onedollar.co.nz vs Rocketspark: NZ pay-monthly options compared

The short answer: Rocketspark’s NZ plans run $49–$150 + GST a month and the standard plans are build-it-yourself, with professional design extra. LaunchPad flips the deal: $1 a day ($365 + GST a year, $419.75 incl. GST — about $34.98 a month) with the build, .co.nz domain, hosting and five updates a year all done for you. Less money, less of your labour — but also less site, if what you need is big.

The honest case for Rocketspark

Of the mainstream builders, Rocketspark is the one that takes the NZ market seriously: prices in NZ dollars, monthly billing with no lock-in, a 30-day free trial with nothing upfront, and a designer network if you outgrow DIY. If your plans include a proper multi-page site or online store you’ll edit weekly — and you want that on a platform priced for this market — it’s a genuinely sensible home, and a fairer comparison for us than the global giants.

So the difference isn’t loyalty to NZ. It’s who does the work, and what the label says.

What Rocketspark costs

From Rocketspark’s NZ pricing page, July 2026 (all prices exclude GST; billed monthly, cancel anytime):

Plan	Advertised price	Incl. GST	Who builds it
Website Builder	$49/mo	$56.35/mo	You
Website Builder Pro	$59/mo	$67.85/mo	You
Website Builder Pro+	$150/mo	$172.50/mo	You

The fine print that matters:

Standard plans are DIY — professional design is a separate service with its own (unlisted) pricing, so a done-for-you Rocketspark site costs the plan plus the designer.
One new domain is free for the first year; renewals are yours after that.
No setup cost on standard plans, though some advanced features can carry one-off fees.
The unlisted line, as with every DIY route: a realistic 15–30 hours to design, write and set up, plus upkeep.

What LaunchPad costs

$1 a day — $365 + GST a year, $419.75 incl. GST, about $34.98 a month, billed annually with no lock-in and a 30-day money-back guarantee. The build is free during launch, the .co.nz domain is registered in your name, and hosting, SSL, Google and AI-search setup and five updates a year are included. It’s the cheapest done-for-you option we know of in NZ — and yes, that’s the same “pay monthly, someone local looks after it” idea, at a different altitude.

The three-year maths

Route	Cash over 3 years	Your hours
Rocketspark Website Builder	$2,028.60 incl. GST	15–30 to build, plus ongoing
Rocketspark + professional design	$2,028.60 + design fee	Low after the build
LaunchPad	$1,259.25 incl. GST	About two minutes of brief

Who should pick Rocketspark

You want a bigger site — multiple pages, e-commerce, regular self-editing
You like building it yourself on a platform priced in NZD, or you’re happy paying their designers for a custom job
You want month-to-month billing and a free trial before committing

Who should pick LaunchPad

You need one professional page that makes you findable, credible and contactable — that’s most small businesses
You don’t want the DIY hours or a separate design bill
You want the all-in figure, GST included, printed on the label

Comparing other routes? See vs Wix, vs Squarespace, vs hiring a web designer, or the full NZ cost guide. Or skip the reading and see your own site free.

Common questions

Is Rocketspark cheaper than onedollar.co.nz?

No — on like-for-like money it's the other way around. Rocketspark's entry Website Builder plan was $49 + GST a month ($56.35 incl. GST) in July 2026, and you design and build the site yourself. LaunchPad works out to about $34.98 a month ($419.75 a year incl. GST) and the build, domain, hosting and five updates a year are done for you. Rocketspark's professional design services cost extra on top of the plan.

Is Rocketspark good for NZ small businesses?

It's a solid NZ-focused choice: NZD pricing, monthly billing you can cancel anytime, a 30-day free trial, and room to grow into bigger multi-page and e-commerce sites. The main thing to be honest about is the labour — the standard plans are DIY, so the design, writing and setup hours are yours unless you pay their designers separately.

Does Rocketspark include GST in its prices?

Rocketspark's pricing page lists NZD prices that exclude GST — so the entry plan's $49 a month is $56.35 once GST is added. When you compare pay-monthly website options in NZ, always check whether the number on the page is GST-inclusive; LaunchPad's is $419.75 a year including GST, and we put that figure on the label.

Do I get a free domain with Rocketspark?

One new domain is free for the first year with a website plan — the offer applies to new registrations. After the first year, renewals are yours. As with any provider, make sure the domain ends up registered in your own name, because it's the asset that moves with you.

When is Rocketspark the better choice?

When you want to build and run a bigger site yourself with a local-market builder: multiple pages, a store, regular self-editing, and you're happy doing the design and writing or paying their designers for a custom build. If you mainly need one professional page that makes you findable, credible and contactable, done for you at a fixed all-in price, that's LaunchPad's lane.

What does LaunchPad include that a Rocketspark plan doesn't?

The build itself and the aftercare: design, writing, photo handling, the .co.nz domain registered in your name, hosting, SSL, Google and AI-search setup, and five updates a year handled by email. A Rocketspark plan gives you good NZ-focused tools to do that work yourself; their professional design help is a separate cost.