No monthly rent. No 12-month contract. No agency holding your domain hostage. We build it, we hand you the keys — the domain is registered in your name, and the site stays live even if you never pay us another cent.
A home page that says what you do, where you do it, and how to reach you — in the first screen, on a phone.
What your $500 buys: the kind of site agencies sell for $2,497–$5,997 — without the contract. Comparison below, with sources.
Why we exist
We studied the top web-design companies a local owner finds on Google — their packages, prices, contracts and terms. Here's what the fine print says, in their own numbers:
US bundle provider Hibu sells websites only inside a marketing bundle on a 6–12-month contract with no in-term cancellation. Its terms, as documented in audits of its own legal pages: Hibu owns the content it creates, a domain Hibu provides is registered to Hibu, and access ends when you cancel.
Source: Vaultio audit of Hibu terms · RapidWebLaunch comparison (third-party audits, Oct 2026)
GoDaddy's design service, Hibu, Thrive, SmartSites and GTA's Design Team all make you book a call or request a quote before mentioning money. The prices behind the call: from ~$5,000 USD (SmartSites, per third-party comparison), from $8,000 USD (WebFX), common projects of $10,000–$49,999 (Thrive, per Clutch).
Source: company pages & Clutch profiles, read 2026-11-10 — full table below
GoDaddy's done-for-you build takes 6–8 weeks and includes one round of revisions. WebFX averages ~12 weeks. Toronto premium studio Parachute takes 12–20 weeks — at $25,000+, with copywriting and photos not offered at all: you hire those separately.
Source: godaddy.com · webfx.com · parachutedesign.ca
Fixed $500 price on the page. Domain in your name from day one. Free preview before you pay. Live in 7 days. Optional care plan you can cancel any month — and your site stays up when you do.
See the full comparisonThe package
Low-price rivals reserve the useful parts for their $699–$900 tiers — or don't offer them at all. We put the full trades checklist in one $500 package, first-year domain included: that's ≈28% less than the closest comparable $699 tier in Canada — deliberately priced 25–30% under the market, without stripping the package down.
Not included, stated up front: logo design, online store / e-commerce (quoted flat before any work, if you need one), and ongoing marketing. No surprise line items later.
Send us your business name and what you do. Within 48 hours you get a preview of YOUR homepage — your name, your services, your town. No card, no obligation. First see it, then decide. (The best low-price rival offers a sample in 24 hours; nobody else in the top 10 offers one at all.)
$30/mo
Hosting management, SSL, backups, security updates and small text/photo edits each month. Month-to-month — and unlike a rented site, cancelling the care plan never takes your website down. It's yours either way.
Your first year of domain is included in the $500 — no extra line at checkout. From year 2, renewal is roughly $15–25/year (2026 Canadian cost guides) — paid by you, to your own registrar, at their price. We don't mark it up and we don't hold it. Try the calculator below: it's the year-2 math most agencies leave off the page.
Move the controls. This is every cost of owning an Ownly site: the build (first-year domain included), domain renewals from year 2 at registrar prices, and the care plan only if you choose it.
The saving, in plain numbers: the closest comparable Canadian package — booking, forms, WhatsApp and full SEO setup — is Canadian Web Designs' $699 Professional tier. Ours is $500 with the first-year domain included: ≈28% less, right in the 25–30% under-market band. And Hibu's documented setup fees alone run $299 (implementation) + $449 (site setup, sometimes waived with an ad package) — before any monthly bundle fee, which it does not publish. Sources in the comparison table below.
How it works
Tell us your business name, trade and town — the form below takes two minutes. We build a preview of your actual homepage.
Within 48 hours · $0
Like it? 50% deposit ($250) starts the full build. We write the copy, place your photos, set up Google Business, forms and WhatsApp. Two revision rounds included.
You approve the preview first
Site goes live on your domain, registered in your name. You get full admin access, all files, and a short handover video. Balance due at launch — not before.
Live in 7 days from go-ahead
Ownership, in writing
The best rivals say it too (Canadian Web Designs: "You Own It"; NityNet: "You own your site"). We spell out the handover, because the mechanics are where owners get trapped.
Registered in an account you control, with your email on it. If we ever part ways, the address of your business online stays exactly where it is — with you.
Not "editor" access, not access-on-request. You get the top-level login for the site and hosting at launch, plus all design files.
The build is a one-time fee. There is no subscription your site depends on — stop the care plan and the site stays live. That's the whole point.
What's included, the price, the timeline, 2 revision rounds, 50/50 payment — in writing before the deposit. Two rounds of changes are in; more are quoted before they're done.
