Web design and web development for Duncan businesses

Honestly, with the distance treated as a fact rather than glossed over. Day-to-day support, Microsoft 365, security, backups, servers and cloud systems are handled remotely, and that covers the large majority of what comes up — none of it depends on being in the Cowichan Valley. When work needs hands on equipment, the trip is planned in advance: a ferry sailing and the drive over the Malahat or down from Duke Point, scheduled so everything gets done in one visit. For cabling we subcontract a local trade. What we do not offer is a same-day call-out.

No. The city boundary runs tight around the downtown core, so Beverly Corners, the Boys Road and Allenby industrial area, Cowichan Commons and the Bell McKinnon area all sit outside it, and plenty of valley business is further out again in Chemainus, Crofton, Maple Bay, Cowichan Bay or Mill Bay. Remote support does not notice the difference. For planned on-site work the only thing that changes is the drive at this end, and we will say so if a site is remote enough that it is worth combining the visit with other work.

Both, in the places each one fits. Use Duncan where your address and map listing point, and Cowichan Valley where you describe the area you cover, because customers search both ways and many Duncan addresses are physically in North Cowichan. Name the communities you actually serve — Chemainus, Crofton, Maple Bay, Cowichan Bay, Mill Bay, Lake Cowichan — on a page with real detail rather than in a list of place names. Map results still favour whoever is nearest the searcher, so those written pages are how you reach the rest of the valley.

It depends mostly on scope: the number of pages, who writes the content, integrations like booking or payments, and whether you sell online. A written quote for a defined scope is the only reliable number — our website cost guide explains each cost driver and the ongoing costs to plan for.

Most of the timeline is decided by content, not code. A small business site moves quickly once page copy, photos and decisions are ready; larger sites with many pages, integrations or e-commerce take longer. We set a schedule at kickoff with dates for each review.

No honest designer can guarantee rankings. What we can do is build the foundations search engines reward — fast pages, clear structure, strong titles and descriptions, structured data and genuinely useful local content — and align the site with your Google Business Profile, which drives map results.

Yes. Your domain, hosting account, analytics and content should be registered to your business, with our access granted as a user. If you ever move on, you take everything with you.