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Designshop Architectural Design

Architect · New Brighton, Christchurch

What your customers see when they look for you, and where that puts you among 252 Christchurch architects.

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Checked12 October 2026
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Designshop Architectural Design

Architect · New Brighton, Christchurch

Where you stand#200of 252 architects
Overall health2.1/10across the eight areas

Going well

05Facebook page8.0

Where we can help

03Map positions5.807Google search and traffic3.802Reviews3.504Listings and social2.708Opening hours1.701Google listing1.006Your website-
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What AI tells people about you

Designshop Architectural Design is an architectural practice listed in Avondale, Christchurch, offering residential and commercial design across New Zealand. Services include new builds, remodels and additions, plus contract documents and resource consents. Contact options include phone and email, and the website lists a Dunedin studio for visits by appointment.

Designshop Architectural Design is an architectural practice listed in Avondale, Christchurch. The firm's online presence also shows a studio address in Dunedin and states it undertakes projects throughout New Zealand.

The practice provides architectural design and drafting services for residential and commercial work. Published services include conceptual design, contract documents, colour visuals, new builds, remodels and additions, and assistance with resource consents.

Clients can contact the office by phone or email and the website notes that studio visits are by appointment. The firm publishes a phone number and an email contact and indicates it handles projects across the country, which suggests arrangements for remote or regional work in addition to in-person meetings by appointment.

Locally, Designshop presents as a full-service architectural design provider that covers both design documentation and consenting tasks. Its mix of visual materials, technical documents and national project scope is a practical combination for customers seeking design and consent support for residential or commercial projects.

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01Google listingMarketbase business report

Your Google listing

Designshop Architectural Design has a moderate overall health score and shows a stable base of essential information, but several key areas require attention. The listing currently provides a phone number, full address and a main image, yet lacks a claimed status, a live website link, a robust description, and enough photos to engage potential clients.

Strengths

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    Open statusYour listing shows the business as trading, so customers see accurate availability and Google treats the listing as live.
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    NameYour business name is showing on the listing, so a customer searching for you by name finds you, and everything else on the listing hangs off it.
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    PhoneYour listing carries a phone number, so the call button is live for anyone who finds you on a phone.

Top three opportunities

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    ClaimedYour listing is not claimed, which means anyone can suggest an edit to it and you have no way to reply to a review or correct what is shown.
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    WebsiteYour listing has no website link, so a customer who wants to check your prices or your work before ringing has nowhere to go from Google.
  • 3
    Description lengthThere is no real description on your listing, so when someone finds you on Google there is nothing in your own words telling them what you do.
11 checks on your Google listing. You're seeing 6 of them.
1.0Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Architect · New Brighton
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OverviewReviewsPhotosAbout
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No description yet3
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02ReviewsMarketbase business report

Your reviews

Designshop Architectural Design shows a below-average health score and limited customer engagement on Google reviews. The most important findings are a very low overall rating confidence and a lack of reviews, plus no responses to any reviews. This indicates trust issues with potential customers and a need for improved owner engagement.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Review confidenceYour rating and your review count together put you at the bottom of this market - either the rating is low, or there are too few reviews behind it for anyone to trust it.
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    Star ratingYou have no star rating yet, so a customer scanning results sees an empty space where every other business shows a number.
  • 3
    Response rateNone of your reviews have a reply, which means a customer reading them sees your happiest and your angriest customers with nothing from you in between.
4 checks on your reviews. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.5Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Google reviewsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #163 for your Google reviews
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03Map positionsMarketbase business report

Where you show up on the map

Designshop Architectural Design shows a moderate overall health in Google Maps search, with room to improve notably in local borough visibility. The top findings indicate strong ranking for key phrases in Avondale and New Brighton, such as architect in Avondale and architectural designer in Avondale, suggesting solid local relevance that can be built on across nearby suburbs.

Strengths

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Top two opportunities

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    Maps visibility in your own suburbYou show up in local Maps searches less often than half your suburb, so on a search from nearby you sit below businesses a customer would otherwise treat as equal.
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    Maps visibility across the city groupYou turn up across more of the surrounding suburbs than the middle of the field, so customers searching from outside your own patch are finding you.
2 checks on your map positions. You're seeing both.
5.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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2Top three for "architecture firm" in 2 suburbs, seen in 2
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ADQ Architecture5.0 ★ (2) · Architect
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Southern Design0.0 ★ (0) · Architect
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Designshop Architectural Design10.0 ★ (0) · Architect
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Chaplin Crooks Architects5.0 ★ (16) · Architect
Map positionsChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #107 for map positions
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Where customers find you

Designshop Architectural Design shows below average health for social presence at 3.9/10, with Facebook and Neighbourly listed as active profiles. The most notable finding is a strong Facebook presence, while overall social reach is limited due to gaps on Instagram, TikTok and LinkedIn, which constrain local visibility and trust signals.

Strengths

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    Having a Facebook page at allWe found your Facebook Profile page, and the trail is strong enough that nobody would question it is yours - it is linked from something you own, or it dominates a search for your name.

