Define the goal
Identify the audience, essential pages, the visitor's next action and what the client will provide.
Custom websites built for your business.
Business websites, portfolios and service-company sites with thoughtful design, practical lead generation and search-ready technical foundations.
A useful business website does more than introduce a company. Visitors should immediately understand what you offer, why it matters and what action to take next. Lortie Labs designs responsive websites around those decisions rather than relying on a generic set of sections.
A typical engagement covers structure, branding as supplied or agreed, page design, mobile layouts, contact or inquiry flows, relevant search metadata, accessibility basics, technical testing and launch handoff. If your idea includes a large catalog, payments or customer accounts, it may need an ecommerce or custom-application scope instead.
WHEN THIS FITS
Built for the right kind of project.
Contractors, service professionals and local companies
Portfolios, agencies and independent studios
New ventures establishing their first professional website
Businesses replacing difficult-to-use or outdated pages
THE DELIVERABLES
What the work can include.
The written scope defines exactly which of these items is delivered; extras are priced separately.
Clear navigation and content hierarchy
Responsive desktop, tablet and phone experiences
Contact forms with validation and confirmation states
Titles, descriptions, canonical URLs and search foundations
Accessibility, performance and form testing
Client handoff, domain and hosting guidance
BUILD PROCESS
A practical development workflow.
Design the journey
Organize messaging, navigation, layouts and calls to action before building.
Develop and verify
Build responsive pages, connect forms, validate SEO metadata and test across practical screen sizes.
Launch and transfer
Connect the approved domain, verify the live forms and supply ownership and maintenance instructions.
SCOPE & INVESTMENT
What influences the final price?
Number of unique layouts, pages and content sources
Whether branding, copywriting or photography is supplied
Booking engines, logged-in areas or third-party integrations
Multilingual content, migration work and approval cycles
All estimates are in Canadian dollars before applicable taxes. Platform subscriptions, payment processing, shipping, hosting, AI usage and ongoing support are scoped and quoted separately. No guaranteed rankings, provider approvals or regulatory outcomes.
COMMON QUESTIONS
Before you begin.
Can I start with a simple site and add a store later?
Yes, provided the future store is discussed early. Checkout, inventory and shipping involve more than adding a payment button; the architecture may need to change as the business grows.
Do you include SEO?
Projects include relevant technical foundations such as page titles, descriptions, crawlable routes and sitemap planning. Ongoing content production, link building and guaranteed rankings are not part of a basic site quote.
Can you use my existing domain?
Yes. Once the client provides authorized DNS access, the site can be connected to their domain. Hosting, domain renewals and ongoing support are separate commercial items.
REAL EXPERIENCE / PROJECT REFERENCE
A real site built for a software studio
This Lortie Labs website itself demonstrates the approach: custom responsive design, project case studies, a lead-intake workflow and a private owner area.