Before Josh came on board, we were starting to stress about marketing the business effectively and generating consistent leads. Since launching our new custom website and ads, we've completely transformed - we're now getting so many leads that turn in to job conversions and booking jobs faster than ever, so we can grow the business. Josh went above and beyond to make sure we succeeded and nothing was any trouble. He's honest, easy to deal with and knows his stuff. Can't thank him enough for making our life easier.
SEO and website management
under one roof
for Upfield businesses.
I help Upfield businesses with website management and local SEO along the rail and industrial corridor north of Coburg.
Start a projectSound familiar?
These are the problems Upfield business owners bring us most often. We can take them off your plate.
The site looks fine to you. No sales.
Slow pages, clunky forms and awkward mobile layouts quietly cost you jobs before anyone picks up the phone.
Locals search. Competitors answer.
If you don't show up for the jobs near you, the phone stays quiet no matter how good your work is.
Every small change eats a weekend.
Pricing updates, new photos and system updates keep landing on your plate. You're time is best spent elsewhere.
Your customers keep telling you about errors.
They can't get to the checkout, don't know how to contact you, or maybe they keep asking questions over and over that your site should answer.
You paid a liver. Support vanished.
Big invoices and junior handoffs are common. You need someone who still answers when something goes wrong, even after the original job was wrapped up long before.
Ad spend leaks at the page.
Ads and SEO only work if your site prompts your customers to buy or enquire the right way. Weak content and dead ends just burns cash.
What I look after for your business.
I design, build and look after websites for small businesses all across Australia. No account managers. No handballing offshore. Just me.
If you need a site that loads fast, shows up in Google and doesn't break after a couple months, here's a few things you get.

Hands-Off Website Management
- Stop wrestling with plugins. We build, host, update and secure your site for a single, predictable monthly fee. No upfront costs.
Expert Local SEO
- We deploy localised search strategies specifically designed to help you dominate your local service areas and outrank competitors.
No Agency Bloat
- We operate without the massive overheads of CBD agencies. You get premium website management without paying for our ping-pong table.
Unlimited Content Updates
- Change your pricing? Hired a new team member? Just email us. Unlimited text and image updates are included in your management plan.
Enterprise-Grade Security
- We protect your digital reputation with automatic updates, SSL certificates and robust daily backups, rollback and staging technology.
Loved by Google
- Every site is built from the ground up using Google's best practices, ensuring our local SEO efforts take hold faster.
Accessible Design
- We build inclusive websites that work perfectly for all users, protecting your brand and widening your potential audience.
Bespoke, Fast Code
- Say goodbye to the spinny wheel of death. We abandon slow templates and builders to code instant-loading pages tailored to your brand.
Built to Scale
- Whether you're adding new services, opening a second location, or hiring more staff, the website grows effortlessly with you.
@Josh, mate. You have been a life-saver and absolute breath of fresh air. Your authenticity, hard work and candour have been greatly appreciated. Thank you for going above and beyond on this one and for doing things I didn't even realise needed doing! I can't wait to see what you do next =)
The service and quality of product supplied by the team at Paragon Panda in my opinion cannot be faulted. Every request I asked for in terms of layout and colour were handled with the utmost professionalism and in a timely manner.
I had a fantastic experience working with Josh! The quality of the design exceeded my expectations and the attention to detail was great. The communication throughout the project was phenomenal - they were always quick to respond and kept me updated at every step. I highly recommend Josh to anyone looking for top-notch web design and seamless collaboration. A well-deserved 5-star rating!
I'm so happy with the website that Josh designed for me.It has really captured the essence of my business while still looking professional & eye - catching.My website was designed within the agreed time - frame & Josh has been excellent at website support, getting onto my requests promptly. It's been a great experience working with him.
I recently had the pleasure of working with Josh who exceeded all expectations. From the moment we connected, their commitment to helping my business thrive was evident. Always go's above and beyond to help me out.Highly recommend using for quick and effortless experience.My go to person to fix my shopify store.
Highly recommended, Josh was very easy to deal with and he was fast and responsive and created the most elegant website for us and a bunch of other stuff. Thanks!!!
portfolio never showed well on mobile which is mad for what we do. Site was slow as and the quote form never worked. Its better now. people know we cover upfield before they ring. Would of done it earlier if i wasnt so stubborn.
not techy at all. my kid used to fix the wifi for me. patient with me which helped cos i change my mind a lot. now upfield bookings come in overnight which is nice. pretty chuffed
A few recent small business sites.
Some examples of design and build work we've done for Aussie small businesses.

