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Websites · Hosting · AI automation

A website that wins you work. Automation that never misses a lead.

Fast, custom-built sites, hosted and cared for month to month, with AI that answers every enquiry while you're on the tools. One local provider. One invoice. No agencies, no run-around.

Based in Mount Gambier · working with businesses right across Australia
Sub-second loads
Lighthouse 95+
You own everything
Concept demo
demo · Blue Lake Bookkeeping
Concept site built for a local bookkeeper (not a real client)
95+ Lighthouse
target
<1s page-load
target
Three layers, one accountable person

Build it, care for it, automate it — under one roof.

Most businesses juggle a designer, a hosting company and an IT person. Blue Grove Digital is all three, so when something needs doing you make one phone call.

Build

The website that wins the work

Custom-designed, never templated — built to load in under a second and look at home next to the best sites in the country.

Sub-second loads, 95+ Lighthouse — speed customers feel
Edit menus, prices and photos yourself — no developer
Local SEO + Google Business Profile wired in from day one
from $2,500one-off · payment plans available

Host & Care

It never goes stale or goes down

The part agencies quietly skip: keeping the site fast, secure, backed up and fresh every month — with a report you can actually read.

Hosting, SSL, security & daily backups handled
Uptime monitored around the clock — flagged before you'd notice
Send changes any time — most updates live within 1–2 business days
from $149/mocancel anytime · you own everything

Automate

Your after-hours front desk

AI that typically answers every enquiry within a minute, chases reviews and confirms bookings — while you're on the tools or asleep.

Instant SMS + email reply to every web enquiry, 24/7
Review responses & social posts drafted for one-tap approval
You approve anything customer-facing before it sends
from $149/mofixed-price packages · no lock-in
Build+ Care+ Automate

The layers stack. One phone number, one invoice, and a site that gets more capable over time instead of slowly rotting. Most clients start with Build + Care and add automation once it's earning.

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How it works

From first chat to live site — without the mystery.

No deposits before you've seen something real. No jargon. No surprises on the invoice.

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Free · no call needed

Free Digital Health Check

A thorough review of your current web presence — where you stand on speed, mobile, Google visibility and trust, with a plain-English fix list you can read on your own time. No sales call to sit through.

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After the Health Check

Tailored concept — if it's a fit

A live homepage concept built with your real business details. First consultation free on bookings made before 31 December 2026 (then $199, credited to your build).

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2–4 weeks

Build & launch

50% deposit or an instalment plan, a signed scope, weekly updates — then a quality gate before anything goes live.

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Ongoing

Care & automate

Kept fast, secure and up to date every month — with automation layered on when you're ready.

Every build ships to the same quality gate — no exceptions
95+Lighthouse target, every build
<1sPage-load target on 4G
WCAG 2.2Accessibility standard
100%Owner-approved automations
Honest pricing

Published prices. Payment plans. No GST in year one.

Most agencies make you ask. Here they're public. These are introductory rates and the only rates I've ever charged — I review them each January, and they'll rise as the portfolio grows. Because the business is under the GST threshold this year, there's no 10% on top. First consultation free on bookings made before 31 December 2026 (then $199), credited in full to your build quote.

✦ Launch pricing

These are introductory rates. Blue Grove Digital is new, so these are the only rates I've charged anyone — and I expect to raise them as the portfolio grows. Book during the launch window and the rate you sign at is the rate you pay for your build, even if my rates go up later. Automation setup is on the house.

Lock in launch pricing

Get Found

3–5 pages — get found, look right
$2,499one-off
✦ Launch price
+ Care plan from $149/moHosting, SSL, daily backups & uptime monitoring included
Custom design — no templates
Google Business Profile claimed & optimised — how most locals actually find you
Contact forms & click-to-call
Pre-launch quality gate — speed, mobile and accessibility checked on real devices
Start with a free Health Check
Our recommendation

Win the Work

Multi-page + edit it yourself
$4,999one-off
✦ Launch price
+ Care plan from $299/moHosting, SSL, daily backups & uptime monitoring included
Everything in Get Found
Self-editing CMS — change menus, prices, photos
Local SEO + structured data
Monthly performance report
Start with a free Health Check

Get Booked

10+ pages, bookings or e-commerce
$8,499one-off
✦ Launch price
+ Care plan from $499/moHosting, SSL, daily backups & uptime monitoring included
Everything in Win the Work
Online ordering / booking / shop
Smart quote forms that pre-qualify
Wired for automation — add Never Miss a Lead or Smart Bookings later, no rebuild
Start with a free Health Check

The fine print, up front

The things most quotes leave vague until it is too late to ask.

Get FoundWin the WorkGet Booked
Design revisions1 round2 rounds3 rounds
Build timeAbout 2 weeks3–4 weeks5–6 weeks
Who writes the wordsYou do — I send a simple workbook, dot points are fineYou supply it in the workbook, I edit and polish every pageI write up to 5 core pages from your workbook
TrainingWritten guide + a short walkthrough video60-minute live session, recorded for you to keep90-minute live session, recorded, plus an admin guide
After launch30 days of fixes and minor tweaks60 days90 days
Shop or bookingsNot includedAdd one from $1,250Up to 20 products, or 8 bookable services, loaded for you
I reply within1–2 business days — same on every plan. You are dealing with one person, not a ticket queue.
Build time runs from the day all your content is in, not the day you sign. Content is due within 21 days of kickoff; if I go 10 business days without hearing back the project pauses and the timeline resets. Extra pages, new features and content writing are quoted separately — never added to your invoice as a surprise.

