Done-for-you AI, automation & websites · South Africa

Let the boring work run itself.

Nodus is a South African automation studio. We build the quiet AI systems that answer your customers, chase your leads and handle the admin — plus the websites and assistants that catch the business you’re missing. All set up for you, in plain language.

You only pay once it’s live and you’re happy. No jargon, no monthly lock-in.

Done for you — you touch nothing technical
Live in about a week
POPIA-conscious by design
Pay only when it works

Real work, really shipped

Not a mock-up — a real business, live on a site we built.

The quickest way to know we’re the real thing: go and open one. Canvas Hope is a South African art-workshop business whose website we designed, built and put live — click straight through and see it for yourself.

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Canvas Hope
Art workshops for all ages
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  • A real, live website — on its own address, not a template or a slide
  • Designed & built by Nodus, end to end — layout, copy, logo and photos
  • Yours would be the same — built around your business, live in about a week

Want your business to look like this? Start with a free chat →

What we do

One studio for the work you shouldn’t be doing by hand.

From a chat assistant on your site to a whole system quietly running in the background — pick the thing that’s costing you the most time or the most customers, and I’ll build it for you.

AI Front-Desk

A smart assistant on your website that answers customers day and night and captures every lead — so an after-hours question becomes a booking, not a missed message.

Most popular from R2 500

Get-Found Websites

A done-for-you website for businesses Google can’t find yet — with click-to-call, WhatsApp, a lead form, and your Google listing tidied up.

Product from R1 950

Instant replies & follow-ups

Auto-answer WhatsApp, email and form enquiries the second they land — and gently chase the leads that go quiet.

Automation

Admin & spreadsheet automation

The data entry, copy-paste and reporting nobody wants to do — set up once to run quietly on its own.

Automation

Bookings, quotes & invoices

Scheduling, quotes and invoices created and sent automatically, so the paperwork keeps itself.

Automation

AI lead finding

AI that finds and organises new prospects for you — the POPIA-safe way, so it stays legal and clean.

Automation

Custom AI systems

Bigger, joined-up automations across all the tools you use — built to fit exactly how your business runs.

Automation

AI workshops

Hands-on sessions that get you and your team genuinely using AI in the business. Practical, plain-English, no hype.

Training from R2 500

See it live

Not slides — real, working things you can open right now.

Everything below is live and clickable — including a real client site we designed and shipped. Open any of them and have a play.

AI Front-Desk

An assistant that works the hours you can’t.

It lives on your website, knows your business inside out, talks to customers in plain friendly English — then quietly hands you their name and number.

  • Answers 24/7 — rates, availability, hours, questions, all of it
  • Captures every lead so you can follow up and close
  • Never makes things up — if it’s unsure, it takes a number instead
  • One line of code on your site — I handle the setup

From R2 500 once-off · you only pay once it’s live.

Try one — they’re real

Live AI Front-Desks I built for actual guest houses. Open one and ask it anything.

…or tap “Chat with us” in the corner — that one’s trained on Nodus itself.

Get-Found Websites

Your whole business, found on Google — in about a week.

A clean, done-for-you website for businesses that don’t have one yet. Customers can call, WhatsApp or send an enquiry in one tap — and you finally show up when they search.

  • Your own .co.za address, sorted for you
  • Click-to-call & WhatsApp buttons front and centre
  • Lead-capture form so enquiries come straight to you
  • Google Business Profile tidied up so you’re findable

From R1 950 once-off · or a low monthly plan. Pay once it’s live.

A real one — plus samples

A real site we designed and shipped, alongside sample builds for local trades. Open any to see the shape of it.

Yours would be built around your business, name and services.

How it works

Three steps. You do almost none of them.

1

A free chat

Tell me what’s eating your time or losing you customers. No jargon, no obligation. If I can’t help, I’ll say so.

2

I build it

You get a fixed quote up front — no surprise bills — then I set the whole thing up and test it end to end. About a week.

3

It just runs

The work happens on its own from then on. You only pay once it’s live and you’re happy with it.

Simple pricing · in Rand, no surprises

Priced by the job, not the hour.

Everything is quoted up front from these packages — the products above have their own fixed prices. Pick by size of the job; I’ll confirm the exact number before any work starts.

Quick Win

One nagging task, gone — the single thing you do over and over that a machine should be doing.

from R2 500 once-off
  • One automation, set up end to end
  • A quick walkthrough so you know how it works
  • Turned around in about a week
  • Pay only once it’s working
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Done For You

A whole task handled start to finish — the one that touches a few tools and always needs babysitting.

R7 500 once-off
  • A full workflow across the apps you already use
  • Connects email, WhatsApp, forms & sheets
  • Training for you and your team
  • Two weeks of tweaks after handover
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The Lot

A proper system, not a patch — several jobs automated and joined up, with me alongside as it beds in.

from R15 000
  • Multiple automations working together
  • Deeper integrations & custom logic
  • A full month of hands-on support
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Care Plan — keep it running
Optional. I keep everything humming, make monthly tweaks as you grow, and you get me on WhatsApp. Cancel anytime.
R950 / month

Prices are starting points and set per job — you’ll always get a fixed quote before any work begins.

About

A real person, not a call centre.

Nodus Automations is run by Lauchlan du Preez — a South African who builds practical AI, automation and websites for small businesses that don’t have the time (or the patience) to fiddle with tech.

The idea is simple: most small businesses lose customers not because their product is bad, but because a message went unanswered, a lead was never followed up, or Google couldn’t find them. I build the quiet little systems that fix those moments — so you can get on with running the place. Everything is done for you, priced up front, and yours to keep.

Get in touch

Tell me the job you dread most.

Book a free 10-minute chat, or just message the assistant in the corner — it’ll take your details and I’ll come straight back to you.

Or just tap “Chat with us” in the corner — the assistant takes your details 24/7 and I’ll come straight back to you.

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