Your first website
Give customers one place to find your services, hours, location and contact details. We’ll help organise your content and agree the pages before building.
Discuss a first website
Make a bigger
first impression.
Custom websites for Nova Scotia’s small businesses. Fixed prices, your own domain, and support after launch.
Web design in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Build from $999 · Managed from $139/month CAD + tax · $0 upfront with Managed, 12-month term
Websites for local businesses
Cafés & restaurants · Shops & salons · Trades & local services
Web design for small businesses across Nova Scotia.
Antrim Studios is an independent web design studio in Halifax. We build first websites and replace outdated ones for businesses in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and elsewhere in Nova Scotia. Projects are planned by email, phone or video.
Replacing an existing website
Keep the domain your customers know. We’ll review what needs replacing, what can stay, and how existing pages, email and enquiry forms should be handled.
Website redesign in Nova ScotiaUnsure what your current site needs? Our IntelGrab website review gives you evidence, priorities and a repair plan before you commit to a rebuild.
We work with businesses in Halifax, Dartmouth, Bedford and across Nova Scotia. Areas we serve. For cafés and restaurants, the menu and opening hours come first. For trades and mechanics, it’s services and enquiries. For salons and clinics, it’s helping visitors find a service and the right booking link. See our approach to restaurant websites.
Recent website projects
Ravin PhotographyAn editorial portfolio for a Halifax photographer: weddings, people and places, with fine-art prints to shop.ravinphotography.ca (opens in a new tab)
Mr. Foot CareA calm, clear site for a nurse-led, in-home foot care service in Halifax, built around requesting a visit.mrfootcare.com (opens in a new tab)
Website design samples
Restaurant, garage, clinic and salon layouts, each built around a different customer task. These are fictional design studies, not client projects.
Coastal restaurant
A fictional restaurant website with warm editorial photography, a menu-led layout and a clear reservation direction.
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Neighbourhood mechanic
A fictional independent garage website with realistic workshop imagery, clear repair categories and an appointment enquiry direction.
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Community clinic
A fictional clinic website with realistic reception photography, readable service navigation and first-visit information.
Explore the designIndependent hair salon
A fictional hair salon website pairing editorial portrait photography with service categories and a consultation direction.
Explore the designFrom first conversation to launch
Five steps from your first email to a website on your own domain. Nothing is booked or charged until you accept a written proposal.
You tell us about the business
Send the short project form or an email: what you do, and what the website needs to do.
We reply by email
If the project looks like a good fit, we suggest a short call to go through the details.
A written proposal
Pages, features, price, payment terms and timeline, in writing. You decide from there.
Homepage first
You approve the homepage direction before the rest is built. Feedback comes in consolidated rounds: 2 for Cove, 3 for Harbour, 3 for Beacon.
Checks, launch, handover
We test it on phones, tablets and computers, check the forms and launch it on your domain. Build includes 30 days of support; Managed includes upkeep for the whole term.
Website packages
The packages and the website are the same either way. What changes is when you pay, and what’s included after launch.
Cove
Starter websiteA clear, professional website that tells people what you do and how to reach you.
$999 one-time
or $139/month · 12 months
Up to 3 pages · 1–2 weeks
Ask about CoveHarbour
RecommendedRoom for your services, menu or prices, with one booking integration included.
$1,800 one-time
or $229/month · 12 months
Up to 7 pages · 2–4 weeks
Ask about HarbourBeacon
Advanced websiteFor bigger sites: an editable CMS if you need one, plus an automation and an integration.
From $3,000 one-time
or from $349/month · 12 months
Up to 10 pages · 4–6 weeks
Ask about BeaconAll prices in CAD, plus applicable tax. Delivery starts once content and approvals are ready. Compare everything that’s included.
After launch
Steady Care keeps the site hosted, backed up, monitored and up to date, with a monthly allowance of small changes such as new hours, prices or photos. From $59 a month, month to month.
Common questions
The full details are in our terms, in plain English.
How much does a small business website cost in Halifax?
Prices across Halifax vary widely with the number of pages, who writes the words and any booking or ordering integrations. Ours are published: $999 for up to 3 pages (Cove), $1,800 for up to 7 (Harbour) and from $3,000 for larger sites (Beacon), in CAD plus tax. Or pay $0 upfront from $139 a month for 12 months. Our website cost guide explains what drives the price.
Do I own my website?
Yes. With Build, ownership of the transferable website files passes to you once the final payment is made. With Managed, it passes to you after your 12th monthly payment, or earlier if you pay the remaining build balance. Your domain, content, photos and brand assets are always yours.
How long does a website take?
Typically 1–2 weeks for Cove, 2–4 weeks for Harbour and 4–6 weeks for Beacon, once your content is ready and you’ve accepted the proposal. Your written proposal confirms the schedule. Rush delivery is available for a 25% surcharge.
Can I edit the website myself?
Not by default. Most owners send changes by email and we make them: Managed and Steady Care include a monthly allowance. If you need to edit pages yourself, an editable CMS can be added from $350, and it’s included in Beacon if your project needs it.
Will a new website put me at the top of Google?
No one can responsibly promise that. Every package includes local SEO foundations: clear page titles and descriptions, a sitemap, Google Search Console setup and a fast, mobile-friendly site. Ongoing local SEO campaigns are a separate service, from $299 a month.
Do I have to pay a monthly fee after a Build?
No. Your first 12 months of hosting are included. After that you can keep hosting with us for $149 a year, choose Steady Care from $59 a month if you want changes and upkeep, or move the website to another suitable provider.
Do you work with businesses outside Halifax?
Yes. Antrim Studios is based in Halifax and works with businesses in Dartmouth, Bedford and across Nova Scotia. We plan projects and review designs by email, phone or video, so you do not need to travel to Halifax.
Can you replace our website and keep our domain?
Yes. Your domain remains yours. Before a rebuild, we review the existing pages, hosting, email and any booking or ordering tools. We agree what to keep, which URLs need redirects and what access is required. Large migrations and custom integrations are quoted separately.
Guides
Costs, ownership, local search and what to prepare before a website project.
- What a small business website costs in Halifax (2026)Plan a small-business website budget in Halifax, Nova Scotia: Antrim Studios package prices, separate costs, payment options and questions for your quote.
- Buy your website outright or pay monthly? A plain comparisonHow one-time and monthly website plans really compare over one and two years, what happens if you leave early, and which suits which business.
- How Halifax small businesses get found on Google: local SEO basicsA practical local SEO checklist for Halifax, Nova Scotia businesses: eligible profiles, accurate details, useful service pages and enquiry measurement.
- How to show up in AI answers: a small business guide to ChatGPT, Gemini and AI OverviewsHow AI assistants find and describe local businesses, and the website and listing basics that make your business easier for them to recommend accurately.
- What to prepare before hiring a web designer: a checklistThe accounts, words, photos and decisions to gather before a website project, so it starts faster and costs less.
Tell us what your website needs to do.
Send your business name, your current website if you have one, and what you’d like to change.