Vancouver & the Lower MainlandFounding-client rates, first five projects

Every price, out in the open.

No ~~“contact us for a quote”~~ wall.

See what it costs first, then decide if it’s worth a conversation.

Every offer and everything included, right here. Prices show the founding client rate for my first five qualifying projects, given in exchange for an honest testimonial. The scheduled standard rate sits underneath each one.

in a hurry? three questions

My recommendation

1 page, not selling, I’ll handle changes	Get Found$465 hand-builtSee what’s included ↓One page plus the plumbing: domain, Google Business Profile verified, indexed, analytics. Already have those? The One-Page Site is $305.
1 page, not selling, I’ll edit it myself	Get Found$565 platformSee what’s included ↓One page plus the plumbing: domain, Google Business Profile verified, indexed, analytics. Already have those? The One-Page Site is $405.
2–3 pages, not selling, I’ll handle changes	Portfolio Site$670 hand-builtSee what’s included ↓Hand-built and hosted free, forever. Changes after launch come through me.
2–3 pages, not selling, I’ll edit it myself	Portfolio Site$770 platformSee what’s included ↓Platform build with an editor you drive; the platform subscription is paid directly by you.
4–7 pages, not selling, I’ll handle changes	Small Business Site$2,470See what’s included ↓Built on a platform either way; you can leave the editing to me with a Care plan.
4–7 pages, not selling, I’ll edit it myself	Small Business Site$2,470See what’s included ↓Built on a platform with an editor, so it’s yours to drive after launch.
More pages, not selling, I’ll handle changes	Company Sitefrom $8,240See what’s included ↓Quoted to your scope. CMS, conversion tracking, and a documented handover.
More pages, not selling, I’ll edit it myself	Company Sitefrom $8,240See what’s included ↓Quoted to your scope. CMS, conversion tracking, and a documented handover.
Selling online, any number of pages	Shop$4,015See what’s included ↓Founding rate; standard $6,695. Store setup, checkout, and up to 25 products on Shopify, Webflow or WooCommerce.

How it compares

how the number is decided

Two questions set the price.

How much site?

Page count, whether it sells anything, and whether the content changes regularly. A therapist needs one credible page; a store needs checkout, shipping and product pages. Different jobs, different prices, and I’ll happily help you find where you land.

Do you want to edit it yourself?

This decides how I build it, not what you get. If yes, we build on a platform with a real editor, and that’s $100 more on the three smaller sites, plus the platform’s own subscription. If you’d rather never think about it, I hand-build it and host it free, forever. Either answer is a good one.

Short version: the hand-built price is lower because there’s no platform licence behind it, and the platform price buys you an editor you drive yourself. Same design care and launch checklist either way.

Built on	Can you edit it?	What you pay monthly	Build price
Hand-built, hosted by me	No editor; changes come through me	$0 hosting fee. Managed domain & SSL is $50/year, separate	Lowest
Squarespace / Wix	Yes, easily	$25–40 to the platform	Standard
WordPress	Yes, with some hand-holding	Hosting, roughly $15+	Standard
Webflow	Yes, with a full CMS	$23–49 to the platform	Premium
Shopify	Yes	$39+, plus transaction fees	Premium

These are delivery methods, not separate product lines: same design care, same launch checklist, whichever way we build. Hand-built costs less because there’s no platform licence; platform builds cost a little more because you get an editor and can run the site without me.

Where hand-built isn’t the right fit

The hand-built option shines for brochure sites: a few pages, content that rarely changes, nothing sold, nobody logging in. It’s a platform build when:

You’re selling online, which deserves a real ecommerce platform
You publish regularly and want to do it without me, which needs a CMS
You need accounts, member areas, or a booking system beyond a simple embed
You’ve told me you want to edit it yourself, and I’ll believe you the first time

when it’s not a fit, I’ll point you to the build that is, cheerfully

The smaller three

hand-built or platform: your pick, $100 apart

Each of these comes two ways: hand-built (I write it by hand and host it free, forever) or platform ($100 more, with a real editor you drive yourself; the platform subscription is paid directly by you). Pick one and the cards show that price.

