I build websites for small businesses around New Zealand.
I’m Hamish, and Ripple is my web studio in Ōtautahi Christchurch. I design and build each site myself, so you deal with the same person from the first chat until it goes live, and afterwards too if you want me to look after it.
From $950 for a straightforward small-business site. Bigger projects are quoted individually.
What I can do for you
A website for your business
From $950
A tidy, fast site that explains what you do and makes it easy for people to get in touch. Up to five pages, built to work well on phones.
Something bigger
Quoted for your project
More pages, online bookings, a shop, or a tool built around the way your business works. I’ll scope it with you and give you a price in writing.
Hosting and looking after it
Optional, monthly
I can host your site, keep it running and make changes when you need them. It’s priced separately and you don’t have to take it.
The 1000 Springs Project
A new public website and data explorer for a large set of records on New Zealand’s geothermal springs.
- What it is
- The 1000 Springs Project, from GNS Science and the University of Waikato, measured the physical conditions, water chemistry and microbes of hundreds of springs across the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
- What needed fixing
- The data was valuable, but the original site was built for desktop screens a decade ago. Text sat low-contrast over dark photos and it was hard to use on a phone.
- What I built
- A plain-language field guide with a safety notice on every page, and an explorer where you can find springs on a map, filter the data and open any record.
- What it does now
- 792 springs across 12 geothermal systems, each with its own page of measurements, water chemistry and microbial diversity, linked back to the source record.
Data from the 1000 Springs Project, used under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence. I designed and built the website and explorer.
How a project works
You don’t need to know anything about websites. Tell me about your business and I’ll take care of the technical side.
We talk
A phone call or a few emails about your business, who your customers are and what the site needs to do.
You get a quote
A price in writing that sets out what’s included, before any work starts.
I build it
I share the site as it comes together so you can see it on your own phone and tell me what to change.
It goes live
I connect your domain and check everything works. Then I can look after it, or hand it over.
A one-person studio in Christchurch
Ripple is me, Hamish Lindsay. I build websites and software from Ōtautahi Christchurch, for businesses here and anywhere else in New Zealand.
Because it’s just me, you talk to the person doing the work. I’ll explain things in plain English and tell you honestly if something isn’t worth paying for.
Ripple is set up for small businesses that know their website could be better but haven’t had the time, or the right person, to sort it out. If that sounds like you, get in touch.
Tell me about your business
Send a few lines about what you do and what you’re after. If you already have a website, include the address. I usually reply the same day on weekdays.
- Call or text
- 022 636 0696
- Based in
- Ōtautahi Christchurch