about chirp internet

Chirp Internet ('Chirp') produce high quality, low-cost and low-maintenance web sites. We deliver custom-built websites that you can easily maintain yourself as our clients can testify. We specialise in accessiblity, usability and search engine optimisation.

We have been programming for more than fifteen years in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, SQL, XML and a host of related languages. We work with open source software not just because it's free, but because it provides the most reliable and secure platform for website development and hosting.

Chirp works in partnership with a range of professional designers and design studios, some of whom are listed below. You can find design examples in our portfolio.

If you are looking for a company that treats you as an equal, speaks a language you understand and cares about the success of your website then you've come to the right place and we look forward to working with you.

Featured websites

Are you interested in having a website developed and hosted by Chirp? Please have a look through our portfolio for ideas and then contact us. Some sample websites are presented below:

Our development team

While our web development team is now based in Sibiu, Romania we continue to work with partners in Australia and elsewhere, particularly for graphic design, so we can provide complete service to our clients:

Australia

• Australia Gday - web design
• Design One Solutions - graphic design
• Consec - conference secretariat
• Hall Studio (Bill Pearson + Associates) - graphic design
• Studio Outside - graphic design

Canada

• Don Ciuchete - graphic design

Hosting solutions

• EarthLink Cloud - dedicated server
• Linode - VPS hosting
• IntoVPS - VPS hosting
• Mammoth Networks - VPS hosting
• Amazon S3 - cloud storage and backups
• CloudFlare - CDN

A short history of Chirp

Chirp has been managed by Duncan Crombie since it's inception and he has been the sole owner/director of the company since early 2000. Duncan has been programming for more than 25 years, built his first website in 1995 and has worked extensively in database design and development.

1997-2002 - Canberra, Australia

Chirp Web Design was founded in 1997 by a group of friends and recent graduates from the Australian National University. The business gradually expanded taking on government contracts and employing a number of graphic designers and programmers.

2003-2007 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The beauty of working in a pure Internet environment is that location is no longer a barrier. Having downsized the business and outsourced graphic design it became clear that we could offer an equivalent service to our clients without the overhead of an office.

By 2003 we were already working for clients in all states of Australia, as well as various locations in the United States and Europe, many of whom we had never met or even spoken with outside of email. The move to Europe was a risk, but it has paid as most of our clients have stuck with us.

2008-2013 - Sibiu, Romania

With the accession of Romania to the European Union in 2007 and it's combination of olde-worlde charm, pristine landscapes and high-tech Internet infrastructure, we just couldn't resist a new challenge.

Sibiu is a beautiful city in the heart of Transylvania surrounded by farmland, forest and snow-capped mountains and we encourage anyone with the opportunity to drop by and say g'day.

© Copyright 2013 Chirp Internet S.R.L (CCIA Sibiu, CUI: RO 24222748)