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Hamilton web design, built around how your customers choose.

Webbies plans and builds custom WordPress websites for Hamilton businesses. We connect clear service information, relevant project evidence and straightforward enquiry routes, from the page plan and agreed writing to responsive design and launch.

Starting a business or replacing an older website? We’ll help you choose a new build, a redesign or a focused update to the site you already have.

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The Stairlift Store · Website redesign and SEO

The Stairlift Store homepage with quote, phone and FAQ routes beside its service introduction
A website for a considered purchase, with quote, phone and FAQ routes visible together.
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Project planning starts atCAD $3,500
Across our agency work:50+ projects completed
Included after launch:30 days of support

Real projects · Specific decisions

Website projects: the decisions behind the design

A useful website helps customers understand the business, find the information that matters and take the next step. These two projects show how we approached those decisions for different buying journeys.

BriCargo: a broader freight business, explained through services and destinations

Rebrand · Website rebuild and migration · Ongoing SEO

BriCargo had outgrown its Africa United Logistics identity. The new brand and website needed to represent a wider international freight business while carrying useful existing content into the new structure.

Two ways into the same service. A customer may start with what they need to ship or where it needs to go. Webbies organized the website around freight services and international destinations, with related information connected to quote requests. That structure also gives new destination content a place within the site as the business expands.

Show the steps before asking for the enquiry. The air-freight example explains booking and pre-checks, pickup and airline handling, customs coordination, and final delivery. Alongside the destination information, it helps a visitor understand both the service coverage and what a shipment involves.

Plan the transition as well as the design. Webbies rebuilt the website, mapped old URLs to new destinations, implemented redirects and completed launch checks. The migration work formed part of the project; it was not simply a new visual identity.

BriCargo’s global shipping network presentation with a map of international destinations
BriCargo’s global shipping network presentation gives visitors a geographic overview of the freight business.
BriCargo air-freight page explaining booking, pickup, customs coordination and delivery beside an aircraft image
The rebuilt air-freight service page explains four shipment stages, from booking through delivery.
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See the earlier website context

The earlier Africa United Logistics homepage presented air, ocean, and land-and-rail services for Canada-to-Africa shipping. The archived homepage and rebuilt air-freight service page show different page views, not a like-for-like performance comparison.

Africa United Logistics archived homepage service section listing air, ocean, and land-and-rail freight
Earlier homepage — Africa United Logistics. Wayback Machine capture dated July 24, 2025; the loaded service section is shown.
View the full archived homepage captureView the BriCargo air-freight page screenshot

The Stairlift Store: useful buying information, with a clear route to a quote

Website redesign · Buying guidance · SEO

Choosing a stairlift involves more than choosing a product. Buyers need to understand staircase types, rentals, pre-owned equipment, pricing and installation before they can decide what to ask for.

Give different questions useful destinations. Webbies redesigned The Stairlift Store website for a clearer structure and carried out SEO work. Service pages and buying guidance were developed and connected so visitors could explore the options and practical questions relevant to their situation.

Keep research and contact routes together. The homepage example shows quote and telephone options in the navigation and opening section, with an FAQ route for visitors who still have questions. Improved mobile contact and quote options formed part of the wider redesign and SEO work.

The design decision is practical: let someone keep researching when they need more information, and make the next step easy to find when they are ready to enquire.

Explore The Stairlift Store redesign and SEO work
The Stairlift Store homepage with quote and telephone actions in its navigation and opening section, plus an FAQ link
The Stairlift Store homepage places quote, telephone and FAQ routes beside the opening service explanation.

Selected projects across different businesses and markets. The scope and combination of website, content and SEO work vary by project.

A new site, a redesign or a focused update

Web design and redesign services in Hamilton

We build new business websites, redesign existing sites and improve individual pages. A rebuild can resolve platform limitations; a smaller update may be enough when the rest of your website still works.

Custom WordPress website design

We design and build custom WordPress websites around your services, content and enquiry needs. The work connects page planning, agreed writing, responsive layouts and forms. Reusable elements keep the site consistent when you add content.

Scope to agree
  • Pages and navigation
  • Content for agreed pages
  • Custom responsive layouts
  • Forms and agreed functionality
In practice

Your quote defines the pages, writing, design, development and launch work. You provide the business facts, source material and final approvals agreed for the project.

