Vancouver and the Lower Mainland
Premium WebDevelopmentBuilt AroundYour Business.
Custom websites, e-commerce, automation and digital systems for startups and small businesses across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland.
Why Onyx
Small businesses do notneed bigger software.They need less friction.
01 · Direct
Work directly with your developer
No account managers, no handoffs, no telephone game. The person you talk through the idea with is the person who builds it.
02 · Outcome
Built for what the business needs
The goal is more enquiries, fewer manual hours, or payments that arrive on time — not a list of features nobody asked for.
03 · Durable
Yours to keep and grow
Built on standard, well-supported technology and handed over properly, so you are never locked to one person or one platform.
What Onyx builds
Systems, not justpages.
Most small businesses do not need more software. They need the few things they already do by hand to happen on their own.
From $1,500
Custom Business Websites
A site designed around how your customers actually decide — fast, credible on a phone, and built to bring you enquiries.
What’s included
- Design built around your business, not a template
- Written to answer the questions customers actually ask
- Fast on mobile, where most of your visitors are
- Contact and enquiry forms that reach you reliably
- Set up so you can be found on Google
From $1,500
A site designed around how your customers actually decide — fast, credible on a phone, and built to bring you enquiries.
Explore Custom Business WebsitesFrom $3,000
One store that takes payment, tracks stock, and tells you what sold — so the admin stops eating your week.
Explore E-commerce StoresFrom $1,750
Customers book an open time themselves, deposits are taken up front, and your calendar stays correct.
Explore Booking SystemsFrom $1,250
A rebuilt site that keeps your existing search presence while looking and performing like a business worth hiring.
Explore Website RedesignsFrom $4,500
A working first version with the core idea intact, built so it can grow rather than be thrown away.
Explore Startup MVPsFrom $4,500
A private, secure area where each client sees their own project, files and invoices — and only theirs.
Explore Client PortalsFrom $1,250
An assistant trained on your business that answers common questions instantly and hands real enquiries to you.
Explore AI ChatbotsFrom $1,500
The repetitive steps happen on their own, reliably, so your time goes to work that actually needs you.
Explore Business Automation
Who Onyx works with
Solo operators andsmall teams, mostly.
Barbershops
Bookings that stop arriving by text at midnight.
Lash & nail studios
Deposits taken up front, so no-shows cost less.
Online stores
One place that takes payment and tracks stock.
Appointment businesses
A calendar that is never double-booked.
Local services
Being found by people searching nearby.
Startups
A first real version, in front of users.
Specialisation
Selling online isnot one page.It is a system.
A store is only the visible part. Behind it sits payment, stock, orders, customer records and the follow-up that used to be your evening.
- 01StorefrontSomeone finds you and browses what you sell.
- 02ProductThey see what it is, what it costs, and when it ships.
- 03CheckoutThey buy without being asked to make an account first.
- 04PaymentThe card is taken securely. You never touch the number.
- 05OrderStock updates, and the order is confirmed to both of you.
- 06CustomerThe buyer becomes a record you can actually use.
- 07AutomationFollow-up, receipts and reporting happen on their own.
AI & automation
The work thathappens without you.
Automation is not a robot doing your job. It is the twenty small steps between an enquiry arriving and you actually speaking to someone — handled before you open your laptop.
- 01Enquiry
Someone fills in your form at 11pm.
- 02Recorded
It is filed with everything they told you.
- 03Reviewed
Sorted by fit, with a suggested next step.
- 04Replied
They get a real answer, immediately.
- 05Booked
They pick a time that is genuinely free.
- 06Customer
You arrive to a booked call, not a backlog.
Illustrative. Every workflow is built around how your business actually operates.
How it works
Seven stages.No surprises.
- 01
Discover
We talk about the business, not the technology. What is slow, what is missing, and what would actually change if it worked.
- 02
Strategy
The findings become a plan: what gets built first, what can wait, and what it will take.
- 03
Design
You see the real thing taking shape, laid out and reviewed before a line of it is built.
- 04
Develop
The build happens in visible increments. You see progress rather than waiting for a reveal.
- 05
Test
Checked on real phones and real connections, and hardened before anyone else touches it.
- 06
Launch
Moved live carefully, with search rankings and existing links preserved.
- 07
Support
Someone who knows how it was built is still there afterwards.
Starting prices
Honest numbers,before you ask.
Every project is different, so these are starting points rather than packages — enough to tell whether it is worth a conversation.
| Service | From (CAD) |
|---|---|
| Custom Business Websites | $1,500 |
| E-commerce Stores | $3,000 |
| Booking Systems | $1,750 |
| Website Redesigns | $1,250 |
| Startup MVPs | $4,500 |
| Client Portals | $4,500 |
| AI Chatbots | $1,250 |
| Business Automation | $1,500 |
| SEO & Local Search | $750 |
| Branding, UI & UX | $900 |
| Custom Integrations | Custom Quote |
| Business Data Systems | Custom Quote |
| Complex Web Applications | Custom Quote |
Final pricing depends on project requirements, functionality, integrations, content and timeline. Contact Onyx Development for an accurate quotation.
Ongoing support and maintenance plans available. Contact us for details.
FAQ
Questions people actually ask
- A custom business website starts at $1,500 CAD and an online store at $3,000 CAD. Where a project lands depends on how many pages there are, whether it takes payments or bookings, what it needs to connect to, and who is writing the content. You get a fixed quote before any work starts.
- It depends on scope and on how quickly content and feedback come back — those are usually the real timeline, not the build. You get a realistic schedule with your quote, and you will know if anything is likely to slip well before it does.
- The person who builds it. Onyx is deliberately small: there are no account managers and no handoffs between a salesperson and a developer.
- The focus is Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, because being able to meet properly helps. Work outside the region is possible when the project is a good fit.
- Often, yes. Sometimes a site is slow or dated but structurally fine, and the sensible answer is to improve it rather than start again. That is worth establishing before you spend anything — a redesign is only worth it when rebuilding genuinely beats fixing.
- Yes. It is built on standard, widely-supported technology and handed over properly, so you are never locked to one person or one platform.
- Ongoing support and maintenance plans are available — updates, backups, security and small changes. Get in touch for details.
Next step
Tell me whatyou are building.
A 45-minute conversation, free, with the person who would build it. If Onyx is not the right fit, you will hear that too.
Vancouver and the Lower Mainland