A concept store for a one-person used-drum shop: WooCommerce built around one-of-a-kind stock, with condition grading and buy-the-kit-or-just-the-pieces pricing.
Ottawa · web design & development
Built to last.
Websites for Ottawa small businesses — fast, clear, and made to bring in calls. No agency layers, no jargon. You deal with the person doing the work.
WordPress block themes/ Static sites/ Canadian hosting partners/ Rebuilds & rescues/ Local SEO groundwork/ Core Web Vitals/ Accessibility/ Ongoing care/
Hired for outcomes, not page counts
Every project starts with the question: what does this site need to do for your business? Pages, platform, and price come after.
01
The phone rings more
Clear offers, obvious next steps, and a contact path that works on a phone in a truck. I write and lay out pages so a visitor knows within seconds what you do and how to reach you.
02
You look like the safe choice
A tidy, current site holds its own next to the bigger competitors bidding for the same job. Real photos, straight copy, and none of the small details that quietly make people hesitate.
03
Neighbours find you first
Fast pages, clear page structure, service-area pages that actually say where you work, and the local search groundwork done properly — so you show up when someone nearby is looking.
04
Set up for the way you actually work
Some clients want to update prices, staff, and offers themselves. Others want to send me a note and have it done. Both are fine — we decide before we build, and the site is set up around your preference.
Three ways to build it
Different businesses need different things. I'll tell you honestly which one fits — not the one that pays me more.
Static site
FROM $897
A clean, fast site that doesn't need editing every week. Nothing to patch, nothing to hack, and hosting stays cheap. Perfect for tradespeople, restaurants, salons, and small services where the content settles in — when something does need changing, you send me a note.
Cheap to run Loads instantly Hands off
WordPress
FROM $1,997
A site with real content behind it — a menu, a product catalogue, a project gallery, staff, listings, events. Each type gets its own proper editing screen instead of being jammed into a page. Custom block themes rather than a bought template stuffed with plugins. Add an online store, take bookings, or start a blog when you're ready.
Edit it yourself Content that fits E-commerce ready
Thinking something else?
Headless CMS, Next.js, custom apps, bigger e-commerce — happy to talk. Not the right fit for most small businesses, but if it's yours, we should have a real conversation about it.
Recent work
Sites doing a job
Blackout is the first Ink & Needle theme — a moody, image-led site for tattoo studios where the work carries the pitch. Booking's built in, with an artist and guest-artist system that adds new names to the booking flow the moment they're added.
Four steps, no mystery
01
A real conversation
Half an hour on the phone about your customers, your competition, and what the site has to do. Free, and no sales pitch.
02
A plan and a price
Pages, platform, timeline, and a fixed quote in writing. You approve it before anything gets built.
03
Design and build
You see the real thing early on a private link, and check in as it comes together. Changes are cheap at this stage.
04
Launch and after
I handle the go-live, walk you through editing, and stay reachable. Updates and small fixes don't need a new contract.
Nineteen years of building websites. I answer my own phone.
Most of those years have been spent on large sites for government departments, Crown corporations and private companies — the kind of work where a broken form or a slow page gets noticed by a lot of people at once. You learn to build carefully.
I bring that same rigour to work for small businesses — static sites and custom WordPress block themes, with headless builds when a project genuinely calls for it. The platform is a decision made in service of the business, never the other way around.
Based in Ottawa Independent, not an agency Front-end first
FAQ
The questions I get asked most
Something not covered here? Ask me directly — I'll give you a straight answer either way.
It depends on how many pages you need and how much of the content already exists. After one call I can give you a fixed number in writing — no hourly surprises, and no charging you for discovery before we know what we're building.
A focused small-business site is typically three to six weeks from kickoff. The part that most often slows things down is content — photos and text about your business — so I'll tell you exactly what I need up front.
Depends on what you actually need. Most small business sites are best as either a static site (if you won't edit it often) or WordPress (if you will). I'll ask a few questions on our first call and recommend one. If you have a specific reason to want something else — headless, Next.js, a custom build — we'll talk about that too.
Depends which platform you're on. On WordPress, yes — it's set up around the things you'll actually change (hours, prices, projects, staff, posts) with a short walkthrough at launch. On a static site, you send me a note and I make the change — no logging in, no documentation to dig through. Both work; we'll pick the one that fits your day.
Often, yes. Plenty of sites need a speed pass, a content cleanup and a proper contact flow rather than a full rebuild. I'll look at what you have and tell you which is the better use of your money.
Yes. Ottawa is home and I'll happily meet in person, but most of the work happens over calls and email — I've built sites for clients well outside the region.
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