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Website redesign in Hamilton

We redesign existing websites by reviewing what to keep, improve or move before rebuilding. Useful pages and available search data inform the new structure. If URLs change, we plan their destinations and redirects; a platform change needs a practical reason, such as required features or an older setup that is difficult to maintain.

Scope to agree
  • Content and URL inventory
  • Retention and redirect decisions
  • Mobile and navigation improvements
  • Migration and launch checks
In practice

BriCargo’s move from Africa United Logistics combined a rebuilt website with URL mapping, redirects and launch checks. The new structure organized freight services and destinations around the broader business.

See the BriCargo redesign

Ecommerce websites, booking and integrations

An online store needs clear products and a working checkout. Booking, membership and CRM connections need the right information to reach the right system. We establish the required workflow, platform, accounts and paid services before setting the scope.

Scope to agree
  • Product and catalogue structure
  • Payments, shipping or booking
  • Forms and CRM connections
  • Integration testing
In practice

A basic enquiry form sends a message. A booking or CRM integration may also need to reserve a slot, take payment or create a customer record. The scope identifies which steps are required, which services connect and who maintains them.

Website updates and landing pages

A weak service explanation, difficult mobile layout or unclear quote route may be addressed without rebuilding the website. We review the affected pages and recommend a focused change that fits the useful structure already in place.

Scope to agree
  • Service-page improvements
  • Campaign landing pages
  • Mobile layout fixes
  • Clearer enquiry paths
In practice

The Stairlift Store’s service content, buying guidance and contact routes were improved as part of a wider website redesign and SEO project. Individual improvements need to fit the website around them.

Explore The Stairlift Store website work

Website pricing in Hamilton

Website design and redesign pricing

Business websites and straightforward redesigns have a planning range of CAD $3,500–$6,000. Larger websites are CAD $6,000–$12,000; complex functionality starts at CAD $12,000. These are Webbies planning ranges, with the final price set by the agreed content, layouts, functionality and migration work.

Focused business website

Business website or redesign

Planning budgetCAD $3,500–$6,000

A clear offer and a limited set of page layouts.

A suitable fit

A business starting its website or replacing an older site with straightforward service, information and contact needs.

Scope to define
  • Page and navigation plan
  • Agreed content and responsive layouts
  • Forms and search foundations
  • Review, launch and handoff

Larger website

More services or audiences

Planning budgetCAD $6,000–$12,000

More content, page layouts or migration work.

A suitable fit

An established company with several services, different customer groups, a growing location structure or more original content.

Scope to define
  • Service and audience structure
  • Additional layouts and original content
  • Content migration and URL planning
  • Agreed integrations and launch checks

Complex requirements

Ecommerce or custom functionality

Planning budgetCAD $12,000+

Systems and connections that need a wider scope.

A suitable fit

An online store, extensive location content, a custom booking or membership system, or a project with complex integrations.

Scope to define
  • Product, data or booking requirements
  • Payments and connected services
  • Integration and migration planning
  • Testing across the required workflows

Smaller updates and individual landing pages are quoted separately. Hosting, paid third-party services and applicable taxes are separate from these planning ranges. Ongoing maintenance and SEO are also quoted separately; the website offer includes 30 days of post-launch support with coverage defined in the proposal.

Comparing quotes? Look beyond the initial build price to the included writing, functionality, hosting, licences, ongoing support and account control. Our original Ontario small-business website cost study compares published offers, longer-term costs and ownership considerations, with sources and a stated methodology.

WordPress editing, accounts and support

WordPress editing, account access and support

Your team’s editing options, account access and recurring costs are agreed before development. We identify what you can update in WordPress, what needs development support and who manages each account or subscription.

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Routine WordPress updates

Depending on the build, your team may update articles, team details, photographs or service information. We identify those editing options in the proposal. Changing a custom layout or adding an integration can require development support.

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Access and recurring costs

We document administrative access, the client’s content and files, control of the domain and hosting, renewals and any paid themes, plugins or licences. Hosting is paid to the provider. Analytics, booking, payment and CRM accounts also need clear ownership and access.

