Performance
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The studio behind the work
Entryofferbridge is a small team that refuses to hide behind jargon
Entryofferbridge started in Torquay with one designer, one laptop and a suspicion that most agencies were charging large sums to deliver websites nobody could actually maintain. Sixteen years later we are still small by choice. We take on a limited number of projects each quarter, work closely with each one, and finish them properly — which is a boring promise to make, and probably exactly why it works.
2009
Founded in Torquay
425
Projects delivered
5
People on the team
38
Awards shortlisted
Our history
From a spare room in Torquay to a full studio on the highway
Nathan Kirkbride started Entryofferbridge in 2009 after a decade of working in Melbourne agencies where he kept watching the same thing happen: clients paid for beautiful websites that then sat untouched for years because the CMS was a nightmare and every change needed a developer. He had a simple theory — that a website is only as good as its owner's ability to update it — and bet a year of savings on that being right.
The first client was a surf shop two doors down, who needed an online store for board repairs. That project took three times longer than it should have and taught us most of what we still do today. Then more trades came. Then hospitality. Then a run of professional services work that pushed us into more complex builds. By 2015 we had moved out of the spare room and into a proper studio, and by 2019 we had stopped taking on clients whose values did not line up with ours, because life is too short and we were already busy enough.
Today we work with about two dozen new clients a year. Every project is scoped personally, built in-house, and supported for thirty days after launch, because the moment you hand off and walk away is the moment a website starts quietly decaying.
What we stand for
Four rules we have never broken
These are not marketing lines. They are the reasons we have turned away work, and the reasons clients come back.
01
Say the uncomfortable thing
If a rebuild is not worth it yet, we say so. If your launch timeline is unrealistic, we say so. Being liked matters less than being useful.
02
You own everything on day one
Files, code, content, hosting credentials. Nothing is held hostage. If you walk away tomorrow, you walk away with all of it, cleanly.
03
Accessible to real people
Contrast ratios, keyboard navigation, screen reader labels. We build to WCAG 2.1 AA because everyone deserves to use your site, not just the able-bodied majority.
04
Post-launch we are still here
Thirty days of support included, then as much or as little as you want afterwards. No mandatory retainer, no helpline that leads to a sales pitch.
The people
Five specialists, no bench warmers
Every person on a project is a senior at what they do. There is no junior quietly being trained on your budget, and no account manager passing messages back and forth. You talk to the people doing the work.
Nathan Kirkbride
Director & Lead DesignerFounded the studio in 2009. Runs discovery on every project and refuses to let a layout leave the workshop without a proper mobile pass.
Priya Venkatesan
Head of DevelopmentTwelve years building stores and CMS platforms. Keeps our hosting stack lean and our load times honest.
Marcus Oberoi
UX & AccessibilityMaps user journeys and runs the WCAG audit on every build. Also the person who catches the missing alt text before anyone else does.
Elena Kavanagh
Project LeadKeeps everything on schedule and answers the studio phone. If a client has a question at 4:45pm on a Friday, Elena probably already replied.
Our philosophy
A website is a working tool, not a trophy
Awards are nice. A shiny homepage is nice. What actually matters is whether a customer can find what they need, understand the price, and complete the action you want them to complete — all from a phone in a supermarket car park, on patchy signal, with a baby in the other hand.
We design for that person. Not for the design blog screenshot. Not for the awards jury. Not for the boss who wants the logo bigger. Everything we build has to pass the practical test of being genuinely useful to someone who has three seconds of patience and a specific thing they want to do.
Clarity over cleverness
If a visitor has to think about what to click next, we have already lost them. We err on the side of obvious every time.
Built to be maintained
A site only we can update is a site that will rot. Every build is handed over with training and documentation.
Slow and steady
We take two or three projects a month, not twenty. Quality control works better at that pace, and so do we.
Fair, transparent pricing
Real numbers published on our pricing page. No hidden fees, no surprise invoices at the end.
Milestones
The bits worth remembering
Not every year has been smooth. Here are the ones that mattered, good and bad, because the bad ones taught us more.
2009
First client, first disaster
A surf shop's online store that took us three months instead of three weeks. We learned scoping the hard way and never forgot it.
2015
Moved into the studio
Out of the spare room and into the Surf Coast Highway space we still work from today. Coworkers were a big upgrade.
2019
Accessibility became mandatory
We started turning down projects that would not fund proper WCAG work. Losing a handful of clients was worth it.
2023
The five-hundredth build
Hit the milestone quietly. No big celebration. Just another project shipped properly, which is exactly how we like it.
Selected projects
Some work we are genuinely proud of
We do not publish everything we build — plenty of clients prefer discretion — but these are a fair cross-section of the kind of projects that come through the door.
Health
Carewell Pharmacy — prescription ordering
A compliance-heavy store with prescription uploads and click-and-collect logic. Complex behind the scenes, dead simple for the customer to use.
Architecture
Reid Bellamy — architecture portfolio
An image-heavy portfolio that could have weighed a ton. Smart cropping and lazy loading keep it fast without compromise on visual quality.
How we can help
Two services, both done properly
Custom Website Design
Bespoke websites built from a blank canvas, not a downloaded theme. Strategy, wireframes, visual design, accessibility and a proper handover pack, all included.
Learn moreE-commerce Store Development
Online stores engineered to convert. Payment and shipping logic handled properly, checkout friction stripped out, and performance watched closely after launch.
Learn more"We have used three agencies in ten years. Entryofferbridge is the only one that told us what we did not need, and the only one we have ever hired twice. They behave like part of our team rather than a supplier."
From the journal
Things we have written down
Practical thinking on the problems we see most often. No fluff, no gated PDFs, no need to hand over your email address.
Strategy
Redesign or Refresh? How to Decide Before You Spend a Cent
The gap between a refresh and a full rebuild is often five figures. Here is a practical way to tell which one you actually need.
Read moreEnough about us — what are you trying to build?
Send us a short brief or ring the studio. Either way you will get a straight answer about scope, budget and whether we are the right fit for what you have in mind.