Transparent ZAR Pricing

Agency Services & Web Engineering Pricing

No vague estimates, no hidden hourly lock-ins. We provide transparent, milestone-based investment tiers for custom web applications, e-commerce stores, and high-ROI technical SEO retainers.

Are you looking to list products on our managed affiliate network? That operates under Partition 2 with a flat R30/month seller fee. View Affiliate Platform Pricing →

Build Pricing

Website & E-Commerce Development

100% intellectual property ownership. You own the code, the domain, and all assets.

CMS & Marketing

Custom WordPress

Ideal for corporate lead generation, service businesses, and content publishers.

R8,500 / once-off

Custom lightweight child theme (No bloat)
5 to 10 bespoke designed pages
Sub-second speed optimization
Technical on-page SEO & Schema
100% POPIA compliant contact forms
30 days post-launch warranty & training

Choose WordPress

E-Commerce Turnkey

Shopify or WooCommerce online stores built for South African shoppers.

R14,500 / once-off

Complete Shopify or WooCommerce store setup
PayFast, Ozow, Yoco, Peach Payments integration
The Courier Guy & Pargo live shipping automation
Up to 50 product catalog imports & variants
Mobile-first checkout conversion tuning
Optional integration with Moonlit Affiliate Network

Choose E-Commerce

Enterprise Engineering

Custom Web App / SaaS

Next.js, Node.js, and PostgreSQL for founders and complex business operations.

R28,500 / starting from

Bespoke React / Next.js / TypeScript frontend
Scalable serverless backend (Node.js, Convex, Supabase)
Role-based user authentication & RBAC
Subscription billing (Stripe / PayFast webhooks)
Real-time reactive database architecture
Complete source code & GitHub IP handover

Scope Custom Web App

Recurring Growth

SEO & Organic Search Retainers

Data-driven organic rankings that lower your reliance on expensive Google Ads.

Local SEO Dominance

Dominate Google Maps and local city search results.

R5,500 / month

Google Business Profile audit & bi-weekly tuning
South African business directory citations
Local geo-targeted landing page optimization
Monthly keyword rank tracking & review report
Review acquisition funnel setup

Start Local SEO

Best ROI

Growth & Technical SEO

Comprehensive technical health, topical authority, and AI search (GEO).

R9,500 / month

Full Core Web Vitals & crawl audit remediation
4x high-depth, authoritative SEO blog articles / month
Advanced JSON-LD Schema graph deployment
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO & llms.txt)
Bi-weekly engineering & conversion optimization

Start Growth SEO

E-Commerce Scale

For Shopify & WooCommerce stores wanting category dominance.

R16,500 / month

Category & collection page commercial architecture
Internal linking automation & faceted navigation audit
8x targeted buyer-intent articles per month
South African digital PR & brand backlink outreach
Revenue attribution & Google Analytics 4 tracking

Start E-Commerce SEO

Billing FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions: Pricing & Retainers

A standard professional business website in South Africa ranges from R2,950 for a starter landing page, R4,950 for a multi-section business site, R8,500 to R14,500 for custom WordPress, R14,500 to R38,000 for a turnkey Shopify/WooCommerce store, and R28,500 to R150,000+ for bespoke Next.js web applications.

No. When we build your website or custom web app, you receive 100% intellectual property ownership, database credentials, and source code. Ongoing maintenance and SEO retainers are entirely optional and month-to-month.

For development projects, we typically structure payments in milestones: 50% upfront deposit to initiate architecture and Figma designs, 25% upon staging milestone approval, and 25% upon final testing, domain migration, and launch.

Moonlit operates as two distinct horizontal partitions: Partition 1 (this page) provides professional agency services: custom web applications, software engineering, Shopify/WordPress design, and SEO. Partition 2 is our proprietary managed affiliate marketing platform where companies list products for R30/month to access commission sales agents.

Our monthly SEO retainers range from R4,500/month for Local SEO and Google Business Profile growth, R8,500/month for national technical SEO and content clustering, to R16,500/month for enterprise e-commerce stores. All retainers include technical crawling, speed optimization, high-authority backlink building, and monthly executive reporting.

Yes. We build turnkey e-commerce stores starting at R14,500 on either Shopify or WooCommerce. Packages include payment gateway integration (PayFast, Ozow, Yoco), courier logistics setup (Courier Guy, Bob Go), automated cart abandonment emails, and mobile conversion optimization.

Custom web application development starts at R28,500 for MVPs and scales to R150,000+ for enterprise platforms built on Next.js, React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL. Standard MVPs are delivered in 4 to 8 weeks through agile sprint milestones.

Yes. Our website maintenance retainers start from R999/month up to R3,999/month, covering daily offsite backups, core and plugin updates, uptime monitoring, security patching, and dedicated developer support hours each month.

No. All Moonlit retainers operate on a flexible month-to-month agreement with a standard 30-day notice period. You retain 100% ownership of all code, assets, content, and search console accounts at all times.

Starter business websites can go live in 5 to 10 business days. Custom 5-10 page WordPress sites and turnkey Shopify stores typically take 2 to 3 weeks from design approval to deployment.

Need a Custom Milestone Proposal?

Send us your project specifications, target launch date, and budget. Our engineering leads will review your requirements and provide a clear, fixed-price quote within 24 hours.

Contact info@moonlit.co.za