I'm Ketan ‐ A Melbourne web designer and developer
with over 20 years of industry experience.
Design plays a massive role in all business areas, from creating your brand identity, designing social media graphics, printing flyers, and mocking up PowerPoint slides to designing your website or mobile app.
5 October 2022 web design business design subscription
Shopify is a popular ecommerce platform which powers over 600,000 businesses across the world. It has some great features and a very well designed admin that makes running your store a breeze. But, what make’s it so good?
A new year is upon us. 2021 seems to have flown by so quickly for me, which has been a good thing because it means I’ve kept busy with work and family life.
I recently switched my website from using a .com.au domain to a .design instead. Here’s why.
I don’t need to tell you that 2020 has been a crazy year. It’s certainly been a year of change resulting in us reflecting on our everyday lives and deciding what we need and don’t.
23 December 2020 freelancing personal business 2020
www.hellobonsai.com
I recently took part in a global survey by Hello Bonsai about the effects of Covid-19 on freelancers and independent designers/developers like myself. Here are the results. Read more
13 May 2020 freelancing survey business
I’ve been using Grammarly for just over a year now, and it’s a tool that I use a lot! Not only has it improved my grammar, but it also ensures that any emails I send out for new projects remain professional and make sense.
www.oberlo.com
Starting an online store is not as easy as some platforms make out. There are a lot of effort required in getting those first few sales. This article by Oberlo, covers the essentials. Read more
2 January 2020 shopify ecommerce online store business
www.shopify.com.au
A great article about lessons learned from running online stores. If you’re a new business or are thinking of starting an online store, this is definitely worth a read. Read more
youtu.be
An insightful video by Chris Do about business partners, and one that related very well to my own personal experiences and circumstances. Definitely worth a watch. Read more
20 October 2019 business
Here are some of my sketches from the past weekend; working on redesigning my logo. The green and purple stickers at the top of the photo are a quick version I designed a few years ago to get up and running as a freelancer.
18 October 2019 business logo design freelancer
I’ve been a LinkedIn member for a long, long time and I know some people who use it a lot for absolutely everything, but it never grew on me.
It’s been approximately 18 months since I resigned from Project Octo, the agency I co-founded back in Manchester, so I thought I’d share a few things I learned during my experiences.
I first used Linnworks over ten years ago for a Bristol based superstore who wanted to integrate all their online and offline sales channels into one manageable system.
30 January 2019 ecommerce development business
This year has been a significant change for me personally and a very challenging experience.
21 December 2018 freelancing personal business shopit
I have quite a few UK based clients, so when I moved to Melbourne, Australia with my family in 2016, I wasn’t sure how my working week would go. Working during the night while the UK are awake was not something I could do with having a young family, but things have worked out surprisingly well.
3 October 2018 business freelancing remote working
Nowadays there’s a subscription for everything and it’s so easy to get carried away and sign up for everything you need to get your work done. But, the costs can quickly add up and before you know it most of the money you’re making is being consumed by subscription services.
28 June 2018 freelancing business
If you’re reading this then you will already be aware of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that will be coming in to effect on 25 May 2018.
13 April 2018 business
Update: February 2018
As a small business owner, choosing the right website designer is an important decision; a good website can attract more business, but a bad one can do the opposite and drive away new prospects.
Created by Ketan Mistry, oleniuk.com has been included in the latest publication of the Web Design Index (8). The series is one of the most important publications in its field.
Despite the popularity of the Web, there are still many businesses out there that still do not have an internet presence.
4 March 2008 business web design
If you are in the process of finding a designer to build your website then hopefully this article will make you aware of my quality and high standards.
27 February 2008 web design freelance business
