Web Development That’s Fast, Secure and Built to Last
Web development for New Zealand businesses. Fast, secure, custom-built websites and web apps, designed and developed under one roof.
What does great web development do for your business?
Great web development gives you a site that is fast, secure and built to do a job. It loads quickly, holds up under real traffic, and does exactly what your business needs rather than what a template allows. Made Nice develops custom websites and web apps on solid, maintainable foundations. A well-built site is cheaper to run, easier to grow and far less likely to break.
What we build
From a fast marketing site to a full web application. Here is where we help.
Built to your design and needs, not squeezed into a template.
Interactive, logged-in tools and platforms built for the web.
Sites your team can update, on WordPress or a headless CMS.
Online stores built to sell and scale.
Connect your site to the systems your business runs on.
We stay on to keep it fast, secure and current.
How much does web development cost?
Web development is priced by the size and complexity of the build. A fast marketing site sits at the lower end; a custom web application with integrations sits higher. We scope it clearly and give you a fixed price up front, not an hourly rate that creeps, so you know the full cost before we write any code.
Our process,
step by step
We agree what it needs to do and how it should work.
We work from an approved design and structure.
We develop on clean, maintainable foundations.
We test across devices, browsers and load.
We launch, then host, maintain and improve.
Why work with Made Nice
Custom-built, not forced into a template.
Fast and secure, on clean, maintainable code.
Design and build under one roof.
SEO-ready foundations from the start.
Over a decade of web development for NZ businesses, and we stay on after launch.
Selected work
A sample of recent web builds.
Web development FAQs
Design is how the site looks and works for the user. Development is the code that makes it real. We do both under one roof, so nothing is lost between them.
It depends on the size and complexity of the build. A marketing site sits lower, a custom web application higher. We give you a fixed price up front.
We choose the right technology for the job, from WordPress to custom frameworks. We build on what fits your business, not what is easiest for us.
Yes. We size the hosting to the build rather than putting every project on the same plan. A marketing site and a custom web application ask very different things of a server, from traffic headroom to database performance and uptime, and the wrong fit either throttles the application or bills you for capacity that sits idle. Depending on what the build has to do, that might be managed WordPress hosting, cloud infrastructure, or a dedicated server under our own management. We set it up, and we maintain it once you are live.
Often, yes. We can audit an existing build, fix what is wrong and take on maintenance, or rebuild it if that makes more sense.
Specialised tools.
Scalable foundation.
We build your brand on a flexible, scalable design system, while equipping your team with the tools to keep it consistent.
Our success stories
“The team brought to life the consumer experience of a complex offering in the most user friendly way. As a business we are experiencing huge success through their strategic approach plus B2B and consumer centric focus. Not only that – they are an absolute delight to work with, we enjoy every interaction and feel very lucky that we get to collaborate with them.”
“I wanted to send you a huge thanks for everything you have done for us over the last six months – you’ve done such a fantastic job and your team have been so dedicated. It’s been so wonderful to partner with you and I really hope we can work together again in the future.”
“In terms of quality, value and satisfaction – you are hitting all the marks without a doubt. I am so proud of the Magma website… it really brought us to life and we love it. Your team are excellent and we love working with you. This paired with your beautiful work on Circumcision has for sure secured a long term relationship with us! No doubt.”
“Just wanted to say a massive thank you for all your effort outside of normal work hours to help us take SYNTHONY global!!”
“Guys this is delicious. It looks SO SO good.”
“I LOVE IT!!!! Thank you a million, it’s beautiful, love love love!
Thanks a million to you and Frankie – it’s amazing! Thanks so much for going over and above and doing all the ‘extras’ that I’m sure aren’t usually part of the normal package of guidelines.”
Ready to get started?
Got a site or web app to build? Tell us what it needs to do. We will show you how we would build it, and what it costs. Get in touch.