Amboyance for local business
We build the website first.
Then you decide.
Most small shops in Toronto have no website. Not a bad one. None at all. So instead of selling you on one, we build yours and send you the link. You look at a finished site before any money is discussed, and if you do not want it, nothing happens.
How it works
We build it first
Before we ever call you. Your real address, your real opening hours, your own Google reviews. Not a template with your name pasted in.
You look at it
We text you a link. It is a finished, working site, not a mockup. Look at it that evening, on your phone, with nobody on the call waiting for an answer.
Then you decide
If it is not worth anything to you, say so and that is the end of it. If it is, there are two ways to keep it.
Two ways to keep it
You get the same site either way. The only question is whether you want to own it outright today, or have someone looking after it for you.
Yours
You buy it. One payment, and it is your property from day one.
- Yours outright: the files, the domain, all of it
- We register the domain and keep it renewed. You never touch a registrar
- We host it free, for as long as you want it up
- Changes afterwards are $45 each
- Nothing recurring, ever
Handled
We look after it. Nothing up front, cancel whenever you like.
- The same site, with no $450 to pay
- Unlimited changes, done within 24 hours
- Domain and hosting handled, same as above
- Your Google listing kept in step: hours, phone, photos, the link
- A monthly note: how many people saw it, how many tapped call
- After six months it is yours to keep, even if you cancel
Prices in Canadian dollars, plus 13% HST. If your shop is HST-registered you claim that back.
What you actually get
Written for your shop
Your services, your neighbourhood, the nearest intersection and transit stop. Nothing generic.
Fast on a phone
One file, no trackers, no cookie banner. Most people will open it on a bus.
Findable
Your name, address, phone and hours in the format Google reads, so your listing has a real site behind it.
Your reviews on it
The ones already on your Google listing, quoted with the names, linked back so anyone can check.
A real map
Your street drawn out with your door marked, not a grey rectangle from a stock library.
One person to text
New hours, new prices, a photo of the shop. You text it, it goes up.
Ask, and we will quote it
None of this is in the monthly price. It is what we build when a shop asks, quoted per job before anything starts.
Your prices on the page
Tell us what you charge for the jobs people ask about most and we will put them up. We will never guess a number: someone who arrives expecting $25 and gets quoted $40 blames you, not us.
Online booking
Already on Square, Fresha or Booksy? We put the button on your site at no charge. Not on anything yet? We will help you pick one and get it running.
A price estimator
Someone picks what they need and sees a range before they come in. Built from your numbers, so nobody turns up surprised and you spend less of the day quoting the same job over the phone.
Missed call text-back
Somebody rings while you are at the machine and cannot answer. They get a text straight back, so the job does not go to the next shop down the street. This has to be set up on your phone line, so we would talk it through with you first.
Try it
Example onlyWhat do you need?
Pick something above to see what a customer would see.
Not sure whether one of these is worth it for your shop? Say so on the phone and we will tell you honestly. We would rather talk you out of something than build it twice.
Questions
Do I have to do anything technical?
No. We register the domain, point it at the site, keep it renewed and handle the hosting. You never sign into anything. The only thing we need from you is corrections: your real hours, and photos if you have them.
Do I own it?
On the one time plan, from day one. On the monthly plan, after six months. Six months at $75 is $450, which is the build price, so at that point you have paid for it and it is yours to keep even if you cancel. Cancel earlier than that and you can either let it come down or pay the difference up to $450 and take it.
What does "Google listing kept in step" mean?
When your hours or your phone number change, we change them on the site and on your Google listing at the same time, so the two never disagree. We add the photos you send us and make sure the listing points at your site. For that we need you to add us as a manager on the listing, which takes you about a minute and you can remove us any time. We do not touch your reviews. Those are yours to answer.
Can you add online booking, or prices, or a calculator?
Yes, all of those, quoted per job. Prices need nothing from us except you telling us what you charge. Booking is free to add if you already use Square, Fresha or Booksy, and we will help you pick one if you do not. An estimator that quotes a range from your own numbers, or a text that goes back automatically when you miss a call, are both real jobs we would price after talking it through. None of it is in the monthly.
Can I have an email address on my domain?
Yes, ask and we will set one up, forwarding to whatever address you already use. We do not put it on the pricing because most shops here run on the phone and never use it. Worth knowing that forwarding means you receive at that address rather than send from it, unless you want us to set the sending side up too.
Whose name is the domain in?
Yours, on both plans, from the day it is registered. We look after it so you never have to deal with a registrar, but the registration is in your name and your business, not ours. If you ever want it moved somewhere else we point it wherever you tell us to, no argument and no fee.
What happens if I cancel?
Nothing dramatic. There is no notice period and no cancellation fee. Past six months you keep the site and the domain. Before that the site comes offline, but we hold your files for 90 days in case you change your mind.
What if I want to change something?
Text it. A photo of your new price list, your new hours, whatever it is. On the monthly plan it is done within 24 hours and costs nothing extra. On the one time plan it is $45. Unlimited covers the things that change: hours, prices, photos, wording, adding a section. A full redesign, a second page, online booking or a shop is a separate job, and we quote it before starting.
What if a payment fails?
We email you and the site stays up for 14 days. If it still has not gone through we take it offline, but nothing is deleted for 90 days after that. Nobody loses their website over an expired card.
Will my price go up?
Not while you are with us. Whatever you sign up at is what you pay for as long as you stay, and a price change only applies to new clients. If we ever stop doing this you get 30 days notice, your files and your domain.
Will this put me at the top of Google?
No, and anyone promising that is lying to you. What it does is make sure your name, address, phone and hours are consistent and machine readable, and that your Google listing has a real site behind it. That is the part you control.
I already have a Facebook or Instagram page.
Keep it. But when someone searches for what you do near them, Google shows businesses with a website first, and a social page does not do that for you. This is not instead of it.
Who are you?
Amboyance Inc., incorporated in Ontario, based at 99 John St in Toronto. We also build and run two apps on the App Store and Google Play. You can look all of that up before you pay for anything, and looking at the site we built you costs nothing either way.
Can you put photos of my work on it?
Yes, and you should. Ten or fifteen from your phone. Real photos of real work beat anything else on the page.
Not sure yet?
Email us the name of your shop and we will build the site and send you the link. You are not agreeing to anything by looking at it.
contact@amboyance.com