05 · Investment
$7,500 for the build, $9,000 for the year of growth, and $5,350 of extras included at no charge. A clear exit after twelve months.
| The build | Amount |
|---|---|
| Website design and build Nine pages designed, written and launched, with the washed sand and sand buy back enquiry pages and hardened forms. | $5,000 |
| Search, AI and Google setup On page search work, structured data, AI readability, Google Business Profile claimed and completed, analytics and the launch baseline. | $2,000 |
| Security, domain and launch HTTPS, firewall and bot rules, hardened forms, domain configured, launched into the dedicated Neumann group Cloudflare account. First year of hosting included. | $500 |
| The build | $7,500 |
| The year, and the extras | Amount |
|---|---|
| Growth program, four quarters $2,250 per quarter for twelve months from launch, each quarter invoiced and paid before it begins. The full quarterly list is on the Deliverables page. | $9,000 |
| Southern Gold Coast Laboratories website Two pages, launched and cross linked. Included at no charge. | $2,200 waived |
| Brand refresh pack Logo masters, bag artwork, signage artwork, the brand guide. Fee waived; production at cost. | $1,800 waived |
| Three journal articles at launch Written from your own operation and history, published on day one so the search and AI work starts with substance. Included at no charge. | $1,350 waived |
| Total, first twelve months | $16,500 |
That is $7,500 for the build and $9,000 for the year of growth, with $5,350 of extras included at no charge. All amounts include GST. Build is 50% to begin, 50% at launch. Each growth quarter is invoiced before the quarter starts and paid up front. After year one: continue at $2,250 a quarter, step down to maintenance at $900 a quarter, or hosting only. No lock in.
| Item | Amount |
|---|---|
| Instagram set up Profile created or tidied, branded properly, and a first grid of your images loaded and tagged. You post from there, or we quote ongoing. | from $600 |
| Business email A proper hello@ address on your own domain, set up and delivering to the mailboxes you choose. | from $400 |
| Photography, half day on site A photographer we trust, shooting the plant, the product and the people. Billed at cost, confirmed by quote before booking. | $850 est. |
| Full laboratory website Southern Gold Coast Laboratories done properly: three to four pages, its Google Business Profile created, and the same search and AI setup as the main site. | $2,900 |
| Extra journal articles Beyond the free three and the quarterly one. Written, illustrated and built. | $450 each |
| Anything else Quoted first, always. Ad hoc work is $180 an hour, urgent or after hours $270. | $180/hr |
And said quietly: the laboratory really should have a better website and Google setup too. As of August 2026, Southern Gold Coast Laboratories has no Google Maps listing at all, and searching its exact name brings up an unrelated supplements factory in Burleigh. The two page site included above fixes the basics; the full site in the list above is there whenever the board wants it.