Vancouver Web Design & SEO Services
Professional web design and search engine optimization for Vancouver and Metro Vancouver businesses
Process
- Discovery & Strategy: Before pixels or code, I start with clarity. I conduct a focused discovery, covering goals, audience, competitors, and KPIs, then map those insights to a practical website plan. I audit your current presence, identify quick wins and gaps, and translate business priorities into an information architecture, content outline, and rollout strategy. We'll discuss your Vancouver business, analyze your competition, and develop a strategy to help you stand out in the Metro Vancouver market.
- Design & Development: This is where ideas become a working product. Once we’ve locked the plan, I design and build your site in WordPress or Wix, structured for speed, accessibility, and easy updates, so you keep as much control as you want after launch. We’ll iterate through concise revision rounds to refine the details, and the result is a mobile-first, professional website that competes effectively with larger competitors while carving out a clear niche for your business.
- SEO & Ongoing Support: SEO isn’t a last-minute add-on; it’s threaded through the entire build and crystallizes as we prepare to launch. I utilize keyword and search-intent research from discovery to inform the structure, metadata, internal links, and content of your site, ensuring it’s easy to find, crawl, and understand. When it’s “showtime,” I monitor performance, tidy any loose ends, and handle early optimizations. And you’re not left on your own: I include a minimum 30-day post-launch support window to ensure everything’s running smoothly and you’re set up to grow.
Why a Vancouver-based web designer outperforms a remote agency
Vancouver has hundreds of web design agencies. Some are excellent. Most are expensive. A few specialize in your industry. Almost none will give you the direct relationship with the actual developer building your site.
That's where I fit. I'm based in Victoria, which means I'm close enough geographically to handle the occasional in-person meeting when one matters, and far enough removed from Vancouver's overhead structure to charge what the work actually costs. My clients get the developer-as-account-manager relationship that disappears at most agencies once you're past the sales pitch. No project managers translating your feedback into change requests. No quarterly retainer discussions about what counts as in-scope. Just a person who built your site and continues to work on it.
That structure doesn't fit every Vancouver business. It does fit the ones that value direct technical relationships over team headcount.
Who we work with across Greater Vancouver
I work with Vancouver-area businesses across the Lower Mainland. The cleanest engagements have been with these kinds of clients:
Owner-operated small businesses
Service businesses, professional practices, boutique retail, niche specialists
Businesses where the owner is the brand, the operations, and the customer relationship. These clients benefit most from a direct working relationship with the developer. The work moves faster, decisions stick, and the website actually reflects how the business runs.
Solo professionals and consultants
Independent professionals, consultants, coaches, specialists
Solo professionals who need a credibility-anchored website without the overhead of an agency engagement. Often a focused service site with clear positioning, a real bio, and a path to booking calls. These projects typically run at the lower end of my pricing range and ship in 4 to 6 weeks.
Non-profits and community organizations
Charitable organizations, advocacy groups, community-anchored initiatives
Non-profits with limited budgets that need real technical capability: donation flows, member management, event calendars, document libraries. I do meaningful pro-bono and reduced-rate work for community organizations doing work I believe in. Ask me about it on the discovery call.
Small e-commerce and online-first businesses
Direct-to-consumer brands, niche retail, subscription products, digital services
Smaller e-commerce operations that need WooCommerce or Shopify expertise without paying enterprise-tier pricing. I build conversion-focused stores with clean technical foundations that scale as the business grows.
Vancouver-area businesses with Vancouver Island connections
Businesses with ties to or interests on the Island
Vancouver-area businesses with Island clients, Island suppliers, or seasonal operations that span the strait. The geographic familiarity matters here; I understand both markets, which most Vancouver agencies don't.
Case study: Whethams Books: from first website to ongoing visibility and automation
Whethams Books is an online bookkeeping practice (QuickBooks) serving small businesses across Vancouver Island. Like many referral-driven practices it had grown by word of mouth and had no website, and was spending time on intro calls with prospects who were not the right fit.
Stage one was a lean four-page site built to qualify leads before the discovery call: scope of practice, software and pricing stated plainly, a conditional intake form that only asks what is relevant to each visitor, and AccountingService, Person, Service and FAQPage structured data from launch.
