Red Isle WebWhat a website costs
Most websites on PEI cost $3,000 or more, and some go over $5,000. Builders like Wix or Squarespace also charge $20 to $50 per month on top, so you're really just renting your own site.
Mine are $1,000, all fees and taxes included, with no subscription. You don't pay until you're happy with it, and if you're not, there's no pressure.
$1,000
No monthly fee, all fees and taxes included.
- Professional, mobile-friendly, multi-page
- Your own web address, in your name
- First month of changes free, then $50
- Set up to be found on Google and AI search
Most sites are $1,000. If yours has a lot more to it, like a big project gallery or a long menu, it's $1,500. I'll tell you which one is yours before I start.
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$500
Innovation PEI's Small Business Assistance Program covers 50% of your website cost. My builds are $1,000, so the province covers half and your cost comes down to $500. It's a reimbursement, so you pay the invoice first and claim it after, and the application has to go in before we start. Reach out and I'll walk you through it. This rebate is a PEI government program, so it's for Island businesses. If you're elsewhere in Canada, the build is the same $1,000, just without the provincial rebate.
See the program on the PEI government site
Red Isle Web is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Government of PEI or Innovation PEI. Program terms, funding, and eligibility are set by Innovation PEI and may change or end at any time. Confirm current details directly with Innovation PEI before making any decisions.
Want more website updates and help with marketing?
These are for owners who'd rather hand the whole thing over and not think about it. All three are optional, you can start on the smallest and move up later, and you can cancel anytime.
Bronze
$50 per month
- Up to 3 batches of changes per month, and a batch can be one typo or a dozen things at once, sent over together
- A check every month that your links and forms still work
- Your Google and AI-search upkeep kept current
Silver
$150 per month
- Everything in Bronze
- Batches of changes unlimited, turned around inside 48 hours
- Two blog posts per month, written for you and yours to approve before anything goes live
- Your Google Business Profile kept current with fresh photos
- Every review answered within a day, in your own words
- One page a month showing how many people called you or asked Google for directions
Gold
$300 per month
- Everything in Silver, plus weekly marketing done for you
- A post a week on Facebook and Instagram
- An update a week on your Google profile, which pushes you up in Maps and in Google search
- Changes come back the next business day
- Your only job is to text me photos when you finish a job
Cancel anytime. You always own your site and your web address, plan or no plan.
After the first month
Small changes
$50 flat
A text edit, a new photo, updated hours or prices, a staff change, a typo. Send them over together and it's $50 for the batch, however many are in it. No subscription running in the background for months when nothing needs changing.
Bigger work
Quoted first
New pages, a redesign, online booking, a store. Anything that's a project rather than a tweak gets a written number from me before I start, so there are no surprises on the bill.
Want to show up when people search for you? Google Business Profile$150 one time
Your Google Business Profile is the box that comes up on the right when someone searches your name, and it's what puts you on Maps. It's free to have, but it takes a while to set up properly, and most of the businesses I talk to either don't have one or have one they've never touched.
I set yours up with your hours, service area, categories, description and photos all done right, and submit it for verification. Verification itself is Google's call, and it can take a couple of weeks, so I can't promise a date on that part. The setup is the part that's mine, and that's the part that gets done properly.
- Set up properly, with your hours, service area, categories and photos.
- Submitted for verification, and I'll walk you through anything Google asks for.
- Puts you on Maps and in the local results people actually click.
- Yours to keep. The profile is in your name, not mine.
Want better visibility on Google and AI answers? Six blog posts$250 one time
When someone asks Google or an AI assistant a question your business could answer, the sites that get named are the ones with real answers written on them. Six posts on the questions people in your line of work actually search is usually enough to start getting picked up.
You don't have to write them. I do, in your voice, and you read each one and say yes before it goes anywhere near your site. If you'd rather write your own, that's completely fine and it costs you nothing.
- Six posts written for you, on questions people in your industry search.
- You approve every one before it goes live.
- Built to get quoted by Google and by AI assistants answering questions.
- No monthly fee, and no obligation to keep posting.
Want to update your own menu, prices, or events? Edit it yourself$250 one time
Some businesses change their site often. A restaurant reworks its menu, a shop posts weekly specials, an event venue keeps a what's-on list. If that's you, I can build in a simple editor so you make those changes yourself, from your phone or laptop, and they go live in about a minute. Still no monthly fee.
You handle the content: menu items, prices, descriptions, text, photos, hours, events. New pages or a layout change still come to me, so you can't accidentally break the design. There's a short demo just below.
- Edit your own text, prices, menu items, and photos.
- Add or remove items yourself, no code.
- Changes go live in about a minute.
- No monthly fee, and you still own everything.
Want to take payments or deposits online?$150 one time
A deposit to hold a table, a gift card, a class fee, a single product. If your business mostly needs to collect payment for one thing at a time, I can wire a payment button straight into your site through Square. Still no monthly fee.
The money lands in your own Square account and pays out to your bank, usually the next business day. Square charges its standard per-sale processing fee; I don't add anything on top of that.
- Take payments or deposits right on your site.
- Paid out to your bank automatically, next business day.
- No monthly fee, just Square's standard processing fee per sale.
- Best for one thing at a time. A full multi-item store is bigger work, quoted separately.
Questions people ask
How long does it take?
Usually about a week. Once you send me your photos and details, I can have a first version ready within a week. The main thing that slows it down is waiting on content or replies, so the sooner you get me what I need, the sooner it goes live.
Not sure how your site is doing?
Run my free website check. Add your web address and I'll email you a short report on how your site looks to Google, with what's working and what could be better. It's free, and there's no obligation.
Who owns the website?
You do. The web address is registered in your name (it runs about $15 a year, paid to the registrar, not to me), and the site itself is set up in your own account. If we ever part ways, everything stays with you.
I don't have a web address. Is that a problem?
Not at all, most businesses I talk to don't. Picking one and registering it in your name is part of the build, and I'll walk you through it in a few minutes.
What counts as a small change?
Anything I can do in one sitting: swap a photo, update your hours or prices, add a staff member, fix wording, adjust a section. It can also be a few of these together, like three new photos and updated hours, as long as it comes to me as one list of changes. If a request is bigger than that, I'll say so and quote it before touching anything.
Is there government money for this?
Possibly. Innovation PEI's Small Business Assistance Program reimburses 50% of eligible professional fees, which on a $1,000 build could mean $500 back. A few things to know: it's a reimbursement, so you pay the full invoice first and claim it after, and the application has to go in before you commit to the work. Whether your project qualifies is Innovation PEI's call, not mine, so treat it as a bonus rather than a sure thing. I'll give you the written quote you need to apply, and you can reach Innovation PEI at 902-368-6300.
Do you build online stores or booking systems?
Yes, quoted separately as bigger work. If your business mostly needs people to find you, trust you, and get in touch, the $1,000 site covers it. If you need customers to pay or book online, tell me what you're after and I'll give you a number.
The next step costs nothing
Tell me about your business. I'll look at what you have now and show you what I'd build, and you decide after you've seen it.
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