SEO · for Dunedin businesses
SEO Dunedin trades use to get found first.
Fewer businesses down here compete properly on Google than in the big centres. That means a page built properly can get in front of your customers faster than the same page would in Auckland.
- 5.0 Google rating
- 100+ verified reviews
- Searches agreed in writing
- Free plan, no obligation
What you gain
What light competitionactually buys you.
"SEO Dunedin" is the least crowded market we work in. Here's what that's worth once your page is live.
- 01Visibility
Rank where Dunedin looks
We build around the hill suburbs, the flat and the towns nearby. "Plumber Mosgiel" and "plumber Dunedin" are two different jobs, and both bring work.
- 02Leads
Real enquiries
Catch what word of mouth misses
Dunedin still runs on word of mouth. SEO picks up everyone outside that network — the renter new to North East Valley, the family moving to Mosgiel who don't know who to call.
- 03Trust
5.0 rating
Borrow trust that's already there
100+ verified reviews and a 5.0 Google rating sit behind every page we build. That's what people check before they ring.
Built for Ōtepoti
Built on the hill,not the flat.
Dunedin is the steepest city in the country, and that changes what trades here actually sell. Retaining walls, drainage, foundations, re-roofing. If you're quoting in Roslyn or Māori Hill you're quoting on slope, not just square metres — and the searches reflect that.
The other thing that shapes the year is the university. Twenty thousand students arrive, then North Dunedin empties over summer. If you rent, clean, move or fit out flats, your phone runs hot in January and goes quiet mid-year. Your site should be ready before the window opens, not during it.
And the suburbs matter. North East Valley, Roslyn, St Clair, Green Island, Mosgiel — people type those, not "Dunedin". Competition on Google here is genuinely light, so a business that shows up properly picks up more than its share.
What you get
Everything included.Fixed price, no surprises.
One price a month. Everything below starts on day one and runs every month after, for as long as you want to keep growing.
01
Getting started
- We check what's broken on your site
- We work out which Dunedin searches are worth chasing
- A six-month plan you can read in one sitting
- A look at who's beating you in Otago, and why
- Pages set up so visitors actually get in touch
02
The work
- Fixing the slow pages and the ones Google can't read
- Suburb and service pages built properly, not templated
- Rewriting your pages so Google can tell what you do
- Earning links from real sites, no shortcuts
- Code that tells Google your hours, area and phone number
03
What you see
- A live dashboard — rankings, visits, enquiries
- A plain-English report every month
- The person doing the work, on the phone
- No account managers in between
- What worked, and what's next
How it runs
Your firstthree months.
Here's how a Dunedin job runs, start to finish. We say it up front and stick to it.
Week 1
Plan and kick-off
Your free plan lands in your inbox, then an hour on the phone. You'll know where you stand and what we're doing first.
Month 1
Foundations
The broken things get fixed. First suburb and service pages live. Tracking on, so you can see what's happening.
Month 2
It compounds
More pages live, more services covered. You can watch each agreed search move.
Month 3
First full review
Every search we agreed, side by side: where you started, where you are, and what came in. From here it's month by month.
Client reviews
Proof, includingone real Dunedin client.
One of the case studies below, Loomframe, is a genuine Dunedin business — B2B operations software, not a trade — that grew organic traffic 18x with us over eight months. The rest are real clients from elsewhere in New Zealand, and not all trades. We'd rather show you honest results than dress up a local track record we don't have yet.
1125%
Web conversions
“I can't recommend Digital Movement enough for their incredible SEO services. As the owner of a small online store, I was struggling to attract consistent traffic and generate sales. Their team took the time to understand my business and…”
1312%
Monthly leads
“Digital Movement have been amazing to work with. The team built me a great website and set up SEO and Google Ads, and I started getting real leads not long after. The team is easy to talk to, quick to respond, and they explain everything…”
1050%
Monthly sales
“Digital Movement has done an incredible job on my first website. I can't express how happy I am with Martey and his team. They know their stuff and know how to get the results I need. Thanks for looking after me and giving me the best…”
1796%
Organic traffic
“Punctual, organised, and efficient are just a few of their best qualities. I have been dealing with this company for years now, and I couldn't recommend a better agency. Not only have they helped me with my websites, SEO, and Google Ads,…”
18x
Organic traffic
“Built the content engine alongside the founders. From a standing start, the site now ranks for 800+ commercial queries and books demos every working day without paid spend.”
Elsewhere in NZ
Other citieswe work in.
Same approach, different city.
Common questions
The questions weget asked most.
What Dunedin owners ask before booking a free plan.
One fixed price a month. No setup fee, no surprise add-ons for "more content" or "more links". What it comes to depends on your trade and your competition — the free plan tells you before you commit to anything.
Yes. Most of our Dunedin enquiries are trades and small local businesses — builders, roofers, sparkies, landscapers, drainage and retaining-wall specialists. Not national brands. It's built for that size from the start.
Checks your site and fixes what's broken. Builds pages around the suburbs and services you actually work in. Then tracks whether any of it turns into phone calls — not just positions on a chart.
Less than you'd expect. Dunedin is one of the least contested markets in the country — easier than Christchurch, easier than Hamilton — because most of what ranks here isn't really trying. A page built properly can take the top outright rather than chip away at it.
Yes. Most Dunedin trades also cover Mosgiel, Port Chalmers, Green Island and the wider Otago patch, so we build around the towns your customers search from — not just the city name.
Some movement usually shows in the first few weeks, because the technical fixes land first. Enquiries follow once the new pages have been up a month or two. With so few Dunedin businesses competing properly, things tend to move faster here than in a bigger city.
Trades are who we build for. Builders, roofers, drainage and retaining-wall specialists, sparkies and landscapers all deal with urgent local searches, which is exactly what SEO is best at catching.
No. We work with businesses right across New Zealand and run every job remotely, with the same reporting whether you're on the flat, up in Roslyn or out in Mosgiel. Get in touch and we'll tell you straight whether we're the right fit.
Talk to us
Let's talk aboutyour Dunedin business.
Send us your website and the parts of Otago you cover. We'll show you where you sit on Google now, who's ahead of you, and the three fixes worth doing first. One working day, no sales call.