Custom Website Design
Websites for creative AF entrepreneurs & small business owners
You’re here because you understand and value the importance of your online presence… but you also value your time.
Did you know?
75% of people base the credibility of a business on how their website looks.
It takes about 50 milliseconds for visitors to form an opinion on your website.
66% of people prefer to look at a beautifully designed website if given 15 minutes to consume content.
Let me create a customized Squarespace website for you that truly reflects your mission, your brand and your business.
custom website design
WEB DESIGN + POST-LAUNCH TRAINING & SUPPORT
INCLUDES:
customized 5-page Squarespace website dedicated to you and your brand
basic search engine optimization (SEO)
a one-on-one training on how to use your new online space
customized storage & workspace in your very own Google Drive folder
a shoulder to feel all the feels on throughout the process
7 days post-launch availability from me to make sure you’re set for success!
IDEAL FOR:
entrepreneurs, solopreneurs, bloggers, small businesses
AVAILABLE ADD-ONS
additional pages
blog (set-up only)
eCommerce (set-up only)
scheduling capabilities
additional business guidance
post-launch website maintenance
*NOT INCLUDED IN PRICE:
your domain
third-party apps
branding development
INVESTMENT: starting at $1,997 CAD*
The Process
01
Book a free discovery call
Let’s discuss your vision, your needs, and decide the best way forward. We’ll make sure you’re ready to dive in! (And if you’re not, I’ll give you actionable steps to take to get there.)
02
Say yes & sign the contract
This is the moment you’ve been waiting for. You’ve said YES to your dreams, signed on the dotted line, and ready for your next steps.
03
Upload your content
Time to submit all your goodies into our shared Google Drive folder. This includes your branding assets, high-res photos, and written content.
04
Dream & design
I take all that delicious content, dream up your custom site and do the heavy lifting. We stay in communication to ensure we get all those details right.
05
Launch day!
The final touches and edits have been made, and we’re ready to launch your new baby into the world wide web space. Time to pop that bubbly!
06
Training
To ensure you know how to navigate your new site, we’ll sit down together (virtually) and I’ll show you around… it’s all yours!
“I am beyond happy with my finished website and have can’t say enough positive things to about the wonderful experience working with her. Her prices are very reasonable, especially considering her individualized care, skilfulness and design quality…
…..My only regret is not contacting her sooner!”
Megan
Recent Projects
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
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Squarespace offers modern and professional looking templates, it’s user-friendly, and has competitive pricing. Ultimately, I want you to have a website platform that will last and is easy for you to navigate should you choose to maintain your website post launch.
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Absolutely! And if you succeed, all the power to you! BUT - while I believe Squarepace is one of the best user-friendly website platforms to create your website (with some truly incredible ready-to-use templates), creating an entire custom website takes time, and for most people - that type of work just isn’t their jam. And that’s ok!
The same way I outsource my accounting (because while I COULD do it - it’s NOT my jam, and quite frankly, I just don’t want to do it,) don’t feel bad about outsourcing your website design.
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All Squarespace pricing can be found here. Squarespace offers competitive pricing, and we will work together to decide which plan works best for you.
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Well… let’s do it!
I’ll take your branding elements, professional photos, and maybe even a little bit of your existing written content from your non-Squarespace site, and design you a fresh new customized Squarespace website.
A fresh new website is a great time to think about some updated branding elements and photos, as well as tweaking that existing copy you have… or just rehauling all of it!
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YES! Thanks to my new VIP Sessions.
VIP Sessions are a dedicated 2-hour in-person appointment where we review your website, and you get your questions answered, get real-time feedback, and leave with a strategy specific to your website.
You do the work, and we meet up within 2 weeks to go over anything else!
Squarespace
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Branding Elements - Most branding packages consist of a color palette, logo(s), watermark(s), backgrounds, typography and any illustrated or digital graphics.
Professional Photos - Professional photos lend to a polished website, and if I’m being honest, your customers will take you more seriously, too. PLUS, we want you looking your best when you share that unique idea of yours with the world.
Written Copy - Don’t stress out too much about this, I’ll provide you some stellar writing prompts, but start thinking about taglines, your About page (or your story that you’re wanting to share,) and the type of verbiage you want to see on your site.
Still worried? Grab my FREE website checklist!
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No. I always recommend going to https://ca.godaddy.com/ to search for your preferred domain. PLUS they usually have sales on, which means more money savings for you!
Alternatively, you can keep everything in one place and seek out your domain directly within Squarespace.
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Before I answer, for those of you wondering what the heck copywrite is - it’s the written content on your website. My answer to this question is yes and no. I provide stellar writing prompts in your Google Drive folder for you to start writing some of your own content. This has efficacy in a couple ways: 1) It gets you thinking about how you want to present yourself and your business to your customer, and 2) it gives me content to work with. With your permission, I take your content you’ve created, and I make changes as needed, and then implement that throughout the website. Copywrite is so personal to each individual, so I want to ensure I’m staying true to your voice.
The Design
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No. I design the website on my own Squarespace account, then I’ll create you a Squarespace account (if you don’t already have one) and I transfer ownership to you.
When ownership is transferred to your account, I continue to be on the site as an administrator. This means I have access through my own Squarespace account should there be any changes to be made post-launch. You can remove as an administrator at your discretion.
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All your content and goodies that we upload throughout the process will remain in your Google Drive folder for up to 6 months from creation date. After that I’ll email you to notify you that I’ll be deleting it and to ensure all files you wish to save are moved to another location (either on your own Google Drive or onto your computer.)
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After launch, I’ll show you how to edit your own content. You’re the master of your own domain (literally!) And besides, not everyone has the budget to hire a designer on a monthly basis.
Don’t want to edit your own content? Not to worry - I’m here for my clients that don’t have the time, or simply don’t want to maintain their sites. You’re a busy person with more important things to focus on.
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In this STELLAR article, SEO Mechanic tells us that when a website is brand new, Google hasn’t had time to index your site.
“Typically, it can take up to four weeks for it to begin to show up in search engine results. While we might be accustomed to getting things online quickly, search engine indexes can be rather slow. So sit tight, wait and learn more about search engine algorithms before you get too nervous.”
Post-Launch
I’m Rachel -
And my goal is to take some of that overwhelm off your plate. You know, free up some brain space for things that make you happy (and money.)
If your vision is one of wild success via a beautiful and strategically designed website that accurately depicts you and your work…
Leave it to me, and let your worries disappear.