Hand-built: no platform fee, ever, and you own the files. Changes after launch come through me at $30/hr or the $50/mo Care plan.

Platform: $100 more per site, plus the platform’s own subscription, and you get an editor to drive yourself.

One-Page Site

1 week · just the page

A lovely entry point for résumé sites, personal pages and simple professional sites. One page, done properly.

One page: mobile-first, fast, accessible
Contact form wired to your email
Foundational SEO: metadata, sitemap, schema
Two revision rounds
30 days of small changes after launch
Everything’s yours at final payment

Not included: domain registration, Google Business Profile, copywriting, photography.

Founding client rate

$305hand-built

$405platform

Scheduled standard rate: $465

Scheduled standard rate: $565

Get Found

10 days · the page + the plumbing

For a solo professional or micro-business starting from zero web presence. Not just a page, but actually being findable.

Everything in the One-Page Site
Domain registered and configured
Google Business Profile created or claimed, and verified
Contact form tested end to end
Submitted to Search Console, confirmed indexed
Analytics installed
Everything’s yours at final payment

Not included: extra pages, copywriting, photography, logo. Basic booking setup is an optional extra (see extras); managed domain & SSL is $50/year, billed separately.

Founding client rate

$465hand-built

$565platform

Scheduled standard rate: $775

Scheduled standard rate: $875

Portfolio Site

2 weeks · up to 3 pages

For consultants, therapists, coaches and designers who need a little more room to show the work.

Everything in Get Found
Up to 3 pages
Two revision rounds
Domain and SSL configured, analytics installed
30 days of small changes after launch

Not included: copywriting, photography, logo. A CMS or blog is included only when the chosen platform and agreed scope provide one.

Founding client rate

$670hand-built

$770platform

Scheduled standard rate: $1,235

Scheduled standard rate: $1,335

Worth knowing before you choose: a hand-built site doesn’t come with a login. After the first 30 days, changes come through me at $30/hr (one-hour minimum) or through the $50/mo Care plan. If you’d rather edit yourself, the platform option is completely yours to drive. I’ll walk you through both on our call.

The bigger three

platform-built · you edit it yourself

These need a proper platform: a CMS, ecommerce, or more complex functionality than a static site should carry. Built on Squarespace, Wix, Webflow, WordPress or Shopify; I recommend based on who’s maintaining it after launch, and you make the call. The platform subscription is paid directly by you.

Small Business Site

4 weeks · 5–7 pages

For clinics, trades, restaurants, salons, studios: a local business ready for a site that works as hard as they do.

Discovery call + a page-by-page content plan written for you
5–7 pages: mobile design, not just a mobile version
Contact/booking flow routed where it’ll actually be seen
Basic booking-system setup included
Google Business Profile setup or cleanup
Local SEO foundation: metadata, schema, sitemap, Search Console
GA4 installed and reading correctly
Recorded handover session + 30 days of changes

Not included: copywriting, photography, ecommerce, custom integrations, ongoing SEO work.

Founding client rate

$2,470

Scheduled standard rate: $3,915

Shop

5 weeks · Shopify, Webflow or WooCommerce

For a local maker, boutique or food business selling online for the first time, or upgrading from a theme that’s fighting them.

Everything in Small Business Site
Store setup and theme customization on your chosen platform
Up to 25 products loaded, with variants and images
Checkout, shipping zones, tax config, payments connected
Abandoned-cart email and welcome flow
Training on adding products and fulfilling orders

Not included: product photography, per-product copy, custom app or plugin development, migrating order history. You cover the platform subscription, theme and paid apps.

Founding client rate

$4,015

Scheduled standard rate: $6,695

Company Site

8–10 weeks · quoted to your scope

For a funded startup or established company that needs a full site: CMS, multiple templates, conversion tracking, a blog with genuine structure.

