What we do
Most sites are designed on instinct and hope. We start with your numbers — traffic, search visibility, how your customers actually behave — and let that shape everything, from the homepage wireframe to the words on the page. You get a website built on evidence, and the proof it's working.
Wireframes shaped by your analytics and search. A UI built around your brand, and UX designed for how customers behave — a fast, solid foundation engineered for performance.
Our own AI data-intelligence platform pulls your analytics, search and sales into one plain-English view — so you always know exactly what your website is doing, and what to do next.
An ongoing partnership that keeps improving your site after launch — SEO, AI search, content and ads, guided by a senior team and the data. Small gains, stacked month after month.
Start with a free website audit, then choose the plan that fits. Foundation is a one-off website design and build, done right from the ground up. Growth is the ongoing partnership that markets and grows your website traffic and leads. Most clients use both — and that’s exactly why we built them together.
A rebuild that gets your website fit and healthy — fast, secure, and ready to grow.
A monthly retainer for ongoing strategy, content, search visibility, and Google ads management.
Already got a fast, well-built site? We’ll tell you — and start you straight on Growth.
* Prices exclude GST. Foundation is a one-off project fee; Growth is billed monthly.
Know exactly how your website is performing — and what we're doing to grow it.
Most dashboards just hand you numbers. Cardo pulls together every signal behind your website and turns it into a clear, plain-English story you can actually act on.
Here’s how Your Company Name is performing.
Revenue grew 6.2% this month to $18,420 on the back of stronger organic search and a solid paid social month. The flip side: average order value slipped slightly and your SEO foundations are still the weakest part of the site.
Every Cardo client gets Detect & Protect — our own always-on security agent that watches your website around the clock, catching and actively blocking threats in real time.
Bad bots, brute-force and injection attempts stopped the moment they appear — not just logged after the fact.
AI watches the live event stream and adapts to new, novel attacks as they emerge — not just known signatures.
An attack on any one site we protect instantly hardens the shield on every other — collective defence that gets stronger as the network grows.
Protection runs right at your server, so it doesn't rely on the very layer that gets hit.
No account managers, no handoffs, no surprises. Where most scale through volume, we scale through expertise — the same two senior specialists, from your first call to every monthly report.
Meet the two people you'll work with — directly, every time.
Ian leads the build — the architecture, performance, and technical detail that decides whether your site is fast, secure, and easy to find. A full-stack developer with 25+ years across custom and open-source website builds, he pairs deep technical know-how with a designer's eye, so your site doesn't just look right, it works hard for your business.
Hayley turns your data into direction — reading the analytics, spotting what's working, and shaping the digital strategy that grows traffic and enquiries. With 15 years across sales, marketing, commercial and strategy roles at some of New Zealand's leading businesses, she keeps the focus on measurable outcomes and a clear, plain-English plan you can actually follow.
Your Digital Growth Partner Start with a free website health check — see where you're fast, where you're not, and how to grow.
Margaritas Cleaning
A Google Ads programme built and managed from scratch for a well-regarded Auckland cleaner — turning word-of-mouth growth into a steady, measurable pipeline of…
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Ashcroft Homes
A ground-up rebuild of the Ashcroft Homes website to improve website performance, modern web standards and search visibility — dramatically faster on every device,…
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A few things clients often ask before getting started. If your question isn't here, just ask — we're quick to reply.
Most small business owners know they should be doing SEO but don't know where to start. Here's what actually moves the needle when you're short on…
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Read article →We have worked with Ian over the last six months and found him to be be very knowledgeable and up to date with current trends and technology, he’s great at explaining what he does and the value of it, I would highly recommend meeting him to discuss your needs.
We have had a great experience with Ian and the Team helping us with the hosting and revamp of our website and increase the SEO and make other tweaks as well. The advice received has been invaluable to us in an area we don’t have real experience. Communication has been great and we know we are working with someone we can trust. Highly Recommended.
Ian is as delightful as he is experienced. I've gone from fretting about technical issues to feeling in completely safe hands. I have recommended him to my friends and I'll recommend him to you.
