What a Vancouver business needs from its website
Vancouver is a competitive, design-literate market. Whether you run a restaurant in Gastown, a studio in Mount Pleasant, a clinic in Kitsilano, or a trades company serving the North Shore, most of your first impressions now happen on a phone, usually on a search results page.
That means three things have to be right at once: it has to look credible in the first second, load almost instantly, and be built so search engines understand what you do and where you do it. A template site can manage one of those. A custom build can do all three.
- —Mobile-first layouts tested on real phone widths
- —Fast load times from a modern Next.js build — no page-builder bloat
- —Clean semantic structure, metadata, and schema so local search can read it
- —Accessible contrast and navigation (WCAG AA as a minimum)
How we build
We design in a dark-or-light system that fits your brand, then add motion with restraint: scroll reveals, page transitions, and hover states that guide attention instead of distracting from it. The same techniques we use on cineartful.com.
Everything is custom-coded in Next.js and Tailwind CSS. There's no WordPress to patch, no plugin stack to keep updated, and no theme to outgrow. The result is a site that stays quick and secure, and that's straightforward to extend later.
Timelines: one week or a few
A Landing Page Sprint — a single, high-impact page for a launch, campaign, or product drop — ships in about a week. A Full Site Build of up to six pages takes two to three weeks. After launch, a Care Retainer keeps content, performance, and small builds moving month to month.
Who we build for in Metro Vancouver
We work with businesses across Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, the North Shore, Coquitlam, New Westminster, and Langley — and anywhere else, since the whole studio runs remotely.
- —Hospitality, food, and tourism brands
- —Film, media, and creative studios
- —Startups and product launches
- —Clinics, wellness, and professional services
- —Trades, home services, and local retailers
- —E-commerce brands that want a storefront that feels designed
Web design pricing (CAD)
Landing Page Sprint
$1,500–$2,500 CAD
1 page · 1 week. A single, high-impact page for a launch, campaign, or product drop — designed and shipped fast.
Full Site Build
$4,000–$8,000 CAD
Up to 6 pages · 2–3 weeks. A complete site — home, work, services, about, contact, and one more — built to the Obsidian Reel standard.
Care Retainer
$800–$1,500 CAD/mo
Ongoing · monthly. Ongoing updates, content changes, and small builds so the site keeps pace with the business.
Pricing in CAD and subject to scope. See the full services and pricing.
Frequently asked questions
+How much does a website cost in Vancouver?
Our one-page Landing Page Sprint is $1,500–$2,500 CAD. A Full Site Build of up to six pages is $4,000–$8,000 CAD. An ongoing Care Retainer is $800–$1,500 CAD per month. Final quotes are confirmed after a short project brief, and every range is published on our Services page.
+How long does it take to build a website?
A single landing page takes about a week. A full site of up to six pages typically takes two to three weeks from kickoff.
+Do you build on WordPress or Shopify?
Our websites are custom-built in Next.js, with no WordPress. For online stores, we build either on Shopify or a custom Next.js storefront, depending on what fits your catalogue and workflow.
+Will my website be optimized for local search in Vancouver?
Yes. Every Full Site Build includes an SEO and performance pass: clean metadata, structured data, fast load times, and a mobile-first layout. If you want to go further, we offer Local SEO retainers built around Google Business Profile and location pages.
+Do I need to be in Vancouver to work with you?
No. CineArtful is an agent-run, fully remote studio. We focus on Vancouver and Metro Vancouver businesses, but we work with clients wherever they are.