Ballarat · Since 2003 · Google Premier Partner
Your next customer might ask ChatGPT, not Google.
We've been getting Ballarat businesses found online since 2003. Websites, Google Ads, SEO — and now AI search and ChatGPT advertising. We build it, we host it, and when it breaks we fix it ourselves.
1,100+ websites built since 2003
23 years in Ballarat
Google Premier Partner
9 in 10 clients referred or returning
01 — Why Ascet
Most agencies tell you what's wrong. We fix it.
We host the sites we build. So when your site is slow, when a tracking tag stops firing, when Google flags a policy problem on your ads, we go into the code and onto the server and sort it out. No ticket queue. No "you'll need to talk to your developer about that." For 23 years that has been the entire point of Ascet.
We've always thought of ourselves as traders, not stockbrokers. When you engage us, we're in the account and in the code ourselves, and the results are ours to answer for.
We don't build websites for you. We build them for your customers. That's been the house rule since 2003.
We build it.
Websites, ecommerce, and custom tools, written by the people who will still be looking after them in five years.
We host it.
Your site lives on servers we manage, so performance and security are ours to answer for.
We fix it.
One phone number. Nobody to blame but us.
02 — What we do
Four things, done properly.
Websites & Ecommerce
WordPress and Shopify sites built to bring in enquiries, not just to look good. Plus hosting and management so they stay fast and secure.
Advertising
Google Ads, Meta, LinkedIn, X — and now ChatGPT. Managed by a Google Premier Partner, with conversion tracking that actually works.
Get Found
SEO and AEO. Ranking on Google is one job. Being named when someone asks an AI is another.
AI Development
Custom tools, automation and AI built into your business. We build our own — we can build yours.
03 — The part most agencies aren't ready for
Being on Google isn't the same as being in the answer.
When someone asks ChatGPT, Gemini or Google's AI Overview to recommend a business in Ballarat, one of two things happens. You get named, or a competitor does. What decides that is not the same as what decides your Google ranking — and in Australia it is now a paid channel as well.
AI Search & AEO
Structure, schema, entities and reviews, so the answer engines can find you and quote you.
ChatGPT Ads
Live in Australia now. We plan, build and run the campaigns.
AI Development
The tools we build for ourselves, built for your business.
Want to know what AI currently says about your business? We'll check and send you the answer. Free.
04 — How we grow
9 in 10
of our business comes from client referrals and repeat customers. We think that says a lot. In 23 years we have never had a sales team.
Puffing Billy Railway
Ballarat Coachlines
Ocean Ridge Retreat
Bathurst Live Invest
05 — Selected work
Sites that do a job.
CASE STUDY
Tourism & Heritage
Puffing Billy Railway
Accommodation · Port Fairy
Ocean Ridge Retreat
Transport · Ballarat
Ballarat Coachlines
Local Government · Bathurst, NSW
Bathurst Live Invest
06 — Local
We're in Ballarat. Come and see us.
Our office is on Armstrong Street South. The phone number is a Ballarat number, and when you ring it you get someone who knows the difference between Sebastopol and Soldiers Hill. We work with businesses across Ballarat, Bacchus Marsh, Daylesford, Creswick, Buninyong, Ararat, Maryborough and the Central Highlands — and with clients in Melbourne and further afield who came to us by referral.
Ascet Digital
17 Armstrong Street South, Ballarat VIC 3350 (by appointment)
07 — Straight answers
The questions we get asked most.
How much does a website cost in Ballarat?
What changes the price, and what you get at each level.
Why isn't my business showing up on Google Maps?
The usual causes, and which one is most likely yours.
How do I get my business mentioned by ChatGPT?
What answer engines read, and how to give them something to quote.
How much should I spend on Google Ads?
How to work out a budget from what a customer is worth to you.
Let's find out where you actually stand.
Tell us your business name and what you do. We'll ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity what a customer in Ballarat would ask, and send you exactly what comes back — including who gets recommended instead of you. No charge, no obligation.