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The problem I had was that I was unsure how to present myself as a writer of both adult and YA fiction. I didn’t know how to combine these two potential audiences.

I chose to go with Jin because I loved the clarity of the websites he had already designed for other writers and the sense I had that he was listening carefully when we chatted about what was important to me.

Jin was easy to work with – responsive, reliable, and attentive.

I was thrilled to be able to work with someone who has all the skills I lack in the visual and marketing department!

If you’re wanting to work with someone who will gain a sense of you as a writer and represent that visually, go with Jin.

I was amazed at how Jin so beautifully captured the different moods of my novels on the screen.

I had run a website for a number of years using templates from a web host. My website looked homemade at best. I wasted untold hours trying to fix it.

When I decided to branch out and go indie I decided that time was one thing I didn’t have, so outsourcing my website was a major priority. I looked at a few overseas website designers and then decided to find an Australian website designer. I was thrilled to find a Melbourne based website designer who specialized in author websites. I loved the look of Jin’s templates so I got in touch.

Jin has been great to work with, he has listened to what I wanted and delivered a website that makes me smile every time I log on. My website is clean, beautiful and works.

Getting a professional to build my website was one of the best decisions I have made in my indie journey. I can concentrate on my writing knowing that I have a great looking website which displays all my books to their very best. I would highly recommend any author serious about their writing to invest a little in a website which not only brings them joy but brings readers and gives them a seamless way to purchase your books.

The first thing I would like to say about Jin & Co. is that from the beginning I felt I was dealing with an organisation with high standards of professionalism.

The Pre-Production Questionnaire was fantastic as it highlighted to me what sort of site design appealed, what I needed it to achieve and who was my audience.

I was not in a particular hurry with having my site up and running, rather I felt I needed to take time and be certain I was making the right decisions with both design and the sort of information my site needed to contain.

Jin & Co. were patient and allowed me to take my time without pressure.

I would recommend Jin & Co. highly to anyone looking for efficiency, reliability and professionalism and I’ve had some wonderful compliments from friends, writers, illustrators and people across the publishing industry about my fresh and appealing, user-friendly and stylish-looking site. It’s exactly what I wanted.

My old website was a mess!

Not only was it outdated and hard to navigate, but it was also aesthetically unpleasing with text and images all over the place. I was long overdue for a new, clean, informative and enjoyable place for visitors.

Jin’s experience in working with authors and illustrators is the best there is.

I first met Jin when he helped me move my first website, created many years ago, to a self-managed entity. He mentioned then that it needed a revamp, but I kept putting it off and patching up my old one with sticky tape. Jin was aware of my body of work and the amount of content involved in creating a new website so we were both realistic what was required and the timeframe.

The efficiency and speed to communicate back and forth on a project are of utmost importance to me. Jin is easy to reach and able to explain and solve any query.

What’s it Jin like to work with? Practicality and Patience. No matter what ‘silly’ question, I throw Jin’s way, he explains it to me, step by step, with grace in layman’s terms. Jin is always there when I forget how to manoeuvre in WordPress.

My advice for other writers considering a new author website? Have an idea of all the possible demographics you hope will visit your site. It will help organise copy, photos, reviews, testimonials, and links.

I wanted a place for children, parents, teachers, librarians, art lovers, curiosity seekers and other creators to gain knowledge about my work. Easy to find where to download activities, watch videos about my process, and my presentations for schools, libraries and festivals.

What’s cool about creating a new Jin and Co website, is the satisfaction in seeing it go live, shiny and new, for all the world to explore.

I was looking for a cool, easy to navigate site that will be a starting place for anyone looking at our book from readers to media to book stores.

After searching online for someone to build the site, I was surprised to see that Jin And Co. specialises in creating websites for books. Since this is my first ever book, I wanted to work with someone that understands the special needs and requirements to launch and market a book.

I also liked Jin’s office was just 2km from my house. Saying all that everything happened through the peak of Victorian Covid19, and I found communication by email and zoom to be so easy. Jin is very attentive and very quick. I really liked the first design concept that was offered and we went with that. I’m really really proud of the final product: it’s cool, it’s fun, touches all the relevant points, and easy to navigate and understand.

I wanted the site to be different and innovative like our business, and Jin went along with all of my suggestions and ideas – nothing was too hard or overly complicated.

I like how even 3 months into the launch, we keep updating and adding to the site for the benefit of the user.

What would be my advice for other writers considering Jin’s services? Just do it! As we say in our book: great idea by midnight, execute by midday. Jin is fast!

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I have a crazy plan for a new industry-wide platform and only a few weeks to pull it off.

As soon as I said this to my colleagues who had worked with Jin and Co on numerous websites before, they said
“then you have to talk to Jin!”

Jin also got an extra tick for mostly serving author and writer websites — so we know he is a supporter of writing and books, like us. We were impressed with how quickly he saw what we were aiming to achieve. 

Each year the APA coordinates a Frankfurt Book Fair program to support smaller independent Publishers in attendance at the world’s largest book fair, Frankfurt, which draws rights agents (buyers of books rights) from across the globe. 

