You should be online too. Let's get you there.

These days, your website is your first impression.

People everywhere, every day, google when making decisions — if you're not showing up in the search results, someone else does.

I help people get their ideas to their audience by building a solid online presence. More visibility = more opportunities to make that sale, or reach the right investor.

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Based in Durban, South Africa · Building for businesses and creators across the world.

What I Do

What is it I do, you ask?

Well — just about everything you need to get online, and stay there.

Besides building great websites, I also work on the other vital pieces that define an online presence. And I build with the intention of handing the entire thing over to you — every login, every account, in your name.

Basically, your needs probably fall into one or more of the categories below.

Web Design & Development

Clean, fast, mobile-first websites. This is where your potential clients find out what you offer, and whether you're the right choice. From a neat one-page landing page to a full-blown website — or something more... niche. Registered, hosted, live, and handed over in your name.

eCommerce

Need to sell online? I'll wire up a custom-built Shopify storefront — themed to your brand, stocked, and ready to take real payments through a local gateway, with order fulfilment tools built in. The store is in your name; I just stitch it all together.

Business Email

A proper you@yourbusiness.co.za address through Google Workspace. I'll handle connecting your domain name, verifying ownership through the DNS records, and updating the MX records so your mail routes to Gmail.

What's included in Google Workspace →

SEO Foundations

Meta tags, a sitemap, and a proper Google Business Profile — the unglamorous groundwork that decides whether you turn up when someone searches "near me" at 9pm with a burst geyser. Getting found is the entire point of being online. Grab it as the "Get Found" bundle and save.

Analytics & Tracking

Google Analytics 4, set up and explained in plain English. You'll see who's visiting, where they came from, and which page they bailed on — so you're making decisions on facts, not vibes.

WhatsApp Integration

A WhatsApp button wired straight to your number, on every site I build. Plenty of people would rather fire off a message than fill in a contact form — some would rather send a voice note. Let them.

Every one of these has a fixed, no-asterisks price.

See the full pricing breakdown →

Work

The portfolio starts with you.

So here's the deal. I'm after a few real case studies while this business is young — take the full Standard Build at today's founding-client price (R3,650), domain and hosting setup included, nothing stripped out. Same build, same quality, same full handover. All I ask in return is honest feedback and permission to feature your site right here.

How It Works

From idea to live site —
here's exactly how it goes.

Discovery

We have a no-jargon chat about what you do, who you're trying to reach, and what you actually need — which is sometimes less than you think. Consider it a vibe check, for your website.

Content Gathering

Send me your logo, your photos, and whatever words you've got. No logo? No copy? Genuinely fine — half my job is making something out of "I'll know it when I see it."

Design & Build

I go quiet for a bit and come back with something that looks like you paid more than you did. Modern tech under the hood, fast by default, and built for the people you're trying to reach.

Review & Revisions

Two rounds of feedback, included. We go back and forth until it's right. And yes — "can you make the logo bigger" is a fully valid note. It always is.

Launch

Domain, hosting, SSL — I handle the technical side so you never have to learn what an A-record is or why it's "still propagating."

Handover

You get one document with every login, every password, and every renewal date. Nothing held back. You own this outright — that's the whole point.

Get In Touch

Let's get you online.

Fill in the form and I'll get back to you within 24 hours — usually much sooner. No sales pitch, no pressure. Just a straight conversation about what you're trying to build.

Rather just talk? WhatsApp me directly → Voice notes welcome.

Damien Subramanian, founder of DamienBuilds

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About

Hi, I'm Damien.

I'm a Durban-based web designer who works in IT for a living — I've spent years being the person people call when tech breaks and the explanation needs to make sense to a human. That's good news for you twice over: the technical stuff gets done properly, and I'm not going anywhere. Tech is my career, not a side experiment.

I'm not an agency. No account manager you'll never meet, no junior quietly doing the real work. You work with me, start to finish — first chat to final handover. And the IT background means the boring-but-critical stuff (domain, hosting, email, analytics) gets set up properly, not bolted on and forgotten.

When I hand it over, you actually own it — no strings, no monthly "maintenance" bill that never ends. Based in Durban, South Africa, and building for businesses and creators across the world.

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