Auckland, New Zealand — working worldwide · $499 fixed, live in 5 days
We build what others can't.
Custom-designed for small businesses — cafés, barbers, gyms, tradies. Never a template. $499 fixed, and the price on this page is the price you pay. Most builds are live within five days. Based in Auckland, we build for clients anywhere — the work is remote either way.
We'll design your homepage before you pay a cent. Like it — it's $499. Don't — walk away, no hard feelings.
The Studio
Three of us. All of it, ours.
Vela Studio is a small team of three in Auckland, built on one conviction: most agencies deliver average work slowly, and charge small businesses thousands for the privilege. We design every site from a blank canvas, publish a fixed price, and get it live in about five days.
We're not trying to stay small. We're trying to become the studio Auckland recommends — and the only way there is doing better work than anyone else at this price, one business at a time. Every project gets all three of us, from the first conversation to the final deploy.
Services
Five disciplines. One standard.
From landing pages to complex multi-page platforms. Built clean, built fast, built to convert. No templates. Every line of code written for your specific needs.
Automate what slows you down. We build intelligent tools — scrapers, bots, dashboards, and automation systems — that save hours every week and scale with your business.
Fully structured Discord servers with custom bots, payment integration, subscription gating, automated workflows, and everything needed to run a professional paid community.
Custom Shopify builds that actually convert. From product pages and collections to checkout flows, apps, and theme development — built for your brand, not a generic template.
Not sure what you need? We'll figure it out together. We analyse your business, identify the highest-leverage digital opportunities, and build a clear roadmap — then execute it.
Process
Clear steps. No surprises.
Discovery
We learn your business, your goals, and your constraints. One focused call. No wasted time.
Proposal
A clear scope, timeline, and fixed price. No surprises. No scope creep. You decide before we start.
Build
We build fast, share progress constantly, and iterate in real time. You're never left waiting or wondering.
Launch
We deploy, test everything, and hand over a product that actually works. Plus 30 days of post-launch support.
Selected Work
What we've shipped.
22 builds — every screen from scratch
✦ Showpieces — live & interactive
Visit live ↗Aurum · Fragrance
A luxury perfume maison with a live molten-gold hero rendered in real-time WebGL.
Visit live ↗Tourbillon · Horology
A Swiss watchmaker with a 3D mechanical movement you spin with your cursor.
Visit live ↗Abyss · Expeditions
A deep-sea expedition brand with a real-time underwater caustics & god-ray shader.
Visit live ↗Meridian
A cinematic scroll-film concept for a luxury property developer — real imagery, revealed by scroll.
Visit live ↗Eden
A landscaping & pools concept where the build assembles itself as you scroll.
Visit live ↗Éclat · Jewellery
A Paris haute-joaillerie maison with a live, prismatic faceted-diamond hero in real-time WebGL.
Why Vela
Built different. By design.
We don't leave clients waiting. Every inquiry gets a response within 48 hours. Usually much faster.
Most builds go live within five days of you saying yes. Not five weeks, and not "we'll let you know."
No hourly billing. No unexpected invoices. You know the price before we start. That's how it should work.
“We are not the biggest agency. We are simply the best one you'll ever work with.”
Outside Auckland?
We build for anywhere.
Every build is remote anyway — even the café down the road never sees an office. A client in London gets the same process as one in Ponsonby: a free mockup, a fixed price, and a site live in about five days.
Roughly USD $300, GBP £230, AUD $460. The same custom build quoted at $3,000–$5,000 by most studios in those markets. Our currency is quietly the best deal you'll find.
Auckland is UTC+12 — we're working while most of the world sleeps. Send a change at 5pm in London and it's usually done before you're back at your desk.
Auckland is where we're from, not who we're limited to. Get a free mockup — same offer, wherever you are.
Pricing
Simple. Honest. Fixed.
Starter
Founding rate. Going to $1,200 once we've done 100 builds — you're early.
- Free homepage mockup before you pay
- Custom-designed, never a template
- Live in about 5 days
- Mobile-first & contact form included
- You own everything — design, code, domain
Why is it only $499?
Because we're building something, and you're early. We're a small team of three in Auckland with one goal — to be the studio this city recommends. Right now that means we'd rather have your work in our portfolio than your money in our account.
This build is $1,200 once we've done 100 of them. Until then it's $499 — same design, same code, same five days. The only difference is that you found us early.
For context: most Auckland studios charge $1,500–$6,000 for this, and the cheap ones charge $540 for a single page. We're not cutting corners to get to $499 — we're buying a reputation, and you get the benefit while we do.
Designed from scratch for your business, up to four sections, mobile-first, SEO-ready, live within about five days. Includes domain & hosting setup (hosting is usually $0/month), a contact form wired to your inbox, and 30 days of tweaks after launch.
Already decided? Pay $499 and we'll start today →
Project
One-time fixed price
- Advanced website or digital tool
- 1–2 week delivery
- 30 days post-launch support
- Source code included
- Fixed price, no surprises
Full details
For businesses that need more than a brochure — e-commerce, member areas, dashboards, automation and custom tools. Fully custom design, copy support, SEO and analytics configured.
You own everything, source code included. 50% deposit to start, the rest at launch, and 30 days of post-launch support. Exact fixed quote within 48 hours of your enquiry.
Retainer — Essential
$0 today. We build it first — walk away inside 30 days and owe nothing.
- Free custom website included ($499 value)
- 30 days to walk away — no build fee, no exit fee
- 2 rounds of changes a month
- Hosting & domain management
- Email support within 48h
- Backups, security & updates handled
Full details
We build your website free in month one — the same custom build we sell for $499 — then we look after it for you.
You risk nothing. We design it, you look at it, and if you don't love it you cancel inside 30 days and owe us nothing at all — no build fee, no exit fee, no argument. We'd rather eat the work than take money off someone who isn't happy.
Hosting and domain fully managed, two rounds of changes a month (new photos, prices, text, a new section — just email us), plus backups, security and updates handled quietly in the background.
After the first 30 days it's a 6-month minimum, then month-to-month — cancel any time after that. Under $100/mo for a website that never goes stale, and you never get a surprise invoice.
Retainer — Full Service
Ongoing partnership — 6 month minimum
- Free premium website included ($1,499 value)
- Up to 4 hours of changes a month
- Priority response within 24h
- A new page or feature every quarter
- Hosting & domain management
Full details
Everything in Essential, at agency pace. Your free website is premium-tier — a $1,499+ build — with 24-hour priority turnaround on anything you need changed.
Up to four hours of design and development a month, used however you like: new pages, seasonal campaigns, photo and copy overhauls, structural changes. Every quarter we also build you something new — a landing page, a new section, a proper feature.
6-month minimum, then month-to-month. If a job needs more than the monthly hours, we quote it up front at a fixed price — you'll never get a surprise invoice.
Not sure which? Start with Essential — $99/mo. Website included, everything handled, cancel after six months.
Every project is scoped individually. These are starting points, not limits.
Get in touch and we'll give you an exact number within 48 hours.
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Start a Project
Let's build something.
Tell us what you need and we'll design your homepage — free, before you pay anything. If you like it, it's $499 and it's live in about five days. If you don't, walk away and keep the mockup. No pressure, no follow-up nagging.
Thank you for reaching out.
We'll come back to you within 48 hours — usually much faster — with your free mockup and a fixed price.