Websites
Fast, accessible websites designed to help customers understand, trust, and contact your business.
- New websites
- Redesigns
- Service-area pages
- Lead-generation forms
- Booking integrations
- Local SEO foundations
Small-business technology partner · Vancouver Island
Technology that works for local business.
Island Foundry builds modern websites, practical software, and business automations for companies across Vancouver Island. We make technology easier to understand, easier to manage, and more useful to your business.
Clear recommendations. Straightforward pricing. Dependable local support.
Built around real operations Clear and dependable
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Based on the Island
Built on Vancouver Island. Built for local business.
Island Foundry works remotely with owner-operated businesses across the Island and can support companies elsewhere in Canada.
VictoriaNanaimoCowichan ValleyParksville and QualicumComox ValleyCampbell River
Start with the real problem
Technology should make running your business easier.
When websites and software create confusion or repeated work, we help identify the simplest useful improvement.
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Your website looks outdated.
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Customers cannot easily contact or book with you.
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Your team repeats the same administrative work every week.
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Your current tools do not work well together.
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Nobody is responsible for maintaining your website.
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You are paying for software that creates more work than it saves.
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You know something should improve, but do not know where to start.
Services
Websites, systems, and support that fit the business.
We start with the outcome, then recommend technology that is proportionate, maintainable, and genuinely useful.
Business Systems
Practical internal tools that replace scattered spreadsheets, repetitive data entry, and disconnected processes.
- Dashboards
- Customer portals
- Inventory tools
- Staff tools
- Reporting systems
Automation
Connect the tools you already use and reduce the work your team repeats every day.
- Form workflows
- Email automation
- Notifications
- Data syncing
- Document generation
- CRM integration
Practical AI
Focused AI tools designed around a real business use case, with privacy, accuracy, and human review considered before implementation.
- Internal knowledge search
- Document assistance
- Customer-service support
- Content workflow assistance
- Data classification
Ongoing Support
Hosting, monitoring, maintenance, updates, and straightforward technical help after launch.
- Managed hosting
- Backups
- Security updates
- Content changes
- Uptime monitoring
- Performance checks
- Technical consulting
Industries
Local context changes what good technology looks like.
Each solution is shaped around the way customers find, choose, and work with your business.
Trades and contractors
- Common problem
- Customers cannot quickly understand service areas or request a quote.
- Useful solution
- Clear service pages, mobile quote requests, review integration, and lead-routing automation.
- Business benefit
- Fewer missed enquiries and a simpler path from search to quote request.
Restaurants and cafés
- Common problem
- Menus, hours, events, and reservations are scattered across several platforms.
- Useful solution
- A mobile-first site with structured menus, reservations, events, and easy updates.
- Business benefit
- Important information is easier to find and bookings take fewer steps.
Professional services
- Common problem
- Prospective clients do not quickly understand expertise, fit, or next steps.
- Useful solution
- Credible service pages, clear consultation paths, and useful intake workflows.
- Business benefit
- Better-informed enquiries and a more professional first impression.
Automotive businesses
- Common problem
- Service information and appointment requests are difficult to manage on mobile.
- Useful solution
- Clear service menus, seasonal content, review integration, and booking requests.
- Business benefit
- A smoother path from local search to service appointment.
Tourism and hospitality
- Common problem
- Guests have to search multiple places for availability, amenities, and local information.
- Useful solution
- Fast destination pages, booking integrations, guides, and automated guest information.
- Business benefit
- Clearer trip planning and fewer repetitive questions for staff.
Retail and local shops
- Common problem
- Online information does not reflect the in-store experience or current offerings.
- Useful solution
- Store information, product highlights, promotions, and practical commerce integrations.
- Business benefit
- A more consistent customer experience online and in store.
More than a website vendor
A practical technology partner for the long term.
Island Foundry supports the website, the software behind it, and the day-to-day processes around both.
Business-first recommendations
We start with the business problem, not a predetermined technology.
Plain-language communication
You should understand what is recommended and why.
Websites and software
Support can extend beyond the initial website.
Dependable after launch
Maintenance and ongoing technical support are available.
Local perspective
We understand the realities of owner-operated Island businesses.
Right-sized solutions
We will not recommend custom software when a simpler tool is a better fit.
A straightforward process
Clear steps. Useful checkpoints. No technical runaround.
