Vancouver, BC
Web design for Vancouver businesses.
Custom websites, online stores and the systems behind them, for Vancouver businesses that want to deal with the person doing the work.
Built for how Vancouver customers find you
Most people who end up hiring a Vancouver business start on a phone, often searching for a service plus a neighbourhood: a clinic near Mount Pleasant, an accountant in Kitsilano, a caterer who delivers downtown. The site they land on has a few seconds to answer three questions. Is this the right kind of business, does it serve where I am, and how do I get in touch without a fight?
A website built for that moment is mostly about clarity and speed. It loads quickly on a mid-range phone over mobile data, says plainly what you do and where, and puts the next step (a call, a booking, a short form) where a thumb can reach it. Everything else, from the design to the copy, is there to support those three answers rather than compete with them.
Meeting in person, or not
If you are in Vancouver, we can meet where it suits you: at your business, which is usually the most useful option because I can see how the work actually happens, or somewhere central. Plenty of clients prefer video, and that works just as well for most projects. Either way, the free first consultation is 45 minutes and comes with no obligation.
After that, the project runs on short, regular check-ins and a shared view of progress. You will not be handed from a salesperson to a project manager to a developer, because there is only one person. The one you meet is the one who writes the code, answers your messages and fixes things if they break.
What Vancouver businesses usually ask for
Established businesses in the city tend to arrive with one of three problems. The website is several years old and no longer matches the quality of the work. Enquiries arrive through four channels and some get lost. Or the team spends hours each week copying information between an inbox, a spreadsheet and a calendar.
The first is a website rebuild or redesign. The second is usually a better enquiry path: a structured form, a booking calendar, or a client portal for ongoing work. The third is automation, joining up the tools you already pay for so the repetitive steps happen on their own and a person is only involved where judgement is needed.
Retailers are the other common case. A shop on Main Street or Commercial Drive selling online as well as in person needs stock, orders and payments in one place. That is an e-commerce build, set up for how you really ship and collect, not a template that assumes you are a warehouse.
Search, the local way
Being found in Vancouver is competitive, and nobody honest can promise a ranking. What can be done is the groundwork search engines reward: fast pages, accurate titles and descriptions, clear service pages, structured data that tells Google what the business is and where it works, and a properly set-up Google Business Profile. That foundation is included in every website build rather than sold as an extra.
Often asked for in Vancouver
FAQ
Questions from Vancouver businesses
- No. The service area is Vancouver and the wider Lower Mainland, including North Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam and New Westminster. Projects further away run on video and work the same way.
- Yes. Your domain and email stay where they are and stay in your name. The new site is pointed at your domain at launch, with redirects from old addresses so existing links and search listings keep working.
- It depends on what is already booked, and you will get a real start date with the quote rather than a vague promise. Smaller sites can often start within a few weeks of agreeing scope.
Next step
Tell me whatyou are building.
Jamie Beatty
A 45-minute conversation with Jamie, the person who would build it.
Vancouver and the Lower Mainland