Web design and web development for Sidney businesses

Openly, and without pretending the water is not there. Day-to-day support is remote: accounts, Microsoft 365, email, security, backups, device management and the help desk. A technician connects within minutes, which beats any drive. When work needs hands on equipment — a server, a network install, cabling, an office move — the trip is planned in advance and the whole list gets done in one visit. Small cabling jobs are coordinated with a local trade on the peninsula. What you will not get from us is a same-day call-out across the strait, and we would rather say so up front.

Yes, on the same basis. The airport lands, Swartz Bay, Tsehum Harbour and the Keating and Saanichton areas are all within the same planned visit as Sidney, and remote support does not care which side of a municipal line your office sits on. If your business has a shop in one place and an office in another, both get the same standards and the same documentation, and an arranged visit covers both stops rather than two separate crossings.

Yes, in ways that are easy to get wrong. Set the body text larger than the current fashion, keep strong contrast, and put the phone number where a thumb finds it without scrolling. Skip pop-ups and anything that moves. Keep forms short and always offer a phone alternative, because a good share of this audience would rather call than type. Make addresses, hours and parking notes plain text on the page. None of this costs anything extra at build time, and it makes the site work better for everyone else too.

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.