Consultancy, Digital Enablement, Marketing Solutions & More
Purple Dog Design, est. 2006, has been working with small and medium businesses for many years. Our consultancy based expertise and managed online services aim to empower businesses to achieve greater success.
Based in New Zealand, we're proud to have worked with many satisfied local and global clients who appreciate our ability to quickly understand their needs and assist them to deliver results.
We work directly with business owners and their staff to provide strategic direction, growth pathways and high quality digital solutions whether that be websites, online shops & eCommerce, integrated platform solutions, results-driven online marketing campaigns and much more!
Why Choose Purple Dog?
- Broad expertise across the digital landscape
- One-stop-shop solutions provider
- Range of managed online services
- Fast, friendly, professional communications
- Independent, unbiased knowledge and advice
- Quality services priced fairly & delivered quickly
Who Uses Purple Dog?
- Companies who need managed online services
- Businesses that want to outsource
- Growing Small & Medium sized Enterprises
- Site Owners who need one off or ongoing support
- Agencies who want to contract out
- Charities and Not-For-Profits
Managed Online Services
- Business Consultancy and Training
- Digital Enablement Strategy
- Integrated Marketing Solutions
- eCommerce & Online Shops
- Attractive Websites That Get Results
- Affordable Website Hosting
- Domain Names and Email
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Customised Apps and Services
- Ongoing Service Plans to Suit You
Client Testimonials

Purple Dog Rocks!
Purple Dog Design ROCKS… Sol worked with me every step of the way… I would recommend Sol Harris and Purple Dog Design to any business looking to invigorate itself through an intelligently designed website and using online marketing strategies to generate more sales, identify and expand the business brand, and fully integrate itself into the ever-expanding opportunities and markets that social networking represents to businesses big and small.
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Professional, honest & committed
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all the hard work you did for us in setting up our new web site. We really appreciated your professionalism and honesty, commitment and availability. We also enjoyed your friendly manner. Nothing seemed a problem. We have no hesitation in recommending you.

Fantastic Service
Purple Dog brought our website into this century with a new look and very slick professional and user friendly site. Our website was also rated “Excellent” by the New Zealand Retailers Association! Thanks Sol
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Purple Dog did an absolutely stunning job
We are pleased to announce we have launched our new upgraded, updated and redesigned website! Many thanks to Purple Dog Design who did an absolutely stunning job and were so easy to work with! We are very proud of the new site, so check it out and let us know what YOU think!
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Professional, creative and extremely helpful
Our Firm recently engaged Sol Harris from Purple Dog Design to create a website for our accounting practice. Sol was professional and extremely helpful, not only implementing all the practical steps required to get us online, but also was very creative and offered great ideas and solutions. We could not be more happy with our website. I would have no hesitation to recommend Purple Dog to any business needing an IT solution
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We would recommend Purple Dog Design
Hi Sol, thank you for designing and building a fantastic website for Te Huruhi School.
The whole process was stress-free and a team effort. We really appreciated how you listen to our requests and suggestions and incorporated them into the final design.
Our website is a great window into our school and it is really easy to add new and regular content.
We would recommend Purple Dog Design to anyone who wants a great experience and quality presence on the internet.
Nga mihi
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Regional Business Partners Funding
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Free Website Appraisal
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