Discovery: audience, funnel, what the site has to do
Information architecture and wireframes before visual design
Webflow build with CMS collections
Conversion tracking: GA4, GTM, event taxonomy
Technical SEO and AEO built in from the start
Basic booking-system setup when relevant
Staging, cross-browser QA, documented handover
60 days of post-launch support

Not included: brand identity, ongoing content production, app or product UI, custom backend.

Founding client rate

from $8,240

Scheduled standard rate: from $9,785, typically $9,785–20,600 by scope

All three include one full-site revision after you review the completed build. And if anything I deliver doesn’t match what we agreed, I fix it free, without touching your revision. Fair’s fair.

already have a site?

Site Check: a friendly second opinion.

“We get traffic but nobody calls.” “We’re not showing up on Google.” “It looks fine on my laptop but people say it’s broken on their phone.”

Often these aren’t design problems at all; they’re structure, speed, or a page that never quite asks for anything. The Site Check finds out which, so you can fix the right thing before spending real money on a rebuild you might not even need.

Founding client rate

$405

Scheduled standard rate: $670 · 5 business days

Fully credited toward any build booked within 60 days

What you get

A recorded walkthrough of your site, 15–20 minutes, me talking through what I see
Written findings: technical, structure, conversion path, SEO + AEO readiness
A prioritized fix list, split into “you can do this yourself” and “this needs a build”
A 30-minute call to go through it together

Not included: implementing the fixes, content writing, deep competitor research. If you’d like the SEO/AEO recommendations implemented, that’s a separate service we scope together afterward.

after launch

Website Care: so it stays fast, safe and found.

Every Care client gets a live dashboard: uptime, traffic, performance and SEO signals you can check yourself, any time. Care covers your website’s health and performance; the $50/year managed domain & SSL service, hosting and platform licences are their own line items, so you always know exactly what you’re paying for.

Care

$50 /mo

Uptime monitoring and backups
Platform and plugin updates, security patches
Live traffic, performance and SEO dashboard
30 minutes of small changes a month

Dashboard only, no prepared report. Work beyond the allowance is billed separately.

Managed

$205 /mo

Everything in Care
Monthly health, traffic, performance and SEO review
Broken-link and form testing
Monthly report, reviewed before it reaches you
Up to 2 hours of fixes or content changes

A comfortable default for a business site that has to keep earning.

Growth

$515 /mo

Everything in Managed, reviewed weekly
Proactive SEO/AEO, traffic and performance monitoring
Weekly stats report; anomalies reviewed for action
Issues worked on within 5 included hours a month

Anything outside scope is quoted before extra work starts, so no surprises.

Minimum term 3 months, then month to month
Annual paid upfront gets 2 months free
Hand-built site? Care is the easiest way to keep changes flowing, and we’ll chat at handover

the unglamorous essentials, handled

Managed domain & SSL: one small fee.

$50 /year, standard domain

Managed domain, DNS, and SSL are $50 a year for a standard domain, billed separately from Website Care. Your domain is registered in your name, so you remain the legal owner. If you ever want to take it over yourself, it’s transferred to you at no charge.

Registration or renewal
DNS administration
Standard SSL setup, monitoring and renewals
Renewal management and responsibility
Transfer support, any time, no fee

Three ways in (you pick)

I register and manage it: $50 a year covers domain, DNS and SSL, and you stay the registered owner
You register it yourself: connecting it and configuring standard SSL is included in the build; renewals stay with you
You already have one: pointing it and configuring standard SSL for the new build is included

Specialty domains like .ai and .io, and any paid custom certificate, are quoted before purchase, happily and in writing.

Extras

a short list, on purpose

Most of what you need is already inside the package; these are the few genuine extras. Anything else your project needs, we scope together with a simple written change order, priced for your project.

Logo / basic brand kit	$410	When the site needs one and you don’t have one yet.
Basic booking-system setup	Included	Already part of the Small Business Site, Shop, and Company Site packages.
Basic booking-system setup (smaller sites)	$80 / $50	$80 on a hand-built site I host; $50 on your own platform, when it supports the booking tool.
Rush delivery	+35%	Offered when I genuinely have the capacity to do it well.