Pay 50% to start and 50% at handover — or spread it over 12, 24 or 36 months by direct debit.

Two guarantees: you see a real homepage concept, built with your actual business details, before you pay anything — and if a documented scope item isn’t delivered, it’s fixed at no cost, no exceptions.

AI automation

Every enquiry answered — even after hours.

Productised packages, plain-English names, fixed prices. Every customer-facing message is approved by you before it sends — nothing weird goes out under your name.

Setup fees below are introductory rates. Monthly fees stay flat for as long as you're with me.

Never Miss a Lead

Every web enquiry gets an automated SMS + email reply, typically within a minute, with polite follow-ups until they answer.

✦ Launch price
$1,200setup
+ $349/mo

Smart Bookings

Real-time availability, instant confirmations, reminder messages and one-click cancel. Fewer no-shows, no phone tag.

✦ Launch price
$2,000setup
+ $149/mo

Social Autopilot

Three on-brand posts a week, drafted for your approval, published to Facebook and Google for you.

✦ Launch price
$0setup
+ $199/mo

Reputation Builder

Watches your Google reviews around the clock. Drafts replies for one-tap approval — negatives always alert you first.

✦ Launch price
$0setup
+ $249/mo
Who you're dealing with

No account managers. One accountable local.

Led by Sam Witmitz — a Mount Gambier local with a science degree, a lab-quality obsession with getting the details right, and a modern web stack that big agencies charge triple for.

Blue Grove Digital is a newer name, so you won't find a wall of testimonials here yet — which is exactly why the Digital Health Check is free: better to show you the standard up front than ask you to take it on trust. Every job comes with published pricing, a written scope, and a quality gate nothing skips. If a documented scope item isn't delivered, it's fixed at no cost.

SW

Sam Witmitz

Owner & builder — websites, hosting, automation

Mount Gambier, SA

Questions

Fair questions, straight answers.

Can I see a demo before I commit?+
Two ways, both free. Start with a free Digital Health Check of your current site, and browse five live concept demos built for different industries. If it's a fit after a quick chat, a tailored homepage concept is built with your real business name, services and area — shown live, no obligation.
Why are you cheaper than the big agencies?+
Lower overheads, modern tools and no office tower. The stack it builds on costs a fraction of old-school platforms to run — and those savings are priced in. The build quality gate is the same either way: 95+ performance and accessibility targets, checked on real devices before launch.
Why not just build it myself on Wix or Squarespace?+
Nothing wrong with trying — plenty of people do. The real alternative to a custom build is usually a DIY template wrestled into shape solo, or putting it off another year while leads go to whoever shows up first on Google. This exists for businesses that want it done properly, fast, and off their plate — without paying capital-city agency rates to get there.
What counts as an update on a care plan?+
Anything that changes what is already there: text, images, prices, trading hours, staff, testimonials — plus publishing a post or a new page using content you supply, and fixing anything that breaks. Send them whenever you like; most go live within 1–2 business days, one at a time.

Quoted separately: new page design, new features, redesigns, writing the content itself, integrations, and bulk content migration. If what you ask for is bigger than an update, I will tell you before I start and quote it. No surprise invoices.

Hosting, SSL, daily backups, uptime monitoring and framework updates are not counted against anything — your site has no plugins and no database, so there is far less to go wrong in the first place.
Can I update the website myself?+
Yes — Growth and Pro builds include a simple editor where you change menus, prices, photos and pages yourself, and every build ends with a training session. If you'd rather never touch it, that's what the care plan is for.
What if I can't pay it all at once?+
Two options: 50% to start and 50% at handover, or spread the cost over 12, 24 or 36 months by direct debit (a small uplift applies for longer plans). Either way the plan is agreed in writing before the build is finalised.
The AI automation — will it say something embarrassing to my customers?+
No. Every package is built so you approve customer-facing messages before they send, and negative reviews are never answered automatically — you get an alert instead. The AI handles the speed; you keep the judgement.
What happens if Sam gets hit by a bus?+
Rude — but fair. If a bus (or a bad flu) takes Sam out, your website won't notice: it runs on its own infrastructure, not on him. You own the domain and code outright, backups run daily, and how everything works is written down in plain English so another developer could take over within the week. (For the record, he looks both ways.)
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Rather just talk it through?

The Digital Health Check is still free and still needs no call. This is for when a conversation would be quicker.

What kind of conversation?

Pick one — you can change it later.

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No pressure, no jargon

See where your online presence stands — free.

Pick a time and Sam runs a free Digital Health Check on your current presence — where you stand on speed, mobile, Google visibility and trust, with a plain-English fix list. If it is a fit, a tailored concept comes next. Worst case: a free expert review, no obligation.

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