Business website hosting
Businesses - how can englishbay.com help?
As a business owner in the English Bay area, you can become part of the first and only website devoted to the West End community and businesses. Over 10,000 visitors consult our business listings each month! For the less than the cost of a Yellow Pages listing, you can greatly extend your business reach with your own page in this active online community.
See a list of businesses that have joined the englishbay.com community, or demo sites. Compare our prices to see that having a website on englishbay.com can literally be your most cost-effective means of promotion. We advertise widely, and are currently the featured portal in Vancouver's Websight Magazine. Pick up a free copy in your local internet cafe and look for our ad on the first page, top corner (or view PDF).
Why do I need a website?
Canada has one of the highest percentages of internet users, higher even than in the U.S. And within Canada, more people are online in Vancouver than anywhere else.[details] When you combine this with the fact that users age 20-35 are now more likely to get business information from the internet than from the Yellow Pages, you can see that having a web presence has become an essential component of doing business.
What can englishbay.com offer?
The friendly folks at Winters Web Works maintain englishbay.com as a community service, to help bring our vibrant and eclectic community together online — it's not a commercial enterprise. Therefore, the following prices are guaranteed to be cheaper than any other certified web design service. Call around, you'll see what a good deal we offer. See our portfolio at winterswebworks.com, and give us a call at 604-408-4278 or email us.
Price listWEBSITE DESIGN
- $99 one-time fee (or do your own for free)
- $99/year
ALL WEBSITES INCLUDE
- company name, address, and logo
- 2 photos (supplied by client)
- 2 graphics (supplied by client)
- printable map of your location (see your sample)
- easy reference business info: phone, address, hours, etc.
- 100-300 words (supplied by client)
- 1 coupon (stock coupon or supplied by client)
- 1 email account (yourname@englishbay.com)
- submission to all major search engines
- free event listings on calendar
EXTRAS
- banner ad: $5/month bottom of page, $10/month top (may be
placed on page of your choosing). See other custom banners online
for Hot Dog Jonny's and
Elite Kinesiologists.ca.
- custom website design (the sky's the limit!): $30/hour
- custom digital photography, logos, animation, copy-editing: $30/hr
- bells and whistles (order forms, counter, video, javascripts, site stats, database programming): $30/hour
Internet statistics: According to the Canadian research project NFO CFGroup, (1) 80% of Canadians 18-49 years of age access the internet frequently; (2) of those households online, more have a high-speed connection ("broadband") than old dial-up; (3) an astonishing 72% of British Columbians have internet access, rising to 75% in Vancouver itself. For complete statistics, download the October 2002 report (in PDF).Here at Englishbay.com, we're pleased to say that the site's age (since 1997), its uniqueness (still the West End's only portal!), and widespread publicity (print ads, large posters in many shop windows by special arrangement) contribute to its getting a steady 10,000 unique per month — which ballons to as many as 25,000 visitors in the summer months!