You stay involved in the business decisions while Island Foundry handles the technical work.
Website review or discovery
Share the current situation, goals, and constraints. You provide business context; we ask focused questions.
Clear plan and proposal
You receive priorities, scope, timing, responsibilities, and written pricing before work begins.
Design and build
We do the technical work. You provide content, approvals, and focused feedback at agreed checkpoints.
Review, test, and launch
We test usability, accessibility, and key workflows. You complete a guided final review.
Support and improvement
Choose ongoing care or request improvements as the business changes.
Concept work
Examples of how the pieces can work together.
These are concept projects, not real clients or claimed results. They demonstrate possible approaches until approved client work is available.
Concept project
Plumbing and heating contractor
Harbour Plumbing
- Problem
- Outdated mobile experience and unclear quote-request process.
- Approach
- Service-area website, mobile quote form, review integration, and lead routing.
- Intended outcome
- A clearer path from urgent search to a well-routed quote request.
Website redesignQuote workflowLocal SEO foundation
View concept detailsHarbour Plumbing
Concept 01Concept project
Independent restaurant
Cedar Table
- Problem
- Important information was spread between social media, third-party menus, and outdated pages.
- Approach
- Mobile-first website, menu structure, reservation integration, event promotion, and simple content updates.
- Intended outcome
- A simpler way for guests to find information and plan a visit.
WebsiteMenu systemReservation integration
View concept detailsCedar Table
Concept 02Concept project
Landscaping company
Coastline Landscaping
- Problem
- Enquiries arrived through several channels and required repetitive manual follow-up.
- Approach
- Service website, guided estimate request, automated confirmation, and internal lead dashboard.
- Intended outcome
- More consistent enquiry details and less manual follow-up.
Service websiteAutomationLead dashboard
View concept detailsCoastline Landscaping
Concept 03Starting guidance
Straightforward pricing, scoped in writing.
Final pricing depends on scope, content, integrations, and project complexity. Every project receives a written proposal before work begins.
Website Essentials
Starting at $1,500 CADA professional foundation for a local business.
- Up to five core pages
- Mobile-first design
- Contact or quote form
- Basic local SEO setup
- Analytics
- Launch support
Growth Website
Starting at $3,500 CADFor businesses ready to improve enquiries, booking, and local visibility.
- Expanded page structure
- Booking or quote workflow
- Service-area content structure
- Review integration
- Stronger conversion planning
- Content-management options
- Post-launch support
Business Systems and Automation
Custom proposalRight-sized software and integrations for how your operation works.
- Paid discovery when needed
- Internal dashboards
- Workflow automation
- Customer portals
- Integrations
- Custom applications
Care plans
Ongoing hosting, maintenance, and support.
Hosting, backups, monitoring, updates, small content changes, and technical support from $149 CAD/month.
Explore care plansWhat clients can expect
Thoughtful work, communicated clearly.
Useful before impressive
Decisions are grounded in customer needs and day-to-day operations.
Honest about trade-offs
You will understand cost, complexity, maintenance, and limitations.
Built to be supported
Documentation, handoff, and ongoing help are part of the plan.
Respect for your time
Meetings and feedback requests stay focused and purposeful.
Founder photoReplace before launch
Founder-led, built to grow
Practical technology without unnecessary complexity.
Island Foundry was created to give small businesses access to dependable technology without the jargon and complexity that often comes with it.
We combine full-stack web development and practical business software experience with customer-service, hospitality, and operations experience. Recommendations are grounded in how businesses actually work, communicated clearly, and designed for long-term relationships.
Vincent WinklerFounder · biography placeholder
About Island FoundryCommon questions
Helpful answers before we start.
No promises that cannot be verified—just clear information about scope, process, and fit.
Website Essentials starts at $1,500 CAD and Growth Websites start at $3,500 CAD. Every project receives a written proposal based on scope.
A useful first step
Not sure what your website needs?
Send us your current website and we will identify the most important opportunities to improve clarity, mobile usability, trust, and customer enquiries.
- Plain-language priorities
- Business-focused recommendations
- No obligation or hard sell
Expect a reply within two business days.vince@islandfoundry.ca
Start with the problem
Your technology should make business easier.
Start with a free website review or tell us about a process that is wasting your team’s time.