You don’t have a website yet
Customers hear about you by word of mouth, then look you up online. A website presents your services and gives them a clear way to reach you.
Web design and redesign for small businesses
A clear website. An obvious next step. Visitors should understand what you offer within seconds and know how to reach you. Whether you need a new website, a redesign or targeted improvements, we start from your business, your content and the action you want visitors to take.
When to build or redesign your website
A website doesn’t have to be new to be useful. It has to answer your customers’ questions and make getting in touch easy.
Your website isn’t bringing in enquiries
Key information is hard to find, or the form and phone number get missed, especially on mobile.
Your website is hard to update
Every change takes a workaround or a supplier. The services shown no longer match what you offer.
Your business has changed
New services, a new service area or a new look: your website should reflect what you do today.
New websites, redesigns and new features
Style serves the journey. Each project is scoped before work begins. It can cover one or more of these areas.
A new website
Organize your services, plan the page structure and design a layout that fits your business, from a customizable foundation or a bespoke design. The platform is chosen with you, for example WordPress.
A redesign
Keep what works, fix what holds visitors back and plan redirects so pages Google already knows aren’t lost. An existing WordPress site, for example, can be redesigned or migrated to new hosting.
Targeted improvements
Clarify a service page, rework the mobile journey or make your form easier to find, without rebuilding the whole site.
New features, maintenance and hosting
Add a quote request form, a booking tool or a connection to your business tools, once we’ve checked your site can support it. We can also offer to maintain your website (updates, monitoring and small changes) and host it, in accounts held in your business’s name.
How a website project works
The steps are the same for a new website and a redesign; timing depends on the content available and the number of pages.
Understand the goal
Clarify your priority services, your customers and the action you want: a call, a quote request or a booking. For a redesign, review the current site and its access.
Agree on the scope
A proposal sets out the pages, languages, content you’ll provide, deliverables, schedule, price and expected external costs.
Structure and design
Page plan, organized content, then layouts for mobile and desktop. The proposal states which revisions are included.
Check before launch
Test display, navigation, forms and enquiry delivery. For a redesign, check the redirects.
Launch and hand over
Publish the site and hand over access and practical guidance. Ongoing support, maintenance or new features can be agreed separately.
What a website project includes
The exact list depends on the agreed scope.
Site plan
Pages, featured services and the main action on each page.
Designed and built pages
Mobile and desktop layouts with your content and images.
Form and contact points
Form, phone or booking depending on scope, with a test that enquiries arrive.
SEO foundations
Titles, descriptions, page structure and indexing ready to be checked.
Redirect plan
For a redesign: a map from old addresses to new ones.
Handover
Access in your business’s name and guidance for routine updates.
What’s included in a website project, and what isn’t
No guaranteed volume
A website makes it easier to get in touch; it doesn’t guarantee a number of visits or enquiries. SEO and advertising are separate services.
Content and images
You provide or approve the text and images. Full copywriting or a photo shoot can be added to the scope if needed.
External costs
Domain name, hosting, licences or third-party tools are listed in the proposal, along with who pays for them. Accounts are opened in your business’s name.
Website design FAQ
What affects the cost of a website?
Mainly the number of pages, languages, the content to write or adapt, the features to add and how much of the design is custom. The proposal details these items and any external costs before you decide.
Can you improve my existing website?
We first review how it works, the available access and the changes you need. That assessment helps us recommend the right scope: targeted improvements, a partial redesign or a new website.
What do you need from us, and what affects the timeline?
A list of your services, your contact details, any existing text and images, and access to your current website if you have one. Timing depends mostly on content and approvals; it’s set out in the proposal.
Will the website be in French and English?
If your customers need it, yes. Languages are agreed in the scope, along with how each version is produced.
What does the proposal cover?
Deliverables, scope, price, schedule and expected external costs. Languages, content responsibilities and post-launch support are defined for your project. Maintenance and hosting, which can be offered after launch, are presented separately.
See all our services
These are the kinds of website projects we take on for small businesses in Quebec. Each one is scoped with you before work begins, and can be combined with others.
Redesigns and migrations
- A website redesign, WordPress for example, that keeps what already works
- Updating an outdated site: structure, content and design
- Website migration, WordPress for example, that keeps your page URLs
- Help deciding whether to improve your current site or start over
New websites
- Web design for small businesses in Quebec
- A showcase website for a service business
- A company website with a page for each service
- Your business’s first website, with support from start to finish
- A bilingual French and English website
- A multilingual website
- Custom website development, built around your needs
- Building a website, on WordPress for example
Website quality
- Audit of an existing site before a redesign
- Improving a website’s accessibility
- Improving website speed and performance
- Page and interface design
Maintenance and hosting
- Website maintenance: updates, monitoring and small changes, under a plan that can be offered
- Maintenance of an existing website, WordPress for example
- Hosting for your website, in an account held in your business’s name
- Moving your website to new hosting
Pricing and budget
- An estimate for a small business website
- What affects the cost of a website redesign
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Tell us whether you’re starting from scratch or from an existing site, and what you’d like visitors to do. We’ll reply with the next steps.