Dynamic Websites
for Local Melbourne
Small Businesses

For Melbourne service businesses embracing change and The Power Of Technology

  • One website, built, hosted and looked after
  • $225 a month forever, no build fee
  • Working for you while you work with your clients

Live in 4 days · Month to month · Same price forever

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Tim McCartney, developer at Scalus
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Active websitesI built and maintain:

Builders, trades, studios, salons and health clinics. Every site below is live and working matched to each client's brand and wired to capture leads. Tap any one to see how I built it.

Electrical22 Electrical Works electrician website built by Scalus

22 Electrical Works

A 28 page site for a local sparky, with a three step quote form on the hero and a job feed pulling real completed work from their job management system.

Live job feed14 suburb pages
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ManufacturingFederation Flags and Flagpoles website built by Scalus

Federation Flags & Flagpoles

An Australian flagpole and goal post manufacturer moved off a dated platform onto its own site, with the full range and an online store in build.

Full product rangeStore in build
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LandscapingEden Building & Landscaping website built by Scalus

Eden Building & Landscaping

A full site with a dual building & landscaping quote flow, plus a live recent jobs feed wired straight into their job management system.

Dual quote flowLive job feed
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Civil constructionQuality Civil Solutions website built by Scalus

Quality Civil Solutions

A sharp corporate site with capability statement, project showcase, tender ready enquiry funnel and a live visitor dashboard.

Corporate buildLive dashboard
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Property servicesJT Handyman Solutionz website built by Scalus

JT Handyman Solutionz

Direct integration with ServiceM8 for a live scrolling feed of real completed jobs, plus location pages and an instant quote estimator.

Live job scrollerLocation pages
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Tattoo studioFull Moon Tattoos studio website built by Scalus

Full Moon Tattoos

A dark, gallery style studio site with a custom quote request flow, instant SMS follow up, online booking and search led blog guides.

Custom quote flowSMS follow up
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Head spaSoak Haus head spa website built by Scalus

Soak Haus

A serene website for Victoria's first Japanese inspired head spa, with treatment, gift card and academy sections and online booking woven throughout.

Online bookingGift cards
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Diabetes educationConquer Chronic Health Consultancy website built by Scalus

Conquer Chronic Health

A multi page site for a Credentialled Diabetes Educator, with a page per clinic, online booking and plain English guides.

4 clinicsOnline bookingLocal SEO
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Law firmPasha Legal website built by Scalus

Pasha Legal

A warm, plain language legal site with client intake, consultation booking and a court form system behind it.

8 areas of lawCourt forms
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Real sites, live right now

Every screen here is a client site I built and still look after, scrolling the way somebody actually reads it. None of it is a mockup. Open any one of them and it is running today.

22electricalworks.com.au

22 Electrical Works website built by Scalus
Client spotlight

22 Electrical Works

Josh runs a small licensed electrical team out of Melbourne's east. I moved him off a rented platform onto a real 28 page website on his own domain, where the proof of the work comes straight out of the system he already runs the business on.

  • A three step quote form on the hero that captures the job type in about 30 seconds
  • A job feed showing real completed work, with the photo, the suburb and the date
  • Job, customer and suburb counters read live and rounded down, so they always hold up
  • A page for each of six services and each of the 14 suburbs he actually works
  • Every claim pulled back to what is true, no round the clock promise, no invented response times
22electricalworks.com.au
Happy clients

Results for my clients

JoshOwner, 22 Electrical Works · Croydon Hills

  • "He got the website up and I'm stoked with it."
  • "It's so easy for my clients to get a quote that I don't have to worry about any of it."
  • "Tim's support is second to none."

IdahAdministrator, Eden Building & Landscaping · Greensborough

  • "From an admin front, it's been great working with Tim."
  • "I feel like we speak the same language."
  • "Very knowledgeable, very helpful. Always listening to our ideas."
★★★★★

"Tim is an absolute weapon when it comes to smart websites and implementing marketing systems. Scalus has helped me and my company quickly ramp up funnels. If you're a driven business owner keen to work with subject matter professionals on innovative marketing strategies, then look no further!"

Christian Baumann Google review
★★★★★

"Been working with Tim for a few months now and he hasn't just transformed my business but helped transform my mindset, and on top of that he's helped me build a stunning website! Couldn't be happier!!"

Jaydn Sims Google review
★★★★★

"Tim is the consummate professional. Helpful no matter the size or complexity of the project. His work has allowed me to scale my presence and lead confidently in the world of media. With my little old bookkeeping business it's been revitalising!"

Chris Riddell Google review
★★★★★

"Tim not only works at a very high standard but is extremely wonderful to work with! He's dedicated to your success like no one else. Would recommend."

Chiamaka Google review
★★★★★

"The team at Scalus has been pivotal to helping us shape our business into a profitable machine and put us on the map with what we do."

Vaughn Mittens Google review
★★★★★

"Tim is an absolute weapon when it comes to smart websites and implementing marketing systems. Scalus has helped me and my company quickly ramp up funnels. If you're a driven business owner keen to work with subject matter professionals on innovative marketing strategies, then look no further!"

Christian Baumann Google review
★★★★★

"Been working with Tim for a few months now and he hasn't just transformed my business but helped transform my mindset, and on top of that he's helped me build a stunning website! Couldn't be happier!!"

Jaydn Sims Google review
★★★★★

"Tim is the consummate professional. Helpful no matter the size or complexity of the project. His work has allowed me to scale my presence and lead confidently in the world of media. With my little old bookkeeping business it's been revitalising!"

Chris Riddell Google review
★★★★★

"Tim not only works at a very high standard but is extremely wonderful to work with! He's dedicated to your success like no one else. Would recommend."

