BAY WEB CO. WORK BY THE HOUR
Got a website and just need something fixed, updated or added? Simple hourly rate. Clear scope. No retainer lock-in. Tauranga-based developer on the other end of every email.
We work hourly on existing WordPress sites for Tauranga businesses that don’t need a full retainer but do need someone reliable when things break or when small improvements add up. Send the issue, get a time estimate, get it fixed.
Broken pages, forms, plugins, layout glitches, console errors. The classic "it suddenly stopped working" jobs.
New copy, swapped images, updated team photos, refreshed pricing, new blog posts, anything text or media.
Add a service page, location page, FAQ section, lead capture form or whole new landing page.
WooCommerce, bookings, gallery plugins, custom forms, any WordPress functionality your site needs.
Image compression, caching tune-up, render-blocking JavaScript, lazy loading, Core Web Vitals improvements.
Meta titles, schema markup, internal linking, broken redirects, sitemap fixes, Search Console issues.
Cleanup of compromised sites, malware removal, security hardening, login lockdown, restore from backup.
Move your site to faster NZ servers without downtime. We handle DNS, SSL, the lot. Usually done in under 24 hours.
No minimum hours. No retainer required. Hosting & Care clients jump the queue on every job.
No minimum hours, no retainer
24-hour reply on business days
Most small jobs done within 48 hours
Hosting & Care clients prioritised
Urgent same-day work available (+50%)
Clear time estimate before any work starts
Plain-English summary at completion
There is no minimum. We bill in 15-minute increments, so a quick fix that takes 20 minutes costs you 30 minutes of time, not a full hour. We also send a time estimate before starting any job so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Yes when capacity allows. Same-day work carries a 50% surcharge on the hourly rate to cover dropping other work to make space. Hosting & Care clients get priority and often skip the surcharge depending on the issue.
Yes, as long as we can get clean admin access. We will not patch a fundamentally broken site indefinitely though. If we look under the hood and the site needs a rebuild rather than a band-aid, we will tell you straight.
We will not work on sites we cannot get full admin access to. We will not keep applying band-aids to a site that genuinely needs a rebuild. We will not guarantee a fix in under one hour because most jobs take one to three hours of careful work to do properly.
Yes, our Hosting & Care plans roll a set number of monthly minor updates into the monthly fee, plus you get priority queue and faster turnaround on any extra hourly work. If you find yourself needing hourly help every few weeks, the Hosting & Care plan usually works out cheaper.
Tell us what is broken, what you want changed, or what you are trying to do. We will come back with a time estimate and a slot to get it done. $95 + GST per hour.