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30 days of post-launch support

Our web-design offer includes 30 days of support after launch, with coverage set out in the proposal. Ongoing maintenance, additional pages, new functionality and continuing SEO are agreed separately. The handoff identifies who handles future changes.

From the current website to launch

Our website design and redesign process

We review the current website, agree the pages and content, design and build, then check the launch. For a redesign, that includes deciding which useful content and URLs to retain and how changed pages should redirect.

Plan your website
  1. 01

    Review the starting point

    We look at the business, important pages, existing content, navigation, enquiries and available search-performance data. The aim is to identify what helps customers and what needs attention.

  2. 02

    Agree the pages and content

    We plan page roles, navigation, writing and approval points. Existing material can be retained or improved. Webbies can write the agreed pages using your business knowledge; you confirm facts, images and final content.

  3. 03

    Design and build the agreed scope

    Responsive layouts, reusable elements, forms and agreed integrations are developed around the content. Search foundations include meaningful headings, useful page addresses, internal links and crawlable information.

    Loading speed also depends on the images, scripts, plugins and hosting behind the design. Any performance work needs a defined scope. After launch, backups, security checks and monitoring are available through separately quoted maintenance for suitable websites.

  4. 04

    Check the launch and transition

    We check relevant browsers, devices, links, forms and key interactions. Where URLs change, the migration plan identifies suitable destinations and redirects. The proposal defines indexing checks, included analytics or Search Console setup, and checks after launch.

Redesign expectationCareful planning reduces avoidable disruption. Search visibility can still change; unchanged rankings cannot be guaranteed.

Service and clinic content

MedCare: keeping services and clinic information connected

Different clinic locations have different services, providers and hours. One general page cannot answer every patient’s visit question.

Webbies organized MedCare’s clinic, service and regional content with clearer connections, giving new locations and services a consistent place within the site. The pictured service page uses a body map to help visitors explore detailed information. It is one example within the wider service-and-clinic content structure.

This work addresses a different website problem: keeping detailed service information connected to the locations where people need it.

Explore MedCare’s service and clinic work
MedCare service-page interface using a body map to organize healthcare information
A MedCare service-page interface uses a body map to organize access to detailed information.

Direct involvement

Work directly with Paras in Hamilton.

Paras is based in Hamilton and works directly on Webbies’ website structure, content, design and search planning. You can discuss the pages, the reasons behind the design and the work included in your proposal with the person shaping it.

Paras Banga, founder of Webbies and website strategist
Paras Banga· Founder, Webbies
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Speak directly with the person shaping the recommendation.
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Understand why each part of the scope is included.
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Keep strategy, content, design and implementation connected.

“They are professional, attentive and helpful… He was very easy to talk to and communicated everything with us.”

Laura Santaguida · Google review
Discuss your website with Paras

Before you get started

Website design and redesign questions

Before starting a website project, confirm the schedule, what SEO work is included and how we will work together.

How long will my website project take?

Smaller websites with fewer pages and a few services usually take 1–2 weeks once content and account access are ready. More extensive but straightforward business websites and redesigns typically take 2–4 weeks. Larger or more complex projects need a project-specific schedule. We confirm the timeline against the pages, functionality and approval stages; delayed feedback or changes to the scope can move the launch date.

Does the website include ongoing SEO?

Ongoing SEO is quoted separately from the website project. The website scope can include search foundations such as headings, internal links and crawlable content. Continued keyword research, content expansion, local visibility work and performance reviews require a separate scope. Explore Hamilton SEO services.

Do you work with businesses outside Hamilton?

Yes. Webbies is Hamilton-based and works with businesses across Southern Ontario and Canada. Remote meetings are preferred, with in-person meetings where appropriate. See the regions we serve.

Start with the website your business needs

Discuss your website design or redesign

Tell us about your business, your customers and what the website needs to do. Share your current URL if you have one, what needs to change, the functions you need and any timing requirements. We’ll use that conversation to identify the appropriate scope and next step.

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Start with the constraint

One focused review of the market, technical foundation and priority pages—followed by a clear first move.

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Webbies

Hamilton-based web design, SEO and automation for businesses that want qualified visibility and measurable growth.

Hamilton, Ontario 905-749-6185 info@planwebbies.ca