Salt Spring Island
A six-page site for a family-run garage on Salt Spring Island, lettered like the door of the owner's tow truck, with a page for each kind of work and an appointment request that goes straight to the shop.
Business website
[Victoria and Salt Spring Island]
Custom websites for Vancouver Island businesses, designed and built by me. You edit it yourself, the hosting is free, and you can always reach me.
[Sixteen client sites live]
Built on the Island.
Yours to run.
Sixteen client sites, live today.
Three of the most recent. Each one is run by its owner.
Pemberton, BC
A six-page site for a cedar log country house on Ivey Lake near Pemberton, rented only as a whole house, with its Vrbo calendar on the site and both ways to book beside it.
Business website
Nelson, BC
A one-page site for a jeweller on Baker Street in Nelson, built around the five jewellers who have kept the shop since 1896, with its own pieces and a free custom design consultation.
Landing page
What I offer.
A new website, help with the one you have, or looking after it once it's live. Every price is fixed before any work starts.
New websites
from $1,500
Business websites, designed and built around your business, custom-coded and yours to edit. Landing pages $750.
Compare the websitesYour existing site
from $40 an hour
Keep the site you have. Start with a free AI report, then the Google & AI setup at $500, or updates and fixes by the hour.
See how I can helpAfter launch
Free hosting
The care plan is optional: unlimited small changes to your site, same-day replies and monitoring, $39 a month. Or run it yourself from your dashboard.
See after launchHow it works.
From your first message to a site you run yourself, in one to three weeks. The price comes with your free preview, and it's fixed before the build starts.
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A short message through the contact form: who you are, what you do, and what you have now. Nothing to prepare.
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I build the top of your new homepage, one screen at laptop and phone sizes, from what's already public about your business. It comes with the price. No meeting needed, and nothing to prepare.
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If you like the preview, you get a short proposal with the scope, the timeline and a fixed price, and a 25% deposit books the build. If you don't like the preview, you pay nothing and that's it.
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I finish the build with your feedback along the way, launch with you, and hand off a recorded walkthrough plus a month of free edits.
What clients say.
Every review on Google is five stars. Here are five of them, word for word, beside the site each client got.
★★★★★
Working with Owen on the Maid in Victoria website was honestly one of the best business decisions we've made.
From the very beginning, he really took the time to understand not just what we wanted the site to look like — but how we wanted our brand to feel. He was incredibly patient with all of our ideas (and changes), super responsive, and genuinely cared about getting every detail right.
Visit the live site
Hi, I'm Owen.
I design and build every OBdesign site myself, and I'm the person you talk to from the first message to long after launch.
I grew up on Salt Spring Island and I'm in my fourth year of software engineering at the University of Victoria. Before OBdesign I ran a painting business with a crew of four across Salt Spring and Victoria, so I know how little time a small business leaves for its website.
That's why every site is built to run without me. It's custom-coded, not a template. It comes with a dashboard you can edit from your phone, and I host it for free. When you do need me, you get me, not a support queue.
On the Island, I'm happy to meet in person. Or call me on 250-222-6054.
Quick answers.
The six questions every business owner asks first. Anything else? Just ask.
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Tell me about your business through the contact form and I'll build the preview from what's already public (your current site, socials, photos and reviews): one screen, the top of your new homepage, at laptop and phone sizes. It's usually ready within a week, and there's nothing to prepare. It comes with the price: business websites from $1,500, landing pages $750. If you like it, you get a short proposal, and a 25% deposit starts the build, with the balance at launch. If you don't like the preview, you pay nothing and that's it.
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Business websites start at $1,500, and a landing page is $750. Sites with online booking or a shop start at $3,500, and custom web applications are scoped per project from $5,000. Every quote is fixed before work starts, and the full breakdown is on the services page.
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A landing page takes about a week. A business website usually runs two to three weeks. The biggest variable is how quickly feedback comes back.
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Yes. Every package includes a simple editing dashboard for your text and photos, and I record a walkthrough video at handoff so you know exactly how to use it.
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Yes. I work with clients across BC and beyond, and the process works just as well remotely. On the island, I'm always happy to meet in person.
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Changes and fixes are free for the first month after launch. After that, the care plan gives you unlimited small changes to your site and same-day replies for $39 a month or $390 a year, or you can say no to it and change most things yourself in your dashboard. Hosting is free: I host your site on my own account.
Tell me about your business.
I'll build a free preview of the top of your new homepage from what's already public, usually within a week, and send it with the price. Nothing to prepare, and no obligation to go ahead.