--- type: Pillar title: "Websites for Australian businesses: design, e-commerce, CMS and migration" description: Build, rebuild and run the website your business publishes from, with website development, e-commerce, headless CMS and website migration. resource: https://nationaldigital.com.au/websites/ tags: - websites - Website development - E-commerce - Headless CMS - Website migration - websites for Australian businesses - website development Australia - website design Australia - ecommerce development Australia timestamp: "2026-11-10T12:00:00.000Z" language: en-AU publisher: National Digital author: Tara Buckley authorRole: COO reviewedBy: Cameron Young reviewedOn: "2026-11-10" readingTimeMinutes: 2 wordCount: 355 datePublished: "2026-11-10" dateModified: "2026-11-10" pillar: websites canonical: https://nationaldigital.com.au/websites/ sourceCount: 1 --- *Pillar · 5 hubs · 24 guides* # Websites for Australian businesses: design, e-commerce, CMS and migration Build, rebuild and run the website your business publishes from. Website development, e-commerce, headless CMS and website migration. **Where this pillar sits** · 3 of 22 areas Areas this page covers - Website - Store - Content & CMS [Open the full map on the homepage](/#systems-map-hero) **Quick answer:** National Digital builds, rebuilds and migrates websites and online stores on the platform the requirement points to, including WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce and headless CMS platforms, starting with a fixed-fee Product Development Plan. *Quick answer* ## What does a website practice cover? *High confidence · Verified 10 Nov 2026* A website practice covers the site a visitor reads and the content system an editor publishes it from. It includes website design and development, online stores on Shopify and WooCommerce, headless and conventional content management systems, and the migration of a site from one platform to another. **Additional Context:** The platform follows the requirement. WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, an application framework or a headless CMS can each be the right choice. ### Sources - [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) — The W3C recommendation that sets the success criteria for accessible web content. *What this practice covers* ## What websites covers This practice covers the site a visitor reads and the system an editor publishes it from. Each part has its own page. - [Website development](/websites/website-development/) covers the design, redesign and development of a site, and what it costs to build. - [E-commerce](/websites/ecommerce/) covers stores on Shopify and WooCommerce. - [Headless CMS](/websites/headless-cms/) covers selecting and implementing a content platform. - [Website migration](/websites/website-migration/) covers moving a site from one platform to another with its URLs working. ## How we choose a platform The platform follows the requirement. WordPress, Shopify, WooCommerce, an application framework or a headless CMS can each be the right answer, and a packaged option is sometimes enough. Headless architecture suits a site where it improves publishing, reuse or integration. A conventional CMS is the correct recommendation when the requirements do not justify more. National Digital implements content platforms and does not sell a CMS of its own. ## Where to start and what it costs The [Product Development Plan](/services/product-development-plan/) is the first step. It costs $3,950 ([Product Development Plan](/services/product-development-plan/)) and produces the scope, the architecture and a fixed quote in a pack you own. A website build is indicatively [15 – 40](/services/rate-card/) team days, or $22,425 – $59,800 ([Website](/services/rate-card/)), and an online store is indicatively 20 – 45 team days, or $29,900 – $67,275 ([Online store](/services/rate-card/)). The plan replaces each range with a quote. Ongoing work runs under Product Support. Written by [Tara Buckley](/about/tara-buckley/), COO Reviewed by [Cameron Young](/about/cameron-young/), CEO, on 10 November 2026 *Next steps* ## Two ways to get a number. ### Get a range now Seven questions, an instant cost range. No email address, no callback. [Estimate your project](/estimate/) ### Get a defensible figure A Product Development Plan is a fixed $3,950 engagement: two working sessions, then the scope, architecture and estimate a build is run from — credited in full against the build. [See the Product Development Plan](/services/product-development-plan/) ## Talk to an engineer about your website Tell us what the site does today and what you want to change. You will get a considered reply from the engineer who would do the work. ## Featured guides - [Content adaptation across devices and channels](/websites/digital-experience-platforms/content-adaptation/) *Featured* — 10 min ## Explore this pillar ### [Website development](/websites/website-development/) *3 guides* From a single marketing site to a platform that needs booking, payments or customer accounts, scope and stack decisions set the budget long before a single screen is designed. ### [E-commerce](/websites/ecommerce/) *2 guides* Compare Shopify, WooCommerce and custom builds, and see where Australian retailers need integration or custom software development instead. ### [Headless CMS](/websites/headless-cms/) *8 guides* How a headless CMS works, where it beats WordPress or AEM, and what teams underestimate before migrating. Talk to National Digital. ### [Website migration](/websites/website-migration/) *2 guides* Move a website from one platform to another with its URLs, metadata and structured data intact. See what a migration covers and where it starts. ### [Digital experience platforms](/websites/digital-experience-platforms/) *9 guides* How headless CMS platforms power personalised content across web, app and channel, and where Australian privacy rules apply. ## Related **Parent:** - [National Digital - Custom Software, AI & Platforms](/okf/home.md) **Children:** - [What a Website Rebuild Actually Involves: Scope, Stack and Cost in Australia](/okf/websites/website-development.md) - [Shopify developers and e-commerce platforms: extend, integrate or build](/okf/websites/ecommerce.md) - [Headless CMS migration consultants and development Australia](/okf/websites/headless-cms.md) - [Website migration and platform moves for Australian businesses](/okf/websites/website-migration.md) - [Content personalisation](/okf/websites/digital-experience-platforms.md) # Citations 1. [Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2](https://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG22/) — The W3C recommendation that sets the success criteria for accessible web content.