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Built from scratch. Built to sell.

Custom websites, Shopify stores and full platforms — designed, engineered and run by the builder you actually talk to. Transparent Rand pricing, all of it on this page.

Shopify Partnerofficial partner
12 live productsbuilt and running
3 search enginestracked daily
AI visibilitychatgpt · gemini · perplexity
Johannesburgbuilt here, for here

What gets built

Pick your build. Everything ships search-ready.

/ WEBSITES

Premium business sites

Fully custom design and code — the same stack behind twelve live Octafield products. Fast on a mid-range phone, WhatsApp-first, POPIA-aware.

  • Custom design, never templates
  • Speed scores you can verify
  • SEO structure from day one
  • Octa360 dashboard included 3 months

Launch R3,500/mo · no setup fee · live in 7 days

/ E-COMMERCE

Shopify & online stores

Shopify and WooCommerce with South African payment gateways — PayFast, Ozow, Yoco — rand pricing and product pages built to convert.

  • Shopify setup, theme & apps
  • Payment gateways & shipping for SA
  • Conversion tracking wired in
  • Google Shopping ready

Launch R3,500/mo · stores that sell from week one

/ PLATFORMS

Custom platforms & apps

Booking systems, client dashboards, mobile apps, marketplaces — real software, scoped honestly and shipped in weeks.

  • Web + mobile apps
  • Payments, auth & admin backends
  • Automation & integrations
  • You watch it being built

Partner from R8,000/mo · scoped per project · working software in week one

Every build includes

The machine, not just the website.

Hosting, SSL and uptime monitoring. Analytics that tell the truth. Tracking that survives ad-blockers. A dashboard where you watch rankings, reviews and ads move. And a Monday email in plain language.

Then the add-ons below bolt on exactly what your business needs — nothing bundled that you won't use.

included in every build
Hosting + SSL + monitoring✓
Octa360 dashboard (3 months)✓
Search-ready structure + schema✓
WhatsApp-first, mobile-first✓

The weekly system

After launch, the work starts.

Anyone can sell you a website. Then what? A Launch site comes with the same growth system I run every day in my own businesses, worked on every week — because the investment only pays back when people find you, book, and come back.

Every week

  • Google Business Profile updates and review requests
  • Search and conversion check: what people searched, what they clicked, what they did
  • One page or section improved
  • Tracking checked (Pixel, GA4, bookings)

Every month

  • A plain-English report: visitors, enquiries, bookings, where they came from
  • One growth experiment: an offer, a new page, a Google or Meta test
  • A 20-minute call if you want it

At 90 days

  • Ranking and enquiry review against the baseline
  • Decide what to scale

By 6–12 months

  • The goal: the site is a booking channel that pays for itself

A R799 website

Built once · ‘support’ · you do the rest

An agency retainer

R15k+/month · account managers · reports

Octa Launch

R3,500/month · one builder · weekly work · own system · you own the site

Renaldo Bothma, founder of Octa StudioBuilt and run by me, Renaldo, in my own businesses first: the Wellness Hub, XPN, the Tigers Room. The system you get is the one I use.

Full pricing — in Rand, in the open

Plans, builds and every add-on.

The complete price list. Most agencies make you ask; here it just is.

Connect · Subscription

Octa360

R950/month

Your whole business on one screen — for sites we didn't build too.

  • 100 keywords tracked daily
  • AI visibility tracking
  • Reviews + ads + Search Console
  • Monday report
See Octa360
Most popular · Subscription

Launch

R3,500/month

A serious custom site live in 7 days, without an upfront bill.

  • Custom-designed site
  • Hosting, SSL, all edits
  • Booking + WhatsApp integration
  • Google Business Profile setup
  • Conversion tracking included
  • Weekly work on your site, Google profile and tracking
Start with Launch No setup fee · 12-month term
High-touch · Subscription

Partner

R8,000/month, from

Your whole digital operation, designed, built and run.

  • Everything in Launch
  • Ads + SEO + content
  • Conversion Recovery included
  • Automation & CRM
  • Direct line to the builder
Talk about Partner

Add-ons — bolt on what your business needs

Every add-on works with any plan. Prices from; final quote depends on scope.

Add-onWhat it doesPrice
Content EngineThree to four expert articles a month, written to rank and to get cited by AIfrom R4,000/mo
Automation PackWhatsApp replies, AI receptionist, online booking, review requests, social posting and email journeys — one bundleR1,950/mo
Conversion RecoveryServer-side tracking so your ad platforms see every sale, not the two thirds that survive ad-blockersR7,500 once + R1,500/mo
Deep-Dive Audit & RoadmapFull technical, search, competitor and AI-visibility audit with a written plan — credited toward any buildR4,500 once

Build your exact setup — live total →

Integrations

We plug into what you already use.

Your accounts stay yours — connected with secure authorisation links and read-only access. Nothing is migrated, no passwords change hands.

Google Search ConsoleWhat Google really sends you
Google Analytics 4Traffic and behaviour
Google AdsSpend, clicks, conversions
Meta AdsFacebook & Instagram
Google BusinessReviews, map pack, insights
ShopifyStores, products, checkout
PayFast · Ozow · YocoSA payment gateways
Courier & shippingRates, rules, tracking
Resend emailNewsletters and journeys
Social publishingScheduled across platforms
WhatsApp BusinessAutomations and lead capture
AI assistantsChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity

Behind the build

You get a builder with a command centre.

Every site we build is plugged into the same platform we run our own studio on — so nothing about your project is guesswork, and nothing gets forgotten.

app.octastudio.co.za/admin

Command centre

Every client, every module, every rand.

Monthly recurring

R10,800

Active clients

3

Leads · 30d

14

Data cost · 30d

R74 est.

ClientPlanKeywordsCost
botthmsmanaged21~R31
botthms Wellness Hubmanaged12~R18
Good Clean Carsstudio16~R25
Agent auto-tracked 4 new keywords this week and queued 3 actions for approval.

Clients

Live data

Cost control

Per client

Agents

7 running

Reports

Automated

Start a build

Let's build your machine.

Tell me what your business does. I'll tell you what I'd build — straight, no pitch deck.

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