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Arts
Naturopath
Health
Normanby Manor
Venue Hire
Private Financial
Finance
Hello Concierge
Business
Just-in-Timber Wall Removal
Trades
Bede Carmody Fund
Charity
Bayside Autos
Automotive
Luxury Vehicle Hire
Rentals
Sparky Steve
Trades
ThreeSixty
Corporate
Who Gives a Cluck
Charity
MR TREES Tree Removal
Trades
Melbourne School of Art
Creative
Katie Blakely Wellness
Health
Painters
TradesServices for Upfield businesses
Web Design Melbourne
Custom websites for Upfield businesses that need to look sharp and convert on mobile.
Explore web designBusiness Website Plans
Fully managed design hosting and updates on one monthly fee - no large upfront build invoice.
See website plansSEO
Technical and local search work so Upfield customers can find you when they need you.
Learn about SEOGoogle Ads
Campaigns and landing pages aimed at leads and sales - not just clicks.
See Google AdsConversion Rate Optimisation
Tighten the pages you already have so more visitors enquire book or buy.
Improve conversionsContent Management
Ongoing copy updates and content builds that keep your site useful and searchable.
Content supportWhy should your Upfield business invest in professional website management?
Upfield is yards, light industrial and corridor businesses. Buyers need capabilities, coverage and a way to enquire. They don't need a polished mockup that turns into a ghost story after the deposit clears.
I design a live sample first so you can see a potential result before you pay a dime. Clear capabilities, real service areas and a contact path that works between jobs.
Then I keep hosting, updates and local SEO tied to Broadmeadows, Coolaroo and Jacana under one fee. Practical setup. One person accountable. Walk away anytime.
Also providing website management in nearby areas
HERE’S HOW PARAGON PANDA IS DIFFERENT.
Spend lots of coin, bang your head on a wall for three months, cry when you struggle to upload a picture afterwards. Or Paragon Panda: strategic from day one, tailored approach to your business, ongoing management. Things. Just. Work.
The Typical Way
Don't fall for it
- Carbon-copy sites that make you look like everyone else
- Burned budgets or 'budget' results that fail
- Asking for an update
- Babysitting your developer just to get a reply
- Fragile tech that breaks the second you look away
- Begging for a status update. Again.
- Plastic stock photos that make you cringe
- Project on hold for months because they're waiting on you to write copy and provide pretty piccies
- Faceless teams you’ll never see or hear from
- Hard-sell tactics built on empty promises
- Launch, handover keys and disappear. Two months later you're still figuring out how to change a phone number
- * Sneaky clauses designed to trap you in the fine print
- * Still charge you $20k
THE PANDA WAY.
How it's done with us
- One flat rate.
- Everything handled. Words, graphics, seo and more. Done
- A local that picks up the phone
- Bespoke design tailored to you (strictly no shoddy templates)
- Continuous upgrades because looking after you is what pays my bills
- Make your competition look like amateurs
- Focus on your business, not your backend
- That phone number change? Done 10 minutes after getting your email
- A decade of professional experience from SMB's to ASX100 companies. Not some donkey with a Youtube degree
Your website should be your best asset.
Clients have been with me for over a decade.
You could be too.
Managed Site
Your Upfield site should bring enquiries in - not eat evenings on plugins, hosting tickets and half-finished DIY builds. A managed plan puts design, hosting, updates and content changes under one clear relationship.
Stuck with a site you cannot trust
Slow pages, broken forms and awkward layouts quietly cost jobs. You need a build that works on phones and actually asks for the enquiry.
No time to be the webmaster
Every small change becomes a weekend chore or another freelancer chase. Updates should be as simple as sending a message.
Agency bloat without the result
Big pitches, junior handoffs and vague retainers are common. You want one accountable person who ships and maintains the site.
Upfront risk before you see anything
Paying a large deposit for a mockup you cannot click through is a gamble. Seeing a live sample first flips that risk.
Client Results.
I care about displaying your brand to the world the best way possible without cutting corners.

Just-In-Timber
I torched their clunky offshore hosted WordPress setup. Deployed a custom site. Fantastic performance, no headaches. Now they're flat out every day, are booked months in advance and the owners can step back and focus on larger projects.
"Shit I don't know I just pay him and he makes everything easy"

Sparky Steve
Steve wanted the 'Eastern Suburbs'. So I took it. After an awful series of events with what he had with iPages/Weebly, I built a custom design on WordPress and continuously anlysed competitors, make changes every other week, eventually getting him the top spot.

Who Gives a Cluck
I helped WGAC by designing a new site with a homely, chooky vibe with inbuilt donation collection that seriously helps the mission achieve it's charity objectives.

No Juniors.
No Offshore.
Just Me.
Agencies sell you the "A-Team" during the pitch, then hand your project off to a junior developer learning on the job.
I work differently.
With years of experience delivering high-stakes content for ASX100 companies and scaling small businesses, I've built all the skills of a high-performing team in one
One fee.
I don't just write code; I understand marketing, content strategy and business outcomes. When you call, you speak to the person building your future - not a random offshore ticket queue.
Companies I've built for