Chiamaka Google review
★★★★★

"The team at Scalus has been pivotal to helping us shape our business into a profitable machine and put us on the map with what we do."

Everything in one system

Your website, working as hard as you do

Smart & functional website

Get found online, showcase your best reviews, look sharp on mobile and rank for local Google searches.

5 star Google review system

Quietly asks every happy customer for a review at the perfect moment. Your reputation grows itself.

Live chat on your website

Answers the questions people ask before they enquire, and turns the ones who were only browsing into a real lead in your inbox.

Unified inbox

Website forms, missed calls, texts and social messages, one inbox on your phone and desktop, shared with your team.

A customer at home clicking Book now on an electrician's website with a coffee beside the keyboard
They book at 9pmNobody rings around for three quotes any more. They find you, they read you, they book you, all before the kettle boils.
An electrician smiling at a new enquiry that has just landed on his phone
You know by 9:01pmThe job lands on your phone with their name and number on it, and the first reply has already gone back in your voice.
Now on version 2.1.1

Your website keeps getting better

Every Scalus site runs on one platform, so when the standard improves, every site gets the improvement. Here is what shipped recently. No upgrade fee, and nothing for you to do.

See every update

Text message replies

Part of your form, for instant follow up

The moment someone fills in your form, a warm reply lands on their phone in your voice. Reminders, confirmations and follow ups go out automatically, and real conversations land back in your inbox to take over any time.

  • Instant replies to new enquiries
  • Appointment reminders that cut no shows
  • Gentle follow ups on every open quote
Hi, do you have anything available this week?
Hi Emma! Lovely to hear from you, yes I do. Thursday 9am or Friday 2pm work best, which suits?Sent automatically · 11 seconds later
Thursday 9 is perfect!
Booked ✅ You'll get a reminder the day before. See you Thursday, Emma!Calendar updated automatically

Illustrative conversation

Review system

A 5 star reputation, on autopilot

After every great job, your system quietly asks for a review at exactly the right moment. Your Google profile grows itself, and your best marketing becomes your happy clients.

1

Job done. Your system knows when a client has just had a great experience.

2

A friendly text goes out. One tap takes them straight to your Google review page.

3

The review lands. Your rating climbs, your ranking improves, and the next client finds you first.

Google reviews
just now

"Absolutely seamless from the first text to the finished job. Booked everything from my phone. Highly recommend!"

2 days ago

"So easy to deal with, they confirmed everything by SMS and even reminded me the day before. Five stars."

last week

"Turned up when they said, did exactly what they quoted, and the follow up text made it easy to book the next job. Couldn't fault them."

Illustrative reviews and search result

No drama, no lock in

Live in 4 days

Demo call

20 minutes, on your actual business. See exactly what your system would capture and automate.

Day 1

I build

Website, automations and the review engine, designed, written and wired by me.

Days 2 and 3

You're live

Launch call, keys handed over, system running. Ongoing local support from then on.

Day 4
A quick hello

Meet the person who'll look after your site

No agency, no call centre, no account manager you never meet. I build your website myself and I am the person who answers when you need something changed.

Tim McCartney, founder of Scalus

Tim McCartney · Founder, Scalus · Est. 2024

  • 15+ years in marketing
  • Masters of Media & Communications
  • Based in Melbourne

I started Scalus after more than 15 years in professional video production. I kept making videos for clients that never reached their potential, because there was nowhere solid to put them. No proper website, nothing published, so good work quietly disappeared. So now I build the website first. Get that foundation right, and content and advertising finally have somewhere to land.

Month to month. No lock in.

One plan, one price. The website built, hosted, kept live and looked after, for $225 a month. No contracts, no setup fees, and the price includes GST.

Scalus Website
$225/mo
month to month · no lock in
  • Up to 30 pages, built for your business
  • SEO and AI search work included
  • Fast, secure hosting included
  • Google review system
  • Automatic SMS follow up on every enquiry
  • Live chat on your website
  • Ongoing updates & changes
  • One to one local Melbourne support
  • No build fee, no setup cost
Get started

Want to see it first? Book a quick demo and I'll show you what your site would look like.

Questions, answered

How fast can I be live?
Four days. Demo call on day one, I build on days two and three, launch call on day four. That's it.
Am I locked into a contract?
No. Everything is month to month, and your price is locked in forever, it never goes up while you're a client.
Do I own the website?
Your domain, your content, your photos, your accounts and the design of your site are yours, and they leave with you along with a full export of your enquiries and data. The code base itself stays with Scalus while you are on the monthly plan, because there is no build fee and nothing to pay up front, so the build is carried by me and paid off over the months you stay.
What happens if I stop paying?
Everything is month to month, so you give one month's notice and everything of yours comes with you. What stops is the part I run for you: hosting, support, maintenance, security, the chat bot and the other integrations. No lock in and no exit fee.
What does it cost?
$225 a month, and that is the whole thing: the website built, hosted and kept live, the SEO and AI search work, the Google review system and every ongoing change you ask for. Month to month, no build fee, no lock in, and the price includes GST.
Who builds and supports it?
Scalus is Melbourne based, founded by Tim in 2011 with a background in video production and a Masters from Swinburne. You get local support from the people who built your system.
Will I have editor access to the website?
Not directly, but any changes you need are generally completed within 4 days. Just submit your changes via email and I'll get it done.

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Put your address in and nine public tools read your site: what Google sees, whether your structured data holds up, and whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot can actually read and quote you. You get the score and the fix list.

Example report. Yours takes about 30 seconds.

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Scalus

Let's chat about a new website

Tim McCartney, developer at Scalus
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