word mark logo from your business name, and you choose your colours and font style in the intake form. If you already have a logo and brand colours, we use those.

We do. You answer a structured set of questions about your business, your clients, and your goals, and we turn your answers into professional copy for every page. It is written to appeal to your customers and structured so search engines and AI tools can understand what you do, where you work, and who you help.

Yes. Upload your own photos and videos in the intake form and we will use them. If you do not have any, we source stock images that match your business.

Yes. If you already use a scheduling app or online calendar, such as for appointments or bookings, we can embed it in your site so clients can book directly.

We guide you through it. Tell us your business name and preferences in the intake form and we will check what is available and recommend the best option. If you ever leave Debut, the domain is transferred to you.

If you decide to leave, we transfer your domain to you, and you take over the renewal payments from that point. You also keep your written content: we send it to you as a document so you can use it anywhere you like. The website itself, its design, and the platform it runs on are part of your Debut plan, so the site comes offline when the plan ends. Images stay with the site: stock images we sourced are licensed for your Debut site only, and a word mark logo we created for you stays with Debut too. We do not keep copies of the photos or logo you supplied on file, so please hold onto your originals, as we are not able to send those back.

No problem at all. We can connect your existing domain to your Debut site. Just let us know in the intake form and we will handle the rest.

On the monthly plan, yes, anytime. Annual plans are billed for the full year. If you miss a payment there is a grace period, after which your site goes offline. To bring it back there is an unarchive fee of $85 + GST, and once your plan payments are up to date your site goes live again. Either way, if you leave, your domain is transferred to you.

Yes. You can move from monthly to annual at any time, and your 12 months start from the date of the full annual payment. If you are on the annual plan, you can switch to monthly once your 12 months are up.

Your round of feedback is your opportunity to ask for all the changes you want, across everything: copy, images, and layout. Give us everything in one go and we make the changes before your site goes live.

The set-up fee is paid securely online through Stripe when you get started. You will need a credit or debit card. Your monthly or annual plan starts when your site goes live, not before.

The introductory offer is $300 off the set-up fee, until 31 December 2026. That makes the set-up fee $695 + GST instead of $995 + GST. The ongoing plan prices stay the same.

No. Our team is based in Christchurch, but Debut is for businesses anywhere in New Zealand. Everything from payment to the intake form to your preview and go-live happens online.

Extra pages are $100 + GST setup each, once only. Once built, there is no ongoing charge per page. They are included in your base plan from that point on.

How much does a Debut website cost?

Simple, transparent pricing. One set-up fee builds your site, then choose the ongoing plan that suits you. All prices are plus GST.

Introductory offer: $300 off set-up until 31 December 2026. $995 $695 + GST.

The set-up fee covers everything from brief to go-live: your website build, copywriting, domain connection, search and AI-readiness setup, schema markup, Google Analytics and Search Console setup, and a client walkthrough. Extra pages are $100 + GST each, once only.

Work out your first-year cost

How many pages do you need?

3

Three pages included. Each extra page is $100 + GST, once only.

Which ongoing plan?

Best value. Saves $288 + GST a year and includes six improvements across two annual check-ins.

Set-up fee, 3 pages, one-off introductory price $695
Extra pages, 0 × $100, one-off $0
Annual plan $1,500 / year
Your first year $2,195

All prices are plus GST. The set-up fee is a one-off. After your first year, you pay only your annual or monthly plan fee.

Pay set-up fee and start your brief

Preview in five working days. One round of revisions included.

Choose your ongoing plan

Annual plan$1,500 + GST per year$125 + GST per month Month-to-month$149 + GST per monthCancel anytime
Hosting and ongoing maintenanceIncludedIncluded
Content editor to update your own text and imagesIncludedIncluded
Monthly performance statsIncludedIncluded
SSL certificate and global content delivery networkIncludedIncluded
Access to our support teamIncludedIncluded
Domain renewal from year twoIncludedIncluded
Six improvements a year, across check-ins at 6 and 12 monthsIncludedAd hoc rates
Guaranteed lowest monthly price, $125 instead of $149Yes, saves $288 + GST a yearNo
No lock-in, cancel anytimeBilled for the full yearYes

By completing payment you agree to the Debut website terms and conditions. Debut does not currently include ecommerce or online shops.

Ask a question first

Not ready to get started yet? Send us a question and one of the Christchurch team will get back to you. No obligation.

Give your customers confidence before they call.

Your business should not lose trust because the website is missing, unfinished, or still on the to-do list. Get a professionally designed and written Debut website, live in approximately two to three weeks.

Introductory offer: $300 off set-up until 31 December 2026. $995 $695 + GST, then from $125 + GST a month.

Pay set-up fee and start your brief

Preview in five working days. One round of revisions included.

See if Debut fits my business

Takes 60 seconds. No obligation.