Some things we get asked.
Good to know bits and pieces you may find useful.
To be clear, WordPress isn't the villain; lazy implementation is.
The problem is that 99% of agencies use it to cut corners. They install heavy page builders (Elementor/Divi), bloat it with 50 unmanaged plugins and a shoddy theme and hand you a site that is slow, insecure and breaks every time it updates.
I build custom because it gives us total control over performance. It is the same tech stack used by Netflix, Uber and Twitch. However, if your team needs a CMS to blog daily, I can connect a headless CMS (like Sanity) so you get the easy editing interface without the slow frontend performance. We can explore WordPress too, we'll just do it the right way.
While we do offer an email service, we don't recommend it.
Ideally you don't want your emails tied to your website hosting. If the server has a hiccup, your email goes down. If your website gets flagged for spam, your email gets blacklisted.
I can manage this for you with Google or Microsoft depending on your preference. It's secure, enterprise-grade and stays with you forever, regardless of who builds your website.
No. You wouldn't put a Ferrari engine in a lawnmower.
Modern web applications require modern infrastructure (Edge Networks/Node.js environments). Standard shared hosting from 2012 cannot run this technology.
I deploy to Vercel or Amazon Web Services global edge networks. This is included in your monthly fee. It ensures your site loads instantly from Sydney to New York, handles traffic spikes automatically and is virtually unhackable.
This depends entirely on the financial model you select:
- Outright: You pay the development fee upfront. You own 100% of the code and IP immediately. I hand over the keys. You handle maintenance (or pay me a retainer).
- Site-as-a-service: I retain ownership of the infrastructure. You're paying for the service of having a high-performance digital asset which we completely manage on your behalf. You always own your domain and your content (text/images).
*Buyout clauses are always available for Leased plans if you eventually want to take the asset in-house.
If you're on the Leased Model, the website is a service. If you cancel the service, the website comes down at the end of the billing cycle.
Think of it like leasing a commercial office. If you stop paying rent, you don't keep the building, but you do keep your furniture (your content, branding and domain name).
I don't enforce lock-in contracts because I don't believe in holding clients hostage. If the site isn't making you money, you should fire me.
It means you have a partner, not a billable hour meter.
Included: "Change this text," "Swap this image," "Add a new testimonial," "Post this blog article," "Update our pricing," "Create a new landing page for a promotion."
Not Included: "Rebrand the entire company," "Build a complex software portal," "Add a 500-product e-commerce store."
If it's maintaining and updating the current site, it's included. If it's an extension or completely new project, we quote it separately.
Scenario A: You have 1-10 products (Merch, E-books, specific service packages).
YES. We can integrate Stripe or a simple cart easily.
Scenario B: You're a fashion brand with 500 SKUs, inventory management and shipping logistics.
NO. You need Shopify or similar eCom solution.
Do not try to build a massive store on a custom site unless you have a larger budget. I'll happily build you a high-performance custom frontend that connects to Shopify, giving you the best of both worlds. Ecom. scoped and priced seperately.
Not on our leased plans. You shouldn't want to.
The value of the "Managed" model is that you never have to log into a CMS again. You have a business to run. You shouldn't be resizing images or wrestling with text alignment at 11 PM.
Just text or email your change. It gets done within 24 hours while you're working on a new service or off sipping beers. Properly optimised, correctly formatted and without breaking the layout.
Any developer who promises you #1 rankings is lying to you. SEO is a gym routine that you need to keep chipping at, not a checklist.
What I provide is a Formula 1 Car. It is technically perfect, fast and structured exactly how Google wants it (Schema, Core Web Vitals, Semantic HTML).
However, a fast car still needs a driver. To rank #1, you need a strategy (content, backlinks, authority). I build the foundation that makes ranking possible, but simply "launching a website" doesn't guarantee a podium finish.
We do however offer higher tiers to focus on this with a money-back guarantee on leased plans if your site isn't ranked in the first page of Google for specific phrases within a given timeframe. We bill seperately if you want us to rank your own site.
Upfield service area map
I support Upfield corridor businesses across Melbourne’s northern industrial strip.
Did you know?
Between 1906 and 1939, coffin trains ran along the Upfield line from the city morgue to Fawkner Cemetery.
Upfield web design and SEO questions
How much does a website cost in Upfield?
Campaign and sales landing pages for Upfield businesses start from $99 per month. Fuller managed sites (up to around 15 pages) start from $249 per month. There is no massive upfront invoice: I design a live sample first so you can see a potential result before you pay a dime, then walk away anytime if it is not right. Hosting, updates and support sit in the monthly fee. Local businesses in Craigieburn and the surrounding suburbs we serve can ask about a locals discount on monthly plans.
Do you offer web design in Upfield?
Yes. I design and build websites for Upfield businesses, including rescues for slow, outdated, or half-finished sites. I design a live sample first so you can see a potential result before you pay a dime, then keep design, hosting, updates and local SEO under one managed relationship.
Can you help my Upfield business rank on Google Maps?
I support local SEO that complements your Google Business Profile: clear suburb and service pages, technical fixes and internal links across Melbourne’s north. Maps still depends on reviews, categories, photos and competition in Upfield. I'll be straight about that rather than taking a deposit and selling you fairy tales.
Can you build a site for an Upfield yard or light industrial business?
Yes. That is a typical Upfield brief. I keep the site focused on capabilities and enquiries, then maintain it under a managed plan.
Let's Make Your Website
Your Hardest Working
Employee.
One plan. One team. One less thing on your plate.
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