With the inability for Australian attendance at Frankfurt in 2020 due to COVID, the APA supported Australian publishers in boosting their digital presence. The website serves to promote Australian publishers and the titles and rights they wish to spruik internationally.

It serves as a Virtual Australian Collective book fair stand platform while travel to and exhibition at international events like Frankfurt is impossible, and also provide more general market insights and updates to those looking to learn more about the Australian book industry.

Jin is easy to communicate with and always meets us where our needs are — even if it’s a complex ask with a (very) short timeframe. He lays out how to use your website very clearly and offered learning tools to ensure your self-sufficiency going forward. 

Jin integrated a spreadsheet of book titles and associated metadata into the website and mapped that to directly import into a fresh-looking public facing template. This meant that we were able to set up direct imports for 50+ different publishers, letting them update their own title data without editing the website directly. We were able to focus on wrangling publishing staff for metadata gathering, trusting that Jin would make our untested data imports work smoothly.

Jin turned a complex build around for us in a tight timeframe and I think he is still talking to us! 🙂

Chat with Jin about your project and he will be able to make something work for you.

My website, which I have had for 2 years, originally through Jin as well, needed to be refreshed and updated as I have another book, Nancy Business, coming out in June 2021. I first got my website before my debut, The Nancys, was published and since then I have learned a lot about how I use the website and what areas I wanted to focus on for the refresh.

I chose to stay with Jin as over the years I have worked with him he has always helped me, he is very good at what he does and it always feels like he understands and is on your side. He is excellent.

What’s he like to work with? Responsive, collaborative, patient, highly skilled, excellent designer, always works within the time-period he tells you. Highly recommend.

Jin is excellent to work with, very fast, great eye for design and was able to interpret what I had in my in head to the webpage in such a painless way.

Jin helped me realise what it was I had in my head – to the finished website. I wanted something that appeared simple and easy to navigate for the user but stylish and high performing as well. I wanted to retain the look and feel of my original website as well. Jin led me by the hand and at the end of our one-on-one had a solution for me which I was thrilled with.

Go with Jin, full stop. It is well worth the money. A website is an investment in the business side of your writing and Jin is an expert in his field. Can not recommend highly enough.

I love the new design, I find it so easy to navigate, yet it has all the old information from the old site. I also love how the new website works on mobile devices

When I started searching for a website designer I felt daunted and a little lost. In the end it was a spin-the-bottle affair – but I got lucky.

Jin & Co responded calmly to my demands for a whole lot in return for very little ($). Jin somehow took my vague ideas and scattered thoughts and made them work. No question was too naive and no request too much trouble; the whole process was seamless.

The result is a website that’s simple, easy to use and maintain and, most importantly, it captures the essence of my style as writer. Jin has that rare quality in a designer – he listens.

As a writer of children’s fantasy, I knew I wanted something different in a website.

Jin’s previous work made me suspect that he could offer this, and his preproduction questionnaire clarified my thoughts. Once this was done, the whole process was remarkably simple from my point of view.

Jin came back to me with a clear budget (adjusted to my finances) and, within a very short time, a design that struck just the right note. He responded quickly to my suggestions for changes, made alternative suggestions when one or two of mine didn’t work, fixed any problems promptly and was a pleasure to deal with.

Plus I’m immensely happy with what he created.

So if you’re looking for a website designer with imagination and flair, someone who can step outside the usual run-of-the-mill designs and create a site that is at once beautiful, intriguing and clear, then I would highly recommend Jin Wang.”

Lian’s website was redesigned in November of 2018. Here’s her updated testimonial:

“This is the second website Jin Wang has designed for me, and once again he was brilliant to work with, responsive to my ideas and requests, and endlessly patient with my changes of mind. Plus I love the final design and the way the website is so easy to update. I recommend Jin unreservedly.

For too long I had hidden behind a neglected and weedy blog, thinking nobody would ever come looking for me. Once I had a deal for books two and three I realised that someone, God forbid, might google me. Thus, the need for a professional author’s website. I wanted something fit for purpose, streamlined, sparkling and focused on my books, rather than my random chatter.

I shall be honest, I googled ‘Author’s websites Australia’ and Jin were the first one to come up. Excellent SEO work I say.

But looking through all of Jin’s examples I was extremely impressed, plus I knew a number of the authors who had written testimonials, so that was good enough for me.

Jin has been superb to work with, understanding the need to display one’s books without the burden of heavy promotion, and to tailor a site around my other quirks and interests. He has been patient (a must with me and tech) and helpful.

I love the project because (when I had a few tutorials) I could play around with the site like a chess board, like an art piece. Nothing is static. I feel I have ventured into the 21st century. Plus I know I can call on Jin if I fail to figure out how to update anything.

“Jin was relaxed and an extremely clear communicator. Jin has plenty of helpful advice, both creative and technical. I wanted a clean design, and an easy-to-operate site, and that’s exactly what I’ve got – which makes me another happy client.”