HalfintheBox
Ready to level up? Your ideas deserve more than a template. We shape them into intentional, high-performing websites that look good, feel right, and get found.
SUPERPOWERS
We keep things simple: smart design, solid code, and a bit of magic in between.
Website Design
Custom websites built for real businesses on Vancouver Island. From brand new sites to full redesigns, we create fast, modern, mobile-friendly experiences that actually turn visitors into customers.
SEO Optimization
Local SEO that helps people find you when it matters. We optimize for real search terms your customers use in Parksville, Nanaimo, and across the Island.
Custom CRM & Backend Tools
Custom CRM systems, internal dashboards, and backend tools for Vancouver Island businesses. From client management software and workflow automation to API integrations and admin panels, we build the tools your team actually needs to scale.
Recent Collabs
Partners we've worked with recently on website builds, revamps, and custom tools.
WeddingHelp
Complete website build and SEO optimization for WeddingHelp.ca. A Vancouver Island wedding vendor directory and planning resource.
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Timeless Party Rentals
Website revamps, backend Booqable adjustments, and internal tools for TimelessPartyRentals.ca.
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Abby Refinish
A complete website build for AbbyRefinish.com
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Blue Horizon Travel
Custom backend build, website development, and SEO for BlueHorizonTravel.co — a travel website offering tours and curated travel experiences.
Visit siteWordPress is showing its age
It got a lot of small businesses online, and we respect that. But these days it leans on slow, plugin-heavy setups and security that's only as strong as the last update someone remembered to install.
The WordPress trap
Cheap to start, expensive to maintain. Death by a thousand plugins.
- 30+ plugins to do anything
Booking? Plugin. Forms? Plugin. SEO? Plugin. Each one a slow, bloated dependency you didn't write and can't really fix.
- Security held together by updates
Skip a few updates, get hacked. Outdated plugins are still one of the most common ways small business sites get broken into.
- Built on yesterday's tech
Most WordPress sites run on architecture from another era. It works, sure, but it shows.
Custom code, built to scale
Modern stacks, clean code, room to grow into anything you need next.
- Built from real code, just for you
No template, no plugin graveyard. Clean, modern code that loads fast and only does what you actually need it to.
- Easy to extend, forever
New tool? New integration? New feature six months from now? Plugging it into a custom site is simple. That's the whole point.
- Tailored backends that fit you
A custom panel for blog posts, inventory updates, or bookings means one tool, made for your workflow. Not bloated, not generic, not someone else's idea of how you should run your business.
A custom backend for blog posts, inventory updates, or bookings is one and done. No 30-plugin patchwork, no monthly fees stacking up, no admin panel that fights you. Just a clean tool that fits how you actually run things.
Built around what you actually need
Two starting points. Both fully custom, both built from real code, both yours forever after launch.
Professional
Where most businesses startA polished, custom-built site with the SEO foundations to actually get found. Room to grow into something bigger when you need it.
- Custom design and branding
- As many landing pages as you need
- Local SEO + full Google setup
- Analytics, tracking, Search Console
- Light CMS or content panel
- Custom forms and automations
- Free hosting and email forwarding
Custom Build
When a site isn't enoughFully tailored builds with internal tools, integrations, and custom backends made for the way you actually work. Your inventory, your bookings, your CRM, your way.
- Unlimited landing routes and pages
- Custom backend, dashboards, admin panels
- Bookings, inventory, blogs built for you
- Third-party API integrations
- Full SEO suite and Google Ads setup
- Iteration until it fits your team
How we work, plain and simple
The fine print, without the fine print energy.
Half upfront to get started, half once we hand you the finished site. No subscriptions, no surprises.
Two rounds of content updates after launch are on us. Bigger features or extra rounds usually start around $200.
We don't bill by page count. That's a relic. Stack as many landing pages as your campaigns need.
Cost reflects hours put in and feature complexity. Basic marketing pages stay simple unless the art direction gets wild.
We're big on landing pages. Marketing campaigns, A/B tests, regional pushes, you name it. Spin them up freely. Custom internal tools may take a round or two to dial in to your taste, and that's part of building something that fits you instead of fits everyone.
Let's build something magical
Tell us about your idea. We'll bring the tech, design, and SEO wizardry.