SiteMonk

Your website. Fully handled.

Independent web studio /
Vancouver, Canada

A custom website, built and cared for by a founder-led team. You run your business. We handle the website.

Tell us about your business See our work

$4,999 USD to build Care from $699/mo

Cancel care any time.

A ceramics website on a laptop in a sunlit studio, surrounded by handmade pottery and olive branches.

The handoff

You run your business.
We run your website.

A website shouldn't become another job. Finding freelancers, chasing fixes, and keeping software current — we take that work off your plate.

You give us

  • Your business information
  • Your logo and existing materials
  • Feedback when we ask for it

No design brief. No technical preparation.

We handle

  1. Plan & build

    Structure, custom design, development, and mobile experience.

  2. Launch & protect

    Hosting, security, backups, and monitoring.

  3. Keep it current

    Updates, fixes, and technical improvements through your Care plan.

One team, from the first conversation through life after launch.

Good work. Still in good hands.

Websites for real businesses. Built, launched, and looked after.

Explore the projects
Lei Jin Ceramics website homepage

Lei Jin Ceramics

Ceramics & fine art

leijin.ca
BuildBright website homepage

BuildBright

Building materials

buildbright.ca
FluentSupply website homepage

FluentSupply

Sourcing & wholesale

fluentsupply.com
Tucia website homepage

Tucia

Photo editing service

tucia.com
Darkroom website homepage

Darkroom

Studio management software

darkroom.net
Mommy Goose Child Care website homepage

Mommy Goose Child Care

Child care

mommygoose.ca
Life Console website homepage

Life Console

Software product

lifeconsole.app
PlainRaw website homepage

PlainRaw

Developer tool

plainraw.com
AnotherOneDream website homepage

AnotherOneDream

Handmade jewelry

anotheronedream.com
MathFun website homepage

MathFun

Education & math practice

www.mathfun.me

Explore a project for a closer look, or visit the live website.

Website capabilities

A website that works
for your business.

Custom design, useful business tools, and a technical foundation people and AI can read.

Sitemonk / Build standard

Built to be read by people. And AI.

9/10

Our own AI-readiness checklist.

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  1. Readable page content (included in the build)

    Your content lives in the page itself, not assembled by JavaScript — AI crawlers see what your visitors see

  2. Structured data (included in the build)

    Structured data describing your business, services, and FAQs

  3. llms.txt (included in the build)

    An llms.txt file: a map of your site written for AI systems

  4. Plain-text page versions (included in the build)

    A clean text version of every page, so AI reads it without guessing

  5. Semantic headings (included in the build)

    Proper heading structure, so AI can tell where an answer begins and ends

  6. Clear business facts (included in the build)

    Your key facts — hours, address, service area, pricing — marked up as data, not buried in paragraphs

  7. Author & update details (included in the build)

    Clear authorship and last-updated signals on every page

  8. Crawler access rules (included in the build)

    AI crawlers explicitly allowed, and named, in robots.txt

  9. Canonical URLs (included in the build)

    Canonical URLs, so an AI citing you sends people to the right page

  10. Off-site mentions & citations (outside the website build)

    That happens off your site, so no website build can deliver it. We don't sell it as part of a build.

Off-site citations are outside a website build. No AI recommendation or ranking guarantee.

Designed to do more

More than a brochure.

  1. Made for your business

    Custom design and a clear mobile experience.

  2. Fast, secure & current

    Static-first performance. Hosting, SSL, backups, monitoring, and updates through Care.

Lead forms

Capture and organize customer inquiries.

CRM connections

Send leads into your follow-up workflow.

Analytics

See where your visitors come from.

Business integrations

Connect booking, payments, email, and more.

Connects with

Calendly · Stripe · Mailchimp · Plausible · and more

We set up existing tools as part of your site. Custom stores, portals, and booking systems are priced separately .

Explore the technical foundations

The team behind your website

Experienced hands.
A familiar face.

A founder-led studio in Vancouver. Our experience across generations of web technology shapes what we build and how we look after it.

Meet Howard and the studio

  1. Senior-led execution

    Experienced web professionals lead the work, with specialists matched to what your project needs.

  2. One consistent point of contact

    Howard stays involved in planning, launch, and care, keeping your business context as the team evolves.

  3. A small team with continuity

    Boutique attention, with a team structured to keep supporting your website over time.

[ HOW IT WORKS ]

From "we need a better website" to done .

A clear path from the first conversation to ongoing care.

01

Tell us about your business

Answer a few questions and send whatever materials you already have.

