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

It doesn't have to be hard getting your business the visibility it needs.

Through damienbuilds.dev, I work with business owners and creators to build effective, budget friendly websites while taking care of all the complicated tech stuff so they can focus on growing their audience.

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Let's Build!

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

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

What I Do.

Using a strong IT foundation and knack for all things techy, I help bring businesses and creatives online — where the modern day customer lives. A solid online presence usually needs a few different components to fit together in order to actually generate market impact — that's where I come in 😉.

The cards below outline the essential building blocks of a robust online presence.

01

Branding & Design

Before building a website, you first need to settle on the look and feel of your brand. Things like colour palettes, typography and iconography are all important and high-impact decisions which you would generally carry down into other aspects of business like marketing, physical branding and client communications.

If you already have branding, I can help distill your materials into a core brand kit. If you do not have any branding, we can work together to create something that matches your product's feel.

02

Website Development

This is your super powered money-making funnel — keen customers and prospective investors land here first and then decide whether to go with you or a competitor. A modern website needs to be quick to load, easy to navigate on different devices and provide the right information to sway attention in your favour.

If you already have a website, a quick site audit can help identify room for improvement. If you don't have a site, you're definitely in the right place — believe it or not, I can actually build you one of those.

03

eCommerce

Selling products or services? Shopify is a modern eCommerce platform that includes optimised checkout tools, reliable payment gateway infrastructure and multi-channel reach capabilities, all for very affordable monthly or yearly payment plans. Once your Shopify store is up and running, maintenance and updates can easily be managed in house through a customer friendly interface or outsourced through their delegated access option, all keeping in line with local and international security and compliance regulations.

If you already have a store, a quick site audit can highlight key improvement areas. If you don't have a store, I can help brand, configure and deploy your store.

04

SEO

SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation — it's the practice of ensuring that your website is built so that it ranks at the top of the page when someone searches for your business, or if they search for the product(s) or service(s) you offer. SEO is technical and involves things like meta tags, a sitemap and a proper Google Business Profile.

If you already have a website that isn't ranking like it should, a site audit can help pinpoint any SEO pain areas which we can then fix. If you're building a website, I'll make sure the relevant bits and pieces are all in place so you're getting the best search engine rankings.

05

Business Email & WhatsApp

Besides having a website, you need to have reliable and trustworthy communication channels through which you can talk with all of your new customers. Setting up a business email address via Google Workspace is quick and easy, and helps sell the legitimacy of your business. An option to message you via WhatsApp removes that friction between thought and action for customers, and gives you the upper hand in grabbing their stake.

I'll handle connecting your domain name, verifying ownership through the DNS records, updating the MX records so your mail routes correctly, and setting up a click-to-WhatsApp button wired right into your site.

What's included in Google Workspace →
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Analytics & Tracking

This is for those who want a little more control — Google Analytics can help aid business decisions through tracking, collecting and reporting on your website data.

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. I'll help you get everything set up and give you a rundown on how everything works.

While these are all important, you may not need every one for your specific business needs. We can talk through your specific requirements, or you can take a look at my pricing breakdown which lists the cost of individual line items as well as offered packages.

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Work

The portfolio starts with you.

How It Works

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

01

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.

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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.

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Damien Subramanian, founder of DamienBuilds
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About

Hi, I'm Damien and I run this thing.

I'm a Durban based designer and developer 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.

I'm not an agency. That means no account manager you'll never meet, no unpaid junior quietly doing the real work — you work with me. Start to finish, first chat to final handover. And my IT background means the boring-but-critical technical stuff gets set up properly, not bolted on as an afterthought and forgotten.

When I'm not working, I enjoy reading (I quite enjoy classic Russian literature — nothing like finding solace in your own pain through someone else's traumatic life events); exploring nature and our urban jungles; and playing high-stakes, relationship-breaking sessions of Catan.

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