Web Development
19 articles on Web Development, written from work we shipped.
November 5, 2026 · 8 min read
Why Shoppers Leave a Small Online Store at Checkout, and What Fixes It
Most online carts are never paid for. For a small store with no reviews, the reasons are usually a surprise cost, a delivery date nobody promised, and no reason to trust a shop the buyer has never heard of. How Velvéa, a new Mississauga gift shop, handled each one.
Read articleNovember 1, 2026 · 10 min read
Opening a New Business in Ontario? What to Set Up Online, and in What Order
A practical order for new Ontario businesses: checking the name, registering it, the domain, business email, Google Business Profile before opening day, the website, HST and the legal pages.
Read articleOctober 29, 2026 · 6 min read
GrowMint in 2026: The Work Behind a Growing GTA Digital Marketing Agency
An online store that took 50 orders in its first month, a game on both app stores, sites for a cake shop, a saree store and a UK gift box shop, and over fifty published guides. What a small Mississauga agency shipped this year, and the rules it works by.
Read articleOctober 26, 2026 · 8 min read
Looking for a Freelance Web or App Developer? How GrowMint Works
What it's like to hire GrowMint for a website, online store, mobile app or game: who you talk to, how the price is set, what you own at the end, and the jobs we'll tell you not to hire us for.
Read articleOctober 26, 2026 · 10 min read
Running Velvéa: What the First Month of an Online Gift Shop Actually Involved
50 orders and more than 600 Google search clicks in the first month, on a brand-new domain. Fourteen gift guides, a Diwali collection, shipping repriced from real courier quotes, a custom-basket service nobody planned, and the gaps that only show up once the store is open. What running the store has involved since launch.
Read articleOctober 16, 2026 · 7 min read
Velvéa: The Mississauga Gift Hamper Company We'd Send to Our Own Clients
Velvéa is a woman-owned gift hamper atelier in Mississauga. Why we think it's one of the most thoughtful basket shops in the GTA going into the holidays, and what we do to help it get found.
Read articleOctober 7, 2026 · 7 min read
Your Web Developer Won't Hand Over Your Website. What You Can Actually Get Back
Your domain, hosting, site files and Google accounts each come back a different way, and one of them matters far more than the rest. What to check first, what to ask for, and when to escalate.
Read articleOctober 4, 2026 · 10 min read
How We Built Prism Potions: A Puzzle Game Shipped to Google Play and the App Store
The decisions behind Prism Potions, a colour-sort puzzle game we built for a client: web technology instead of Unity, provably solvable levels, fair monetization and an App Store rejection.
Read articleOctober 4, 2026 · 10 min read
How We Launched Velvéa: An Online Gift Shop With No Reviews and No History
What it took to open a brand-new gift basket store in the GTA: product pages that answer a gift buyer's four questions, a page for every delivery city, French done properly and nothing on the site that isn't true.
Read articleSeptember 27, 2026 · 7 min read
Does My Website Need to Be AODA Compliant? What Ontario Businesses Must Do
Which Ontario businesses must meet WCAG 2.0 AA on their website, what the December 31, 2026 compliance report means for you, and why an accessibility widget won't fix it.
Read articleSeptember 21, 2026 · 10 min read
Your Website Gets Traffic and Nobody Calls: Where the Leads Leak
Visits with no enquiries is six different problems wearing the same shirt. The arithmetic that tells you whether it's a conversion problem at all, then the leaks in the order we find them.
Read articleSeptember 19, 2026 · 11 min read
Why Your Website Isn't Showing Up on Google, and How to Check in Ten Minutes
A page has to pass four gates before it can rank: found, crawled, indexed, ranked. How to check which one yours is stuck at, with our own site's numbers as the example.
Read articleSeptember 18, 2026 · 9 min read
How Long a Business Website Takes to Build, and What Slows It Down
Realistic timelines for a template site, a custom build, a store and a web app, which phase waits on whom, and the delays that stretch all of them.
Read articleSeptember 16, 2026 · 11 min read
Agency, Freelancer or DIY: Who Should Build Your Business Website
Three ways to get a business website, and each is the right call for somebody. Cost, speed, risk, ownership, and what year two looks like for each.
Read articleAugust 30, 2026 · 7 min read
What a Business Website Actually Costs in the GTA
The same five-page site is quoted at $1,200 and at $15,000 in the same city. What separates them, what the quote leaves out, and what to ask before signing.
Read articleAugust 27, 2026 · 6 min read
If Your Filters Aren't URLs, Nobody Can Find Them
Filtering by brand, price or category usually changes the page without changing the address. That leaves one indexable page for every combination people search.
Read articleAugust 27, 2026 · 6 min read
Next.js or WordPress: The Comparison Nobody Runs Honestly
The feature tables compare the wrong things. What actually separates the two is the request path, the plugin surface, and who edits the site on a Tuesday.
Read articleAugust 27, 2026 · 6 min read
How to Redesign a Website Without Losing Your SEO Rankings
The traffic drop after a redesign is not Google punishing you for changing. It is four decisions made before launch, and all four are fixable in advance.
Read articleAugust 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Can AI Crawlers Actually Read Your Website?
Most AI crawlers do not run JavaScript. If your content appears on click, hover, or scroll, they may see an empty page. How to check yours in a minute.
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