The receipts
Researched 2026-11-10 from each company's own pages; where a company publishes no price, we say so and label third-party figures as third-party. Check us — the links are right there.
| Company | Published build price | Timeline | Ownership / contract |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ownly Sites (Ontario) | $500 CAD one-time≈28% below the comparable $699 tier · first-year domain included · care plan optional, $30/mo, cancel anytime | Preview 48h · live in 7 days | You own domain, site & content. No contract. |
| Canadian Web Designs (Canada) | $299 / $449 / $699 CADE-commerce $899 / $1,699 | Mockup 48h · live 1–4 weeks | Client owns site, domain, content. No lock-in. |
| NityNet (Toronto/GTA) | $249 / $600 / $900 CADSEO upsells $249–$749/mo | Free sample 24h · live 1–2 weeks | Client owns site, domain, content. $0 monthly for the site. |
| Design Team (GTA) | Not publishedFixed quote before work; copywriting & GBP setup included | No timeline published | No explicit ownership statement on its homepage. |
| WebsiteWork (Toronto) | $2,497 / $3,997 / $5,997 CADRush delivery +$297–$797 | Claims 24–48h go-live; finished in days–2 weeks | Client owns everything; domain in client's name. |
| GoDaddy Design Services (US) | Not publishedThird-party reading: from $499.99 USD + annual hosting | 6–8 weeks · 1 revision round | FAQ claims "full ownership" of the WordPress site. |
| Hibu (US) | Not published$299 implementation fee; site setup normally $449 (per audits of its terms) | Bundle onboarding; no standalone site timeline published | 6–12-month minimum, no in-term cancel. Hibu owns content it creates; Hibu-provided domain registered to Hibu. |
| SmartSites (US) | Not publishedThird-party: from $5,000 USD, one flat fee | Not stated on its web-design page | "100% yours when we launch" (hero). No monthly rent. |
| WebFX (US) | From $8,000 USDGuide range for basic sites: $6,500–$15,000 | ~12 weeks average | Custom build; no ownership headline. |
| Thrive (US) | Not publishedClutch: min. $1,000+, common project $10,000–$49,999 | Not published | No ownership statement found; funnel built for marketing retainers. |
| Parachute Design (Toronto) | From $25,000 CADMaintenance from $600/mo; copywriting & photos not offered | 12–20 weeks | Client owns final assets. 60 days free aftercare. |
Sources, all read 2026-11-10: canadianwebdesigns.ca · nitynet.ca · websitework.ca · godaddy.com · hibu.com + terms audit · smartsites.com · webfx.com · Thrive on Clutch · parachutedesign.ca. Figures a company doesn't publish itself are labelled third-party above — that's the honesty we're selling.
Built for
Not a fit: large e-commerce catalogues, custom web apps, or organisations needing a 15-template brand programme — that's the $25,000+ studio end of the table above, and we'll tell you so honestly rather than take the job.
Straight answers
$500 CAD + HST, one time: 50% to start, 50% at launch — and your first year of domain is included in that $500, registered in your name. From year 2, domain renewal costs roughly $15–25/year, paid by you to your own registrar (2026 Canadian cost guide). Hosting runs on free-tier infrastructure. The optional Care Plan is $30/mo, month-to-month. For reference, the closest comparable package in Canada is $699 — so $500 is ≈28% less, domain included. That's the whole list — there is no year-2 surprise because we just told you year 2.
Yes. The domain is registered in your name, in your account. You hold full admin access and all files from launch day. There is no subscription the site depends on: cancel the Care Plan and your website stays live. Compare Hibu's terms — per audits, it owns the content it creates and a domain it provides is registered to Hibu.
Free preview within 48 hours of your request. Once you approve it and send your photos, the full site is live in 7 days. For context: GoDaddy's design service says 6–8 weeks; WebFX averages about 12 weeks; Parachute quotes 12–20 weeks.
We do. You talk, we write — services, areas you cover, what a job with you looks like. Copywriting is exactly what the cheapest packages leave out and the mid-priced ones charge thousands for; at Ownly it's in the $500.
Two rounds of revisions are included before launch — that's double GoDaddy's one round. After launch, small edits are covered by the Care Plan, or quoted flat if you're not on it. Nothing is ever changed-and-billed without a price first.
No one can promise that, and any company that does is selling you something. What we build in: correct titles and headings, a sitemap submitted to Search Console, Analytics, SSL, and a properly set-up Google Business Profile — the foundations local customers actually find you through. Ongoing SEO is a separate, optional conversation, priced in the open if you ever want it.
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