A SMALL SHOP
that SAYS NO.
FinestSEM is a search marketing and web design agency working out of the Adelaide Hills. We build websites and mobile apps, and grow them with SEO, Google Ads and AI search visibility — for businesses along the Barossa–Gawler corridor and across greater Adelaide.
Ten years, three countries, one corridor.
FinestSEM has been building websites and running search marketing for over 10 years, with projects delivered across Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States. Today we are a service-area business working out of the Adelaide Hills, and most of our current clients are in the Barossa Valley and around Gawler — accommodation, wine tourism, hospitality, trades and local service businesses.
We also build and publish our own software: SearchOptimo, a bulk Google index checker, and two apps on the Google Play Store. That matters more than it sounds — an agency that ships its own products has to live with its own technical decisions, which is a different discipline from only ever handing work over.
5 of 6 clients are on the corridor.
That is not a positioning statement, it is just where the work is. Accommodation, wine tourism, transport, trades and photography — mostly Barossa and Gawler businesses.
Flaxman Valley Homestead
Visit the live site ↗ Accommodation · Barossa Valley, SASharay's Barossa Sanctuary
Visit the live site ↗ Transport · Nuriootpa, SABarossa and Light Cab Service
Visit the live site ↗ Wine tourism · Barossa Valley, SABarossa Wine Tours R Us
Visit the live site ↗ Trades · Gawler, SAGawler Roofing
Visit the live site ↗ Photography · South AustraliaGoodsReel Studio
Visit the live site ↗Being small shapes how we work.
We are not trying to be the biggest agency in South Australia. These four rules are what a small shop can offer that a large one structurally cannot.
- PUBLISHED PRICES
- Every service has a starting price on this site, in Australian dollars, GST included. If an agency hides its base price, it is deciding what you will pay after it has met you.
- SCOPED IN WRITING
- Projects are scoped and priced in writing before work starts. If you do not proceed, the scope document is still yours — including if you take it to someone else.
- YOU OWN EVERYTHING
- Domain, hosting, the site itself, Analytics, Search Console and Google Ads are all set up in your name rather than ours. If we part ways you take the lot. Leaving is never held over you.
- WE SAY NO
- We would rather talk you out of work that will not pay for itself than sell it to you. Most businesses asking for an app need a better mobile site, and we will say so.
Five services, published prices.
Web Design
We design and build business websites on a fixed scope and a fixed price, starting from $2,500 including GST.
What's included ↗ From $1,200 per monthSEO
SEO is ongoing work to make your business easier to find in Google for the searches your customers actually make.
What's included ↗ From $900 per month + ad spendGoogle Ads
Google Ads puts your business at the top of search results immediately, for a cost per click.
What's included ↗ From $10,000 per projectMobile App Development
We design and build mobile apps for Android and iOS, and have published apps to the Google Play Store.
What's included ↗ From $800 per month, as an SEO add-onAI Search Visibility
AI search visibility is the work of getting your business cited when someone asks an AI assistant rather than typing a search.
What's included ↗Rather just talk to someone?
A conversation about what you need and whether we're the right fit. No charge, no obligation — and we'll tell you if the answer is no.