The honest answer, without the sales dance — including when you shouldn't hire us at all.
SEO isn't one thing, so the price isn't one number. Four factors decide it:
| Model | What it suits | The catch |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly retainer | Ongoing growth, competitive categories | Only works if the scope is written down and reported honestly |
| One-off audit | You have a developer or team to action it | Nothing happens unless someone actually does the work |
| Project / setup | A site build or technical overhaul | Needs ongoing content and authority to compound |
| "Guaranteed page one" | Nobody | Nobody controls Google. Walk away. |
If your website doesn't convert the traffic it already gets, SEO is the wrong first spend. You'd be paying to make a leak bigger.
We'd rather tell you that in a free audit than take twelve months of retainer for work that was never going to pay. And if you need customers this month to keep the lights on, SEO is not your tool — it compounds, but slowly.
Because a $500/month package that can't win your category is worse than no SEO at all — you'd be paying for activity that could never work. The honest answer depends on what you're up against, and we'll tell you after a free audit.
Generally yes, and meaningfully so. Auckland has more competitors with bigger budgets, so it takes more content, more links and more time to break through. Hamilton is a thinner market — the same budget goes considerably further.
Fix your Google Business Profile and start asking every customer for a review. Both are free, and for most Hamilton businesses they move the needle more than anything you could buy. We'll tell you that even though we make nothing from it.
Yes — a deep, prioritised audit you can hand to any developer, or action yourself. Not everyone needs an ongoing agency, and we'd rather say so.
No. Month to month. If we're not earning it, you should leave.
Get a free, no-obligation SEO audit. We'll show you exactly where you rank now, who's beating you, and what it would take to overtake them.