Overview
Our Melbourne work includes a thoroughbred racing and training facility in Cranbourne and a community netball association in Frankston. Different briefs, same approach: understand how the organisation runs, then design the site around that.
Who you'll work with.
Start a ConversationStuart Cox is Northbase's founder and designer. He has spent 25 years building brands and digital products, he leads the design on every project, and he comes down to Melbourne often to see clients.
Daniel Bilsborough lives in Melbourne. He runs SEO, Google Ads and paid campaigns.
We're a small team on the Sunshine Coast and in Melbourne, and everyone works from home. There are no layers: you deal with Stuart or straight with the people doing the work, and we don't lock clients into contracts.
Melbourne work
Two Melbourne websites, start to finish.
We designed and built both, from the first conversation through to launch. Each case study covers the brief, what we built and how it turned out.
Website Design
The Lofty Group.
A premium website for a thoroughbred racing and training facility in Cranbourne.
Website Design
Frankston District Netball Association.
A new website for a busy community netball association.
The Lofty Group needed a site to match a premium thoroughbred facility in Cranbourne, including a Trophy Room of race results and horse profiles. The Frankston District Netball Association needed news, draws, registration and club information that members could find on any device. Read The Lofty Group case study.
Clients
“Northbase has reinvented what it is to manage a website and are so great to work with.”
The process
How a website comes together.
Four stages, the same team throughout, and feedback at every step.
01
Scoping
Every project starts here. We learn your organisation, your audience and what the site needs to achieve, then agree the scope.
02
Wireframes & structure
Before colours or fonts, we map out each page: what goes where, how people move through the site, and what you want them to do.
03
Visual design
We apply your brand, or develop one, across the full design: typography, colour, spacing, imagery and interactions.
04
Build & launch
Design and development are the same team, so the finished site matches the approved design.
What we build
The right platform for the job.
We recommend a platform during scoping, based on what the site needs to do and who will run it.
WordPress
For sites your team wants to update themselves. Both Melbourne sites above run on WordPress, with news, results and profiles managed in-house.
Astro
For fast, lean marketing sites where speed and search performance come first.
Custom builds
For sites that need to do more than publish pages: bookings, portals, integrations or app features. See website development.
Search and ads
Daniel runs SEO and Google Ads from Melbourne, if the new site needs traffic as well.
Working with us from somewhere else? Our website design Australia page covers how we work with businesses everywhere.
In Melbourne?
Let's talk about what your website needs to do.
Common questions
Melbourne web design, answered.
Does Northbase have people in Melbourne?
Yes. Northbase founder Stuart Cox comes down to see Melbourne clients often, and Daniel Bilsborough lives in Melbourne.
Have you designed websites for Melbourne businesses?
Yes. Northbase designed and built the websites for The Lofty Group in Cranbourne and the Frankston District Netball Association, both in Melbourne’s south-east.
What platform will my Melbourne website be built on?
Northbase builds on the platform that suits the job: WordPress, Astro or a custom build. We recommend one during scoping, based on what your Melbourne business needs the site to do and who will run it.
How is a website quoted?
Every Northbase project starts with a scoping phase. The Melbourne business gets a quote for that scope.
Can you help my Melbourne website get found?
Yes. Daniel Bilsborough runs SEO, Google Ads and paid campaigns at Northbase, and he lives in Melbourne.