Provider facts
What does Minerva Design and Media charge, and what do you get?
Disclosure: Appear is run by creativebyjake, which appears in this comparison. Every fact is from each provider's own pages with the date we read them, ours included.
Minerva Design and Media ("Newcastle, NSW" (contact page)): A named founder, a celebrant portfolio piece that includes a 60-page couples' guide, and published monthly design retainers. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 13 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
Minerva Design and Media, from its own pages
Named by: ChatGPT (8 Oct) for "who builds websites for marriage celebrants in Australia".
- Website price shown
- Not shown on the pages read: no website build price or build package is listed (prices shown are for monthly design retainers only)
minervadesign.com.au/services - What a build includes
- Not shown on the pages read as a package. Website services listed: "Custom website design", "Responsive & mobile-friendly websites", "WordPress & Squarespace", "Website audits & redesigns", "E-Commerce with Shopify, Squarespace and WooCommerce"
minervadesign.com.au - Ongoing fees
- Graphic design retainers: "Lite Retainer 6 hours per month", "Minimum 3 months", "$ 540 Monthly"; "Mid Retainer 10 hours per month", "Minimum 6 months", "$ 800 Monthly"; "XL Retainer 15 hours per month", "Minimum 6 months", "$ 1200 Monthly". Lite and Mid include "Minor website updates"; XL includes "Website design & dev" and "Website updates". No GST note shown. Hosting price: not shown on the pages read
minervadesign.com.au/retainer-packages - Local SEO or marketing
- SEO services listed: "SEO-friendly Website Structure & Setup", "On-Page SEO" ("Meta descriptions, keyword integration, and proper heading structures for better rankings."), "Website Speed & Performance Optimisation", "Google My Business Setup" ("Enhancing your local search visibility."). No separate SEO price shown; "SEO enhancements" appears in the Mid ("$ 800 Monthly") and XL ("$ 1200 Monthly") retainer lists
minervadesign.com.au/services - Platform
- Client builds: "WordPress & Squarespace" (stated in the services list). Minerva's own site is served as WordPress hosted on WordPress.com (data-provider="wordpress.com") built with Elementor (generator meta tag)
minervadesign.com.au - Named person
- "Ashleigh Power | Graphic & Web Designer"; "I’m Ashleigh, the founder of Minerva Design and Media"
minervadesign.com.au/about - Reviews on its own site
- Testimonials only (named clients, including "Julie Muir Marriage Celebrant" and "The Soulful Celebrant"); no Google rating or review count shown
minervadesign.com.au - Example builds
- 8 portfolio pieces listed under Portfolio: BB Candle Co, Buyers Agent Hotline, Etvia, Jen Attard Marriage Celebrant, Mayfield West Bowling Club, Mayflowers Vintage Florist, Newborn Care and Sleep Consultant, Peppers Creek
minervadesign.com.au/about-2 - Page for celebrants
- Portfolio piece "Design Portfolio | Jen Attard Marriage Celebrant", https://minervadesign.com.au/design-portfolio-jen-attard-marriage-celebrant/: "Website, Book Design, Dubsado CMS Setup and Design" for jenattard.com.au, "a passionate and warm-hearted marriage celebrant in Adelaide"; "She wanted a website that not only elevated her business but also incorporated basic SEO to enhance visibility." No celebrant service page is shown
minervadesign.com.au/design-portfolio-jen-attard-marriage-celebrant - Based
- "Newcastle, NSW" (contact page)
minervadesign.com.au/contact
Other things its pages say
- "With over 15 years of experience in branding, website design and digital strategy" minervadesign.com.au/about
- "Bachelor of Visual Communications with Honours, which I completed in 2011" minervadesign.com.au/about
- Free offers: "free brand + website audit" (site footer form) and a free brand consultation call ("book a 15min call") minervadesign.com.au/contact
- "a Newcastle-based creative studio" minervadesign.com.au/about
- Home page text: "Newcastle | Lake Macquarie | Port Stephens | Hunter Valley & beyond" minervadesign.com.au
- Celebrant piece also lists "A comprehensive 60-page exclusive guide designed to support couples in planning their wedding and crafting heartfelt vows" and a Dubsado client management setup ("I integrated Dubsado") minervadesign.com.au/design-portfolio-jen-attard-marriage-celebrant
Is Minerva Design and Media right for you?
Best for: celebrants who also want print and brand design from a Newcastle studio on retainer.
Worth asking them: for a fixed quote for the website itself (no build price is published), and about the three or six month minimum on its retainers.
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| Minerva Design and Media | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | Not shown on the pages read: no website build price or build package is listed (prices shown are for monthly design retainers only) minervadesign.com.au/services | $500 + GST for a two-page site, paid once; going live on a domain in the client's own name is $100 plus the domain's own fees creativebyjake.com.au/celebrant-websites/ |
| Ongoing fees | Graphic design retainers: "Lite Retainer 6 hours per month", "Minimum 3 months", "$ 540 Monthly"; "Mid Retainer 10 hours per month", "Minimum 6 months", "$ 800 Monthly"; "XL Retainer 15 hours per month", "Minimum 6 months", "$ 1200 Monthly". Lite and Mid include "Minor website updates"; XL includes "Website design & dev" and "Website updates". No GST note shown. Hosting price: not shown on the pages read minervadesign.com.au/retainer-packages | Maintenance at $50 + GST a month, no contract, two weeks' notice to stop; hosting: not stated on its pages creativebyjake.com.au/celebrant-websites/ |
| Local SEO or marketing | SEO services listed: "SEO-friendly Website Structure & Setup", "On-Page SEO" ("Meta descriptions, keyword integration, and proper heading structures for better rankings."), "Website Speed & Performance Optimisation", "Google My Business Setup" ("Enhancing your local search visibility."). No separate SEO price shown; "SEO enhancements" appears in the Mid ("$ 800 Monthly") and XL ("$ 1200 Monthly") retainer lists minervadesign.com.au/services | Appear at $250 + GST a month: the Google listing kept up, details matched across directories, a review kit, a local page every second month, Maps read weekly and AI answers monthly; Appear and maintenance together are $300 a month including GST creativebyjake.com.au/appear/ |
| Reviews on its own site | Testimonials only (named clients, including "Julie Muir Marriage Celebrant" and "The Soulful Celebrant"); no Google rating or review count shown minervadesign.com.au | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | 8 portfolio pieces listed under Portfolio: BB Candle Co, Buyers Agent Hotline, Etvia, Jen Attard Marriage Celebrant, Mayfield West Bowling Club, Mayflowers Vintage Florist, Newborn Care and Sleep Consultant, Peppers Creek minervadesign.com.au/about-2 | Example builds for made-up businesses, labelled as such: Vowsmith Ceremonies creativebyjake.com.au/celebrant-websites/ |
Worth asking us: about how new it is: its examples are builds for made-up businesses and its site shows no reviews, so ask Jake for a call and judge for yourself.
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