Websites.
Apps. AI.
One experienced pair of hands for the digital things your business needs to look better, work smarter and grow.
digital problems
The work has to work.
Real websites, shops and digital products built for real organisations. Every screen has a job beyond looking good.
Built by Mark StevenYour direct contact from first conversation to launch.Oona
Anwyn
The Linen Boutique
Hands Off
Techspan
Wintec Machines
One person.
The whole stack.
No tiers, no packages and no account manager in the middle. Start wherever the problem is — everything below is done by the same person, so it all fits together.
Build the thing
The website, the app, the brand and the words — designed around your business rather than a template stretched to fit.
- Website designCustom-designed around how your business actually works, and built to turn visitors into enquiries.
- Apps & AIBooking systems, dashboards and AI tools that turn everyday admin into a five-second task.
- Graphic designLogos, brand refreshes, print and social — consistent everywhere, because one person designs all of it.
- Content writingWeb copy, blog and social written for the questions your customers actually ask, in your voice.
Get found
Being the useful answer when someone looks for what you do — in search, on the map, and in your reviews.
- Search optimisationThe right pages targeting the right searches, measured against your competitors and explained in plain English.
- Google Business ProfilePosts, photos, review replies and accurate details, so you look open and worth calling when locals search.
- Google Review EngineEvery customer automatically asked for a review, with a polite nudge if life gets in the way.
Keep it running
The unglamorous part that decides whether any of the above still works in two years.
- Web hostingServerless hosting on a global edge network. SSL and backups always on, and if anything is off you ring me.
- Domain namesRegistered, transferred and renewed on time, in your name, so your site and email never go dark.
- Website care planUpdates, backups, security and support for the site you already have. One person, not a ticket queue.
AI has changed what one person can build.
Mark builds with it every day — AI features inside client apps, and AI running the studio itself. It is the reason one experienced person can now deliver what used to take a team. He built a two-minute check that looks at how your week actually works and shows you where it would pay in your business.
Specific to your work, not a generic list.Take the two-minute AI checkThe person you meet is the person doing the work.
Mark Steven has spent 25+ years helping New Zealand businesses turn unclear digital problems into useful, dependable systems. No account managers. No juniors learning on your job. No hourly meter running in the background.
The same curiosity that led him into websites before WordPress existed now drives the custom apps and AI tools he builds today.
Meet Mark
Whangaparāoa · Auckland · New ZealandLong relationships are the best review.
“Mark was able to quickly assess our website upgrade needs and efficiently produce a result far exceeding what we thought possible.”
“Mark has been our website advisor for over 10 years through three different businesses. We highly recommend his services.”
“Professional, knowledgeable and attentive to our specific needs. Our e-commerce websites work well.”
“Mark at Paragon Design is just a great guy to work with. He thinks outside the box, is super efficient and has been with us from day one.”
Priced for the work.
Fixed before we start.
Tell me what you are trying to do and I will scope it properly. You get one written quote, not a tier chosen before I understand the job.
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A free first conversation
Tell me what you are trying to do and what is getting in the way. No charge, and no pitch deck.
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A written scope and one fixed number
Scoped on your requirements — the goals, the pages, the functions, the content and the handover. Not a tier you squeeze into.
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Usually 50% to book, 50% on launch
The number does not move unless you ask to change the agreed scope. Every quote excludes GST.
Ongoing work — hosting, care plans, search and reviews — is a fixed monthly fee, month to month, with no lock-in. Quoted after the same free consult.
Tell me what you need the digital side of your business to do.
The first conversation is free and no-obligation. You’ll get straight answers either way, from a local you can actually ring.