Provider facts
What does Sunlit Social 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.
Sunlit Social (Sydney: "Sydney based, working with worldwide clients." (contact page)): A small, clearly priced celebrant offer: $650 for branding, $1,500 for a mini site, $1,850 for both. Below is everything its own pages say about price and packages, read 13 Oct 2026, with each source linked.
Sunlit Social, from its own pages
Named by: Claude (8 Oct) for "who builds websites for marriage celebrants in Australia".
- Website price shown
- "Celebrant Mini Website Build": "Price: $1,500"; "Comprehensive Custom Celebrant Branding + Website Bundle": "Bundle Price: $1,850"; "Celebrant Mini Custom Branding Session": "Price: $650". Shown as "$" with no currency code and no GST note; each is labelled "(Available March 2026 onwards)"
sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates - What a build includes
- Website build items (as listed in the bundle): "Website strategy session", "Full Squarespace build (up to 5 pages)", "Mobile optimisation", "Basic copy editing", "Contact/booking integrations", "Photo placement & styling", "Easy-to-update backend setup", "Launch support". Built "over an agreed week"; "all website builds must be based on a complete branding kit" (the client's own or one from the Mini Branding Session)
sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates - Ongoing fees
- Not shown on the pages read (no hosting, care or maintenance fee listed)
sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates - Local SEO or marketing
- Not shown on the pages read (no SEO, Google listing or search service mentioned on the celebrant page)
sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates - Platform
- Squarespace, as stated: "Sites are built on Squarespace and are designed to be easy for you to update on your own after handover." Sunlit Social's own site is served by Squarespace ("This is Squarespace." comment in the served HTML)
sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates - Named person
- "Founder ~ Kathryn King"
sunlitsocial.com/about - Reviews on its own site
- Testimonials only ("Kind Words" section, named clients); no Google rating or review count shown
sunlitsocial.com - Example builds
- Portfolio lists 14 projects: MISTER JONES, ELULA HOME, FILTERED BEAUTY, AMBROSIA DISTILLERY, BUJ BODY, LA VRODA, BEYSIS 1, BEYSIS 2, HEY SISTER, SUITE CO BONDI, SAINT SHADE, MALAKAI THE LABEL, LUNA SLEEP, TWILL & TEE. No celebrant website is shown on the portfolio page
sunlitsocial.com/portfolio - Page for celebrants
- "Celebrant Branding Studio: Templates, Identity & Websites" (page heading), https://www.sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates. "My husband and mother-in-law are both marriage celebrants". The page mentions "instant-download Canva templates" and "mini celebrant websites" but lists no templates or template prices
sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates - Based
- Sydney: "Sydney based, working with worldwide clients." (contact page)
sunlitsocial.com/contact
Other things its pages say
- "A Sydney-based photographer, designer and social media manager" sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates
- "Custom Branding Sessions (Available From March 2026)"; "Register interest for March 2026 bookings." sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates
- Branding session includes "1:1 brand consultation", "Custom logo suite", "Colour palette", "Font system", "Brand style sheet", "Business card design", "Letterhead design" sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates
- "Based in Sydney and working with clients across Australia" sunlitsocial.com/about
- "I spent over eight years in the fashion industry"; "co-founded an Australian fashion label and ran a retail store in The Rocks, Sydney" sunlitsocial.com/about
- "Check out my services for Australian Celebrant Businesses" sunlitsocial.com/services
- "I am Sydney based, however most of my work is able to be done remotely" sunlitsocial.com/faqs
Is Sunlit Social right for you?
Best for: a celebrant who wants branding and a mini Squarespace site from someone with celebrants in the family.
Worth asking them: which currency the prices are in and whether GST is included (the page does not say), and whether bookings are open: each offer is labelled "(Available March 2026 onwards)".
How does creativebyjake compare?
creativebyjake runs this site, so read this as our side of it. Same date, same kind of source.
| Sunlit Social | creativebyjake (ours) | |
|---|---|---|
| Website price shown | "Celebrant Mini Website Build": "Price: $1,500"; "Comprehensive Custom Celebrant Branding + Website Bundle": "Bundle Price: $1,850"; "Celebrant Mini Custom Branding Session": "Price: $650". Shown as "$" with no currency code and no GST note; each is labelled "(Available March 2026 onwards)" sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates | $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 | Not shown on the pages read (no hosting, care or maintenance fee listed) sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates | 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 | Not shown on the pages read (no SEO, Google listing or search service mentioned on the celebrant page) sunlitsocial.com/celebranttemplates | 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 ("Kind Words" section, named clients); no Google rating or review count shown sunlitsocial.com | Not shown on the pages read creativebyjake.com.au |
| Example builds | Portfolio lists 14 projects: MISTER JONES, ELULA HOME, FILTERED BEAUTY, AMBROSIA DISTILLERY, BUJ BODY, LA VRODA, BEYSIS 1, BEYSIS 2, HEY SISTER, SUITE CO BONDI, SAINT SHADE, MALAKAI THE LABEL, LUNA SLEEP, TWILL & TEE. No celebrant website is shown on the portfolio page sunlitsocial.com/portfolio | 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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