// Locations / Melbourne
Made in Melbourne.
Not just listed here.
Half the agencies on a "best of Melbourne" list are a mailbox and a landing page. Sonder is the real thing: senior developers, based here, doing senior work only. No juniors, no account managers. You talk to the person who writes the code.
// Why Melbourne
Because it is home.
We have shipped enterprise platforms for RMIT University, rebuilt Purvis Beer's ecommerce, and put Applied EV on the world stage, all from right here. When your developer is in your city and your timezone, projects move at a completely different speed.
// What Melbourne hires us for
Senior work only.
If it is on this menu, we are genuinely good at it. One team, start to finish.
Vibe Code Rescue
Someone built your app with Cursor, Lovable or a cheap dev shop, and now it is 80 percent done and 100 percent stuck. We audit what exists, keep what is worth keeping, and finish it properly. Senior engineers, real architecture, an app you can run a business on. An angle no other Melbourne agency touches.
Shopify Plus
Full Plus builds, replatforms and performance work for serious ecommerce brands. The bread and butter, but make it Wagyu.
Custom Apps
Web apps, internal tools and SaaS products built to a standard we would put our own name on. Because we do: we ship our own software too.
Shopify Builds
Store builds, theme development and POS for growing retailers. Fast to manage, fast to load, built to convert.
System Integrations
ERP, POS, 3PL, Klaviyo, Lightspeed. We connect the systems your business actually runs on. No more CSV exports at 2am.
// Local proof
Built from Melbourne, for Victorians you know.
RMIT University
A platform three campuses run on
A multi year enterprise partnership across the university, from Shopify Plus to student platforms.
Purvis Beer
An independent icon, rebuilt
Off Kentico, onto Shopify: from $30k a year online to $50k a month in four months.
Applied EV
On the world stage
A CES launch built in Melbourne, shipped to Las Vegas. It helped unlock millions in funding.
// How we work with Melbourne businesses
Same city. Same timezone. Same people.
The boring practical stuff that makes a project pleasant instead of painful. It is amazing how rare this list is.
In person
Kickoff in the room
For Melbourne projects we will come to you, whiteboard the build, and leave you with a clearer plan than you started with. Some things are just faster in a room.
Timezone
Replies in your hours
Questions answered while you are still at your desk. No waiting a full day for a one-line reply from the other side of the planet.
Local
AU invoicing and GST
An Australian business with an ABN, invoicing in AUD with GST handled properly. Your accountant will have exactly zero questions.
One team
No offshore handoffs
The people you meet are the people who build. Nothing gets thrown over a wall to a team you have never spoken to and never will.
// Straight answers
The questions every first call starts with.
What does a custom app cost in Melbourne?
It depends on what the app has to do. A focused single purpose app is a very different build to a full platform, so we scope every project up front and quote a fixed price before a line of code is written. You know the number before you commit. No hourly creep, no surprise invoices.
Do you only work with big companies?
No. We work with RMIT University at one end and independent Victorian retailers like Purvis Beer at the other. What matters is not your size, it is whether the problem is interesting and whether you are serious about solving it.
Can you fix an app another agency or an AI tool built?
Yes. Rescuing vibe coded and half finished apps is our flagship service. We audit what exists, tell you honestly what is worth keeping, then rebuild the rest to a standard you can run a business on.
Do you work outside the CBD?
Yes. We are based between Melbourne and the Macedon Ranges, so we cover greater Victoria as standard. City, suburbs or regional, if you are in Victoria we can be in the room.
// Start a project
Your developer should be in your city.
Tell us what you are building, or what you inherited and need fixed. You will hear back from the person who does the work, within one business day.
Replies within one business day. From the person who writes the code.