Stage two is ongoing: local SEO and Google Business Profile work anchoring the practice to Victoria and Vancouver Island, with GA4, Tag Manager and Search Console configured before launch so every form submission is a tracked conversion.
Stage three is the automation behind it: an intake form that qualifies and routes enquiries on its own, with every submission tracked as a conversion so the numbers are there without anyone assembling them. Full case study at /portfolio/whethams-books.
One client, all three stages: site, local SEO, automation
Case study: Stop 2030 Barclay: site, then ads and automated reporting, then custom tools
Stop 2030 Barclay was a grassroots campaign in Vancouver's West End opposing a proposed rezoning at 2030 Barclay Street. It needed a fast-turnaround website that could explain a complex issue clearly, capture email sign-ups for ongoing outreach, and hold up under a tight municipal review timeline that left no room for the usual project pace.
Stage one was the build: a custom WordPress site with a filterable, date-sorted archive of the campaign's public documents and a one-click way for residents to contact their council member. Stage two was visibility: a tightly targeted Google Ads campaign, plus an automated pipeline that emails the campaign a monthly stats report instead of someone assembling it by hand.
Stage three was custom tooling built around how the campaign actually worked: an auto-tagging system that surfaced the most relevant documents during the active review period, so volunteers were never hunting for the right file.
The rezoning application is currently stalled, and the upcoming municipal election is expected to determine its next course, and the most complete run through all three stages in our work so far. Full case study at /portfolio/stop-2030-barclay.
Rezoning application currently stalled; the upcoming municipal election is expected to determine its next course
What it costs and how it works
Most agencies hide their pricing. I don't.
Discovery call (free, 30 minutes). We talk about your business, what isn't working with your current site, what success would actually look like. No pitch, no pressure. If we're not a fit, I'll say so.
Custom builds and services: $1,000 to $12,000. Smaller targeted projects (landing page rebuilds, focused SEO setups, single-purpose marketing sites) land at the lower end. Full custom websites with complex integrations, e-commerce builds, or multi-system architectures sit higher. I provide a fixed quote after the discovery call, with milestones and clear deliverables.
SEO services from $800/month. Ongoing local SEO and content work for businesses ready to invest in long-term ranking. Standalone SEO audits start at $1,200.
Most websites launch in 4 to 8 weeks from kickoff. Faster is possible for tighter scopes. Custom integrations or complex builds run 8 to 12 weeks.
Every new site includes a 30-day support window. Beyond that, monthly maintenance plans start at $150/month, for the businesses that want someone who'll actually answer when something breaks.
No surprise invoices, no vague "starting at" pricing that triples by the time you sign.
Frequently asked questions
- Aren't you in Victoria, not Vancouver?
Yes. My office is in Victoria. I work with Vancouver-area clients regularly, with most project work happening via video calls and shared documents. The ferry to Vancouver is straightforward when an in-person meeting genuinely moves the work forward, and I'll make that trip when it matters. Most Vancouver clients find that the working relationship is the same as if I were based in Yaletown, just with lower overhead.
- How long does a Vancouver business website take to build?
Most projects launch within 4 to 8 weeks from kickoff. Simple service-business sites can be 4 weeks. Custom integrations or e-commerce builds typically run 8 to 12 weeks.
- Do you do SEO for Wix or Squarespace sites?
Yes, but with limits. SEO works best on platforms with full technical control. If you're on Wix or Squarespace and serious about ranking in the Vancouver market, I'll often recommend a WordPress migration as part of the engagement. We discuss it on the discovery call.
- How long until my website ranks on Google in Vancouver?
Local ranking typically takes 3 to 6 months of consistent SEO work after launch. Vancouver is a more competitive market than Victoria, so ranking timelines often skew toward the longer end of that range, but the technical SEO foundations that come standard in every build still put you ahead of most direct competitors.
Services I offer Vancouver businesses
Most Vancouver-area clients need more than one service to compete locally. Here's the full toolkit:
Ready to talk?
Book a free 30-minute discovery call. No pitch, no pressure, just an honest conversation about whether I'm the right fit for your Vancouver-area business.