  • No design brief needed
  • No spec document
  • No technical prep
02

We build it

Structure, design, development, mobile experience, performance, and the full technical setup.

  • You review the direction
  • Revisions included
  • We launch only after your approval
03

We keep handling it

Once your site is live we keep taking care of updates, security, maintenance, and improvements.

  • Ongoing changes
  • Security & hosting
  • Technical improvements

One price to build. One plan to keep it.

All prices in USD / Care begins at launch.

Initial Build

$4,999

One-time

50% to start · 50% on approval, before launch.

  • Discovery & page planning
  • Custom design & development
  • Mobile build & structured copy
  • Testing, revisions & launch
  • AI-readiness: 9/10 on our checklist
Discuss your website

Care 5×

$1,999 /mo

5× monthly budget

For frequent pages & campaigns.

Get Started

Care 15×

$3,999 /mo

15× monthly budget

For ongoing content & integrations.

Get Started

Every Care plan includes hosting, SSL, backups, security monitoring, and technical care.

A budget you can see.

Monthly work with a clear scope.

  • See your remaining monthly budget.
  • Unused budget resets each month; it does not roll over.
  • Requests beyond the budget queue for the next cycle. No 24-hour turnaround guarantee.
  • Large work is phased. Complex features are quoted separately.

Your website. Your choice.

Cancel any time; billing stops at the end of the current month.

Your domain stays in your name. Whoever ends the relationship, you keep your content and we hand over the full source code.

A fixed build price. A visible monthly budget. One team responsible after launch. Compare ways to manage your website

Need more than a website?

Optional stores, portals, booking systems, and other custom features.

Before we quote a custom build, we'll always check whether an existing tool can do the job — most of the time one can, and we'll set it up as part of your site at no extra cost.

  • Online store

    Sell products, take payment, manage orders.

    Build from $5,000 one-time Care +$399/mo

  • Online course

    Paid lessons behind a login.

    Build from $4,500 one-time Care +$399/mo

  • Members-only area

    Content only your customers can see, with their own logins.

    Build from $4,000 one-time Care +$299/mo

  • 3D tour of your space

    Let people walk through your place before they visit.

    Build from $3,500 one-time Care +$149/mo

  • Custom booking system

    Only when an off-the-shelf tool genuinely cannot do the job.

    Build from $3,000 one-time Care +$199/mo

  • Listings

    Properties, jobs, class schedules — a list that keeps changing.

    Build from $2,500 one-time Care +$199/mo

  • Additional language

    Per language. Every update gets checked in each language.

    Build from $1,200 one-time Care +$199/mo

  • Claude connector

    Give Claude live access to your business, then submit the connector to Anthropic for directory review.

    Build from $4,500 one-time Care +$299/mo

One fixed build price agreed before work begins. Each feature adds the Care fee shown; it does not add to your monthly work budget. Claude directory acceptance is decided by Anthropic and is not guaranteed.

Explore the full scope and pricing

[ FAQ ]

Before you decide

The things people actually ask before they sign up.

What counts as reasonable?

Anything a business website of your kind would normally need. We agree on scope together before starting — a local trades business and a multi-category online catalog are not the same project, and we will say so plainly rather than discovering it halfway through.

How does payment work?

The build is paid in two parts: 50% to start, and the remaining 50% once you approve the finished site, before it goes live. We accept credit card (via Stripe), Interac e-Transfer (Canada), Zelle (USA), and wire transfer (international). The monthly plan is a Stripe subscription, billed monthly from the day your site goes live, so there is nothing to remember each month.

Do you guarantee how fast changes get done?

No, and we would rather say so than promise a turnaround we cannot keep. We work through requests in order and keep you informed. What we do commit to is that the work happens and that you can see its status.

What if I already have a website?

That is the most common case. We rebuild it on our own foundation, carry over the content worth keeping, and redirect the old URLs so you do not lose the search visibility you already have.

Can I get my deposit back?

Until work begins, you can request a full refund of your deposit yourself from your client portal. Once work has started — you will see it in your portal — the deposit is no longer refundable in full. You can still cancel the order, and we refund the deposit minus the cost of the work already done, which you can see itemised in your portal.

What happens if I cancel?

Cancel any time; billing stops at the end of the current month. Your domain and content are yours, and we hand over the full source code of your site.

Do you handle SEO?

We handle the technical foundation: clean markup, fast pages, sensible structure, stable URLs. That is what stops a site from holding you back. Ongoing content and local search campaigns are separate work, and we will tell you honestly when you need them.

Your next step

Let us take it from here.

Tell us about your business.

No technical prep. Howard replies personally.

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