Built for phones
Phone first, not desktop first
31 of the 1,340 sites we opened in Whitby have no mobile layout at all. Most people looking for a local business here are on a phone, often standing somewhere inconvenient. We design for that first.
Websites & local SEO · Whitby
Web design in
Whitby.
This is what the web looks like in Whitby: 1,544 listings, 1,340 working websites behind them, 67 links that go nowhere. We build and run sites for businesses here, and the numbers below come from our own survey rather than a report someone else wrote.
Websites from $590 · paid after delivery
We build and look after websites for businesses in Whitby. A one-page site for a solo operator is $590; a business with a crew of three to ten pays $1,190; a legal, medical or financial practice $3,900.
No deposit and no contract: you pay once the site is built and you have seen it, and the monthly part ($129–$990 for hosting, edits, your Google listing and search work) can be cancelled any month.
Businesses we checked in Whitby1,544
Whitby listings with no website at all196
Website that does not load or is parked67
Working but visibly dated273
Whitby sites with no mobile version31 (2%)
Still served without HTTPS44
Copyright line 1999 or earlier113
Listings with no opening hours on Google8
Median Google reviews in Whitby32
Whitby is the 13th largest of the 26 places we surveyed, with 1,544 listings against 3,173 in Mississauga. Every site behind these listings was opened by hand — nothing here is modelled.
By trade
8 trades in Whitby,
counted separately.
A dentist and a plumber are not competing for the same attention and their numbers are not comparable. Each trade below has its own page with its own survey — review medians, platform mix and the faults we actually found.
| Trade in Whitby | Businesses | No site | No mobile | Median reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real estate agents | 61 | 3 | 1 | 34 |
| Dentists | 57 | 1 | 1 | 139 |
| Law firms | 55 | 3 | 5 | 20 |
| Financial advisors | 54 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Accountants | 43 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| HVAC contractors | 36 | 1 | 3 | 34 |
| Renovation contractors | 30 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| Electricians | 29 | 4 | 1 | 11 |
What Whitby is built on
15 platforms,
no clear winner.
Detected from the pages themselves across 1,340 Whitby websites. 67 run on a free or entry-level builder and 3 are still served by software that has been discontinued for years. 113 carry a copyright line from 1999 or earlier.
WordPress392 (29%)
Wix114 (9%)
Squarespace72 (5%)
GoDaddy Builder50 (4%)
Shopify32 (2%)
Hand-built or unidentified680 (51%)
What actually breaks
The same six faults,
541 times over.
Across the 1,340 Whitby sites we opened, these are the faults that turned up most often. None of them is visible to the owner, which is exactly why they survive for years.
Sites in Whitby with no enquiry form541 of 1,340
Sites measuring nothing at all457 of 1,340
Page titles that never say “Whitby”456 of 1,340
Sites with no structured data401 of 1,340
Sites letting Google write their description277 of 1,340
Sites with no heading on the page224 of 1,340
What you get
A site built for how
Whitby actually searches.
Local search
Your Google listing, set up properly
Categories, service areas, hours, photos and the structured data that puts your address and rating straight into results. 8 Whitby listings do not even publish opening hours. The median business here has 32 reviews — we will tell you honestly where you stand.
Maintained
Someone still looking after it
113 sites in Whitby carry a copyright line five years old or more, which usually means nobody has opened the admin panel since launch. The monthly fee exists so that does not happen to yours.
What we do in Whitby.
Each of these has its own page for Whitby, built from the same survey but looking at a different part of it.
Local SEO in Whitby Website redesign in Whitby Google Business Profile in Whitby Review generation in Whitby Hosting and care in Whitby Booking and forms in Whitby Google Ads in Whitby Online store in Whitby
Nearby.
Thinking about a build rather than the numbers? What a small business site costs and includes · for contractors · for dental practices.
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Questions
The usual questions.
Do you work with businesses in Whitby?
Yes. We work across the entire Greater Toronto Area, including Whitby, where we surveyed 1,544 listings. Everything is done remotely — calls, email and a live preview link you can open while we build — so there is no need to meet in person unless you want to.
How many businesses in Whitby have no website?
196 of the 1,544 listings we checked have no website attached to their Google profile at all, and another 67 link to one that does not load or has been parked. On top of that, 273 have a site that works but has visibly not been touched in years.
How much does a website cost?
Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the business and how many pages it needs. You pay once it is built and you have seen it, not before. After launch it is $129 to $990 a month for hosting, edits, your Google listing and ongoing SEO, cancellable any month.
How long does SEO take?
The Google map pack can move within weeks. Ranking in regular search results for competitive terms realistically takes three to six months of consistent work. Anyone promising faster is selling you something.
Now check your own
You have read the numbers.
Where does your site stand?
Type your address and we will open your site the way a visitor would, then tell you plainly what is wrong with it — including when the answer is nothing. Ten seconds, no email, nothing stored.
Think yours needs
rebuilding?
Send us the address and what you do. We will look at what is there and tell you whether a rebuild is worth the money, or whether the problem is somewhere else entirely.