Top three opportunities

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    Instagram ProfileWe could not find an active Instagram Profile profile for your business, so a customer who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 2
    Tiktok ProfileWe could not find an active TikTok account for your business, so anyone who looks for you there finds nothing.
  • 3
    Yellow ProfileWe could not find an active Yellow Profile listing for your business, which means anyone checking you there finds nothing and moves on to whoever is listed.
18 checks on your listings and social. You're seeing 4 of them.
2.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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FacebookDESIGNSHOPARCHITECTUREDesignshop Architectural Design | Facebook✓
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Neighbourlydesignshop-architectureDesignshop Architectural Design | Neighbourly
InstagramNo account found1
TiktokNo account found2
YellowNo listing found3
Listings and socialChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
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05Facebook pageMarketbase business report

Your Facebook page

Strengths

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    Where your page link pointsThe link on your page goes to a domain that is yours, so a visitor who came for the photos leaves on your terms and the enquiry lands in your inbox rather than someone else's.
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    A page address you choseThe address on your page carries your business name, so a customer told about you at a barbecue can find the page by typing what they heard.
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    A phone numberA phone number shows on your page, so the person who found you on Facebook before they found your website can ring straight from it.

Top two opportunities

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    Recommendations on your pageNo recommendations sit on your page, so a stranger who came to see whether anyone else has used you leaves with only your own posts to go on.
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    People following your pageFewer people follow your page than most in this market, which means a post reaches people who already know you rather than anyone still deciding.
9 checks on your Facebook page. You're seeing 5 of them.
8.0Strong
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Designshop Architecture (Ken Taylor NZCD Arch LBP Design 2 MNZAD) offers services from his Dunedin studio remote working (25 years experience) throughout N.Z. covering all building types, sizes and si...
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Facebook pageChristchurch architects · 252 businesses
You are #52 for your Facebook page
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06Your websiteMarketbase business report

Your website

Designshop Architectural Design shows a solid on-page SEO health with a 4.9 out of 10 score, indicating room for improvement but current foundations are in place. Notable strengths include a valid favicon, secure content over HTTPS, an SEO-friendly URL, a streamlined page size, and a relevant title tag. Key opportunities focus on meta description length, title tag balance, removing frames, and adding an H1 tag.

Strengths

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    Domain UniquenessYour web address is yours alone, so everything your site earns - links, mentions, search standing - accumulates under your name and stays with the business.
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    FaviconThe tab your site opens in carries your own icon, so a customer with a dozen tabs going can find their way back to you by sight.
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    Page file sizeYour home page is light enough to open quickly on a phone with a weak signal, which is where most people meet a local business for the first time.

Top three opportunities

  • 1
    Separate sites linking to youNo separate website links to yours.
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    On-page scoreSeveral checks on your home page fail at once, and a visitor meets all of them in the first few seconds: a slow open, no clear heading, nothing under your name in search that says what you do.
  • 3
    The shape of your link profileNo links to your site were found, so there is no shape to read yet.
23 checks on your website. You're seeing 6 of them.
-Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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1Separate sites linking to you
2On-page score
3The shape of your link profile
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How people find you on Google

Designshop Architectural Design's Website Traffic health sits at 3.6 out of 10, below average, indicating room for improvement in digital reach and paid activity. The top opportunities focus on paid traffic and ongoing organic gains, with clear steps to start small campaigns and refine landing pages, while continuing to strengthen organic presence.

Strengths

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Top three opportunities

  • 1
    What that traffic is worthThe search visitors reaching your site are worth less than most businesses here, which means the work coming in arrives through word of mouth and repeat customers rather than through people searching for what you do.
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    What you spend on adsWe can see no paid search activity for your site, which in most local markets is the norm rather than a gap.
  • 3
    Monthly search visitsYour site draws fewer visitors from search than most businesses here, so most people looking for what you do are landing somewhere else.
6 checks on your search and traffic. You're seeing 3 of them.
3.8Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
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31About 3 visits a month from search, across 5 searches
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You are #156 for Google search and traffic
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08Opening hoursMarketbase business report

Your hours against demand

Designshop Architectural Design has no published opening hours, so alignment with local demand cannot be demonstrated. As a result, there is no evidence of being open during high-demand windows and many peak-hour searches are likely unserved. Adding clear hours would reveal where the practice matches demand and where extending or shifting hours could capture missed client opportunities.

Strengths

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Top opportunity

  • 1
    Hours aligned with demandWe could not measure your hours against local demand, which almost always means your listing shows no opening hours at all.
1 check on your opening hours. You're seeing it.
1.7Room to grow
What customers seeWhere you rank
9:41
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Hours
No opening hours listed1
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01Google listing3 opportunities

02Reviews3 opportunities

03Map positions2 opportunities

04Listings and social3 opportunities

05Facebook page2 opportunities

06Your website3 opportunities

07Google search and traffic3 opportunities

08Opening hours1 opportunity

Where you'd stand#200of 252 Christchurch architects
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Christchurch architectsOverall · 252 businesses
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