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Nanaimo, BC

Nanaimo websites, custom backends, and the tools your team actually needs

Nanaimo is the central hub of the Island, and it shows. More businesses, more competition, more reasons your site needs to actually work. We build custom websites, backend tools, and internal dashboards for Nanaimo businesses ready to grow past the off-the-shelf stuff.

What we build for Nanaimo businesses

Beyond the marketing site. The deeper niche stuff that actually changes how your business runs.

Custom website design

Hand-built sites with a real point of view. No templates, no theme drag-and-drop, no plugin stack. Just clean code that loads fast and looks like you.

Backend tools and dashboards

Internal admin panels, custom CRMs, content managers, reporting dashboards. Built around your team's workflow instead of bending to someone else's software.

Booking and inventory systems

Custom booking flows, rental calendars, inventory trackers, order management. One tool that does exactly what you need and nothing you don't.

API integrations

Connect Stripe, Square, Booqable, Mailchimp, Google, your accounting tool, your suppliers. Anything with an API can talk to your site.

Automations that save hours

Form submissions that auto-route. Invoices that fire on their own. Stock alerts, follow-up emails, weekly reports. The boring stuff, handled.

Local SEO and Google setup

Google Business Profile, Search Console, structured data, local landing pages, the works. We tune everything to rank for the searches your customers actually run.

Why work with someone local

We work with Nanaimo businesses across every industry: trades, retail, hospitality, services, real estate. Our sites are built to rank for Nanaimo searches and load fast on the spotty data signal someone gets while parked on the Departure Bay ferry line.

We build for central Vancouver Island businesses, but most of our work is fully remote-friendly. You get the same care whether you want to meet in person, hop on a call, or just trade voice notes.

Every build includes
  • Custom code, no WordPress, no plugin sprawl
  • Mobile-first design that loads fast on bad signal
  • Google Business Profile setup and optimization
  • Search Console and analytics from day one
  • Professional email setup at your own domain
  • Contact forms, lead capture, and CRM hand-off
  • Free hosting after launch on most builds
  • Two future content updates included

Serving Nanaimo and surrounding areas

Based on Vancouver Island, working with businesses in Nanaimo and the wider central Vancouver Island area.

NanaimoLantzvilleCedarCassidyNanoose BayYellow PointSouth Wellington

Ready to build something better in Nanaimo?

Tell us what you're working on. We'll come back with a clear plan, a real price, and a sense of how the whole thing is going to feel when it ships.