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Web development services

Tools and websites built around how your business works

Lakion builds fast websites, custom web apps, WordPress systems, ecommerce stores, and integrations for NZ businesses that need more than another template. Clean code, clear strategy, and measurable outcomes from the same team.

14+
Years digital experience
196
SEO campaigns delivered
98
Lighthouse target
41k+
First-position rankings
Sound familiar?

The problems this service solves.

Manual work is eating the week

Copying data between forms, CRMs, spreadsheets, bookings, invoices, and inboxes creates delays and mistakes. Custom systems remove the double handling.

Your website does not fit the sales process

A brochure site can look fine and still fail to support quoting, lead qualification, bookings, ecommerce, or internal workflows.

Plugins are slowing everything down

Too many shortcuts create speed, security, and maintenance problems. Purpose-built development keeps the stack lean.

Traffic is not turning into enquiries

Development has to support SEO, paid traffic, and conversion. We build the technical foundation and the conversion path together.

Know the difference

A one-off fix vs a growth system.

Simple fixes can help for simple problems. When the goal is measurable growth, the service needs strategy, execution, tracking, and improvement working together.

Template websites

Useful when the brief is simple and the business only needs a basic presence.

  • Lower upfront cost for simple sites
  • Fast setup when features are standard
  • Limited flexibility once your workflow gets specific
  • More reliance on plugins and theme constraints

Best for: Simple brochure sites, starter businesses, and low-complexity launches.

Custom development

Recommended

Better when your website needs to sell, connect systems, or support real operations.

  • Features designed around your workflow
  • CRM, booking, payment, inventory, and reporting integrations
  • Faster, cleaner, more maintainable code
  • Room to scale as the business changes

Best for: Lead-gen sites, ecommerce, portals, dashboards, automations, and custom web apps.

Not sure what you need?

We will help choose the right growth path.

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What is included

Practical work built around the outcome.

Each service page follows the same conversion-led structure, but the work inside changes around the channel, customer journey, and business goal.

Custom web apps

Dashboards, portals, quote tools, calculators, booking flows, and customer-facing platforms built around your process.

WordPress development

Custom themes, lean plugin development, faster backends, and WordPress sites that are easier for your team to manage.

Ecommerce development

Shopify and WooCommerce stores with faster product pages, cleaner checkout flows, and tracking that shows profitable channels.

API integrations

Connect your website to CRMs, Xero, MYOB, payment gateways, inventory, forms, email tools, and reporting dashboards.

Performance engineering

Improve Core Web Vitals, bundle size, caching, images, hosting, tracking scripts, and slow page templates.

Ongoing support

Post-launch improvements, new features, monitoring, maintenance, and technical help when your business changes.

Working stack

Built with the right tools for the job.

We use the platforms, tracking, creative, and technical tools that fit the service outcome rather than forcing every client into the same setup.

Next.js
React
WordPress
Shopify
WooCommerce
Node.js
TypeScript
Tailwind
Supabase
Postgres
Stripe
Vercel
Service system

WordPress, ecommerce, and custom systems without the bloat

You do not need a trendy stack for every project. You need the right stack for your business model, team, budget, and growth plan.

Lakion can modernise an existing WordPress site, build a fast custom frontend, create a Shopify or WooCommerce store, or connect the tools your team already relies on.

The result is a website or system that loads quickly, is easier to manage, and gives your marketing channels a better place to send traffic.

Custom themes
Custom plugins
Member portals
Booking systems
Online stores
CRM integrations
Payment flows
Speed fixes

Payments and invoices

Stripe, PayPal, Afterpay, Xero, and MYOB flows that reduce manual admin.

Bookings and leads

Forms, calendars, CRMs, and notifications connected so enquiries move faster.

Inventory and orders

Stock, shipping, order status, and customer messages kept in sync.

Reporting dashboards

Lead, revenue, SEO, and ad data shaped into dashboards you can act on.

How we work

A clear rhythm from discovery to improvement.

01

Discovery

We map the business goal, customer journey, technical constraints, and what the current site or system is failing to do.

02

Solution design

You get a practical scope, recommended stack, timeline, fixed-price milestones, and the highest-impact build priorities.

03

Sprint build

We design, develop, integrate, and show progress in useful checkpoints so feedback happens while the work is still moving.

04

QA and launch

We test forms, tracking, integrations, speed, mobile layouts, SEO basics, redirects, and critical customer paths.

05

Training

Your team gets documentation and walkthroughs so the finished system is not mysterious after launch.

06

Growth support

Lakion can stay involved for new features, SEO, paid ads, CRO, analytics, hosting, maintenance, and ongoing improvements.

ROI check

Will this work pay back?

If the work improves lead quality, conversion rate, visibility, sales velocity, or admin time, the business case can become obvious quickly. We will help you quantify it before you commit.

Calculate the ROI
FAQ

Questions before we scope the work.

How much does custom web development cost?+

It depends on scope, integrations, content, and design complexity. Lakion scopes projects around outcomes and gives you clear milestones before development begins.

Can you improve our existing WordPress site?+

Yes. We can rebuild slow templates, create custom plugins, clean up theme bloat, improve Core Web Vitals, and make the backend easier for your team.

Do you build ecommerce websites?+

Yes. Lakion works with Shopify and WooCommerce, including product pages, checkout flows, payment gateways, analytics, inventory, and conversion improvements.

Can you connect our website to other tools?+

Yes. We build integrations for CRMs, forms, booking systems, accounting tools, payment gateways, email platforms, dashboards, and internal workflows.

Will the website be SEO friendly?+

Yes. SEO foundations are built into the page structure, metadata, schema, speed, redirects, internal links, and tracking setup.

Ready to get started?

Get in touch.

Tell us a bit about your project. You'll hear from a strategist (not a sales rep) within one working day.

  • Free 30-min strategy call
    No pitch. Just a useful conversation.
  • Fixed-scope proposal in 5 days
    Outcomes, milestones and price up front.
  • NZ-based, async-friendly team
    Auckland HQ, projects shipped worldwide.

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