Who qualifies for the community rate
We publish two prices for the identical site: $800 standard, and $400 at the community rate. The community rate exists for one situation: when $800 would genuinely be a stretch. This page explains how we make that call, so you know where you stand before you email.
Last updated July 2026
The one questionCould you comfortably pay $800?
That's the whole test. Not your legal structure, not whether you're a charity on paper, not the size of your mission. If your organisation or business could pay $800 without wincing, the standard rate is yours. If $800 would mean a committee meeting, a fundraiser, or a hard month, the community rate is why we have one.
The signs that usually point to the community rate: you're volunteer-run, with nobody paid, or one part-time coordinator holding everything together. You're a community group rather than a trading business. You're small, and every dollar is already spoken for. None of these is a gate you must pass. They're the shapes we most often say yes to.
And it works the other way too. A big incorporated society with funding and paid staff is a wonderful thing, and it can comfortably pay the standard rate. Two prices only stay fair if both of them are real.
One build, two rates, no small print
The community rate isn't a lesser tier and not a special favour you have to earn. It's the same site at a different published price. Everything below is included at both.
One honest sentence is the whole application
Email us and tell us who you are: “We're a volunteer-run support group in Timaru” or “It's just me, I detail cars around Rolleston.” That's genuinely all we need. We don't ask for accounts, proof, or a case for why you deserve it. We make the call warmly, on your word, and we'll tell you plainly which rate applies and why.
Not sure which side of the line you're on? Ask anyway. “Which rate are we?” is a one-line email, and the worst possible answer is the standard rate for the same site.
Asked and answered, plainly
The rest of the sums
The whole market in one honest read: what a website really costs in New Zealand. Why a one-off price beats a plan that never ends: owning vs renting your website, and the one-off $800 vs a monthly retainer, honestly totalled. The whole process from first email to handover: how it works. And if you run a toy library, we wrote a page just for you: websites for toy libraries.
Ask us, in one line
Tell us who you are in a sentence. We'll answer plainly, and saying no to us later is always fine.