Web design and web development for Kelowna businesses

No. We are based in Greater Vancouver and support Kelowna businesses remotely. That covers nearly all of the work — helpdesk, Microsoft 365, servers, cloud, security monitoring, backups and network changes are all done over the network. What it does not cover is someone arriving within the hour to swap a failed switch. When work needs hands on equipment, we plan the visit in advance or subcontract a local trade in the Okanagan. We would rather say that plainly than imply an office on Harvey Avenue that does not exist.

Not the threat itself. Phishing and stolen credentials reach Kelowna exactly as fast as they reach Vancouver, and no attacker cares which side of the Coquihalla you are on. What changes is recovery. If your office is under an evacuation alert and your only backup is a drive in the server cupboard, distance suddenly matters a great deal. We treat off-site backups and a documented way for staff to work from anywhere as security controls rather than conveniences. The small business cybersecurity checklist covers the rest of the groundwork.

It helps, though not in the way people expect. Referral work still gets checked online before anyone picks up the phone. The site's job is to confirm that you are real, currently operating, and doing the kind of work the referrer described. That means current service information, a phone number someone answers, and photographs of actual projects in the valley instead of stock images of a downtown that could be anywhere. For most Kelowna businesses that is a small, fast, accurate site rather than a large one.

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.