A happy note about SEO

Foundational SEO and AEO come built into every website I make: structure, metadata, schema, sitemap, indexing. It’s never an upsell. If you’d like hands-on SEO implementation, content optimization, or dedicated reporting for an existing site, that’s a separate packaged service we scope together, usually after a Site Check, so the plan is based on findings rather than guesses.

the fine print, in large print

How we keep a fixed price fixed.

50% deposit, 50% at launch

The deposit reserves your project and becomes non-refundable once work starts. The balance is due at launch, before handover. Company Sites split into three payments.

Timelines start when the project is ready

The clock starts once the deposit is in and your content is in hand, not at signing. You get 21 days from kickoff to supply content; after that we pause and pick back up at the next opening.

Revisions, plainly

The three smaller sites include two revision rounds (a third is $310). The bigger builds include one full-site revision after your review. And if my work doesn’t match what we agreed, I fix it free, and it never uses your revision.

Scope changes in writing

Even small ones. A one-line change order keeps us both comfortable and the project on track.

I recommend, you decide

The platform recommendation and the reasoning go in the proposal, in writing. You’re the one living with it, so the call is always yours.

One build at a time

You get a real start date before you pay anything, and my full attention once we begin. Site Checks and Care plans run alongside; builds never overlap.

How you can pay

Credit cardCashBank depositBank transferE-transfer

Every invoice is itemized, so you always see exactly what you’re paying for.

Save 3% when you pay by cash, bank deposit, bank transfer, or e-transfer.The discount shows as its own line on your invoice.

You own your website, on every tier. Ownership transfers at final payment, in writing. Hand-built clients receive the actual files; platform clients receive the account access, design assets and project materials.

please do shop around

How the numbers compare.

You’ve seen my numbers; here’s how they sit next to three well-regarded Vancouver providers with public pricing, package for package. “Not published” simply means no comparable package is listed on their site, and most will happily quote one privately.

What you need	Miguel (MNM)	Taylor Web Design	Angarum Media	Brixwork
Site Checkrecorded walkthrough, written findings, prioritized fixes	$405standard $670 · credited toward a build	Not published	Not published	Not published
One-page websitehand-built with free-forever hosting, or on a platform you can edit	$305 hand-built · $405 platformstandard $465 / $565	Closest: 1–2 page site from $2,500	Website projects run $3,500–12,000	Setup fee + $85/mo subscription
Get Foundpage + domain, Google Business Profile verified, indexed, analytics, contact setup	$465 hand-built · $565 platformstandard $775 / $875	Not published	Not published	Not published
Portfolio siteup to 3 pages, free-forever hosting available	$670 hand-built · $770 platformstandard $1,235 / $1,335	Packages begin at $2,500	Website work begins at $3,500	Setup fee + monthly subscription
Small business site5–7 pages on a platform you can edit yourself	$2,470standard $3,915	Full website from $5,000	$3,500–12,000	$4,000 setup + $85/mo
Online storeShopify, Webflow Ecommerce or WooCommerce	$4,015standard $6,695	Available (price not published)	Not published	No comparable package
Company siteCMS, tracking, integrations, quoted	from $8,240standard $9,785–20,600	Not published	Projects extend to $12,000	$7,500–12,500+ setup + $85/mo
Ongoing caremonitoring, updates, dashboard, included change time	$50 / $205 / $515 a month	Offered (price not published)	Not published	$85/mo incl. hosting & support
Managed domain & SSLregistered in your name, so you stay the legal owner	$50 a year	Not published	Not published	Not published separately

Checked August 2026 against each provider’s public pricing page: Taylor Web Design, Angarum Media, Brixwork. All three do good work. Brixwork’s plans are real-estate-specific and include specialized functionality, so the comparison shows that a no-subscription option exists, not that the services are identical. Currencies as listed by each provider.

the free-forever hosting option is the one you won’t find elsewhere, and it’s my favourite thing to offer

Let’s find your number.

Five questions, two minutes, and I’ll usually come back with a price, not a pitch, within two business days. Or just book the free call and we’ll talk it through.

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