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Kootenay Made Digital, web design studio in Castlegar, BC

An empire startswith a website you own.

I design, write and code every site myself, in Castlegar, for businesses anywhere. From $2,000, yours outright.

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Built by hand, start to finish.

Real client builds and full-scale concepts, all designed, written, and coded by me.

I also built The Kootenay List: 5,800+ businesses across 83 towns, free to search and free to be on.

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And I run The Kootenay Slate: every event in the Kootenays on one wall, by time, free to post on.

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Templates help you launch. Custom code helps you compete.

Wix, WordPress, Shopify themes, and other builders are useful. But most local businesses do not lose customers because they cannot edit a headline. They lose customers because the site feels generic, loads heavy, or hides the next step.

Someone hears your name, checks you out, and finds a site that feels dated or thin.

They see a business that looks current, credible, and easy to trust.

They hunt for hours, prices, photos, or the right way to contact you.

The answers are clear and the next step is obvious.

The difference is who controls the outcome.

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Platform path
Custom-code path

Template platforms are built for the average business. Useful, until yours needs to stand apart.

I build the site around your offer, your customers, your proof, and the next action you want people to take.

Plugin stacks can do almost anything, but every plugin adds updates, conflicts, and speed tradeoffs.

I keep the stack lean: only the code, tools, and integrations the business truly needs.

Most platform builds stop where the template, plugin, or theme says stop.

I push past that limit with custom pages, tools, automations, and growth paths built around the business.

The KMD rule

Keep the platform when it helps. Replace the platform when it starts deciding what your business is allowed to become.

The brand film, 56 seconds.

Every business has a next chapter.

I design, write, and code every build myself, from the first sketch to the moment it goes live.

Services and pricing

Eight trails up the mountain, and I am accountable for every one.

Kootenay neighbours: 10% off any build

Custom Websites

Pick by where you need to get found. Trailhead makes a stranger trust you enough to get in touch. Its Full Coverage version adds a page for every town you serve. Engine includes that and keeps compounding after launch.

Outcome: A fast, trustworthy site people understand and act on

From $2,000

Trailhead $2,000 · Trailhead, Full Coverage $3,200 · Engine $6,500

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Shopify & Online Stores

I build the store around your products and get the catalogue, payments and shipping sorted so you can sell from day one. Masterpiece adds the brand system and the pages that do the persuading.

Outcome: A cleaner buying path and fewer abandoned customers

From $5,500

Storefront $5,500 · Masterpiece from $10,000

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The Brain

AI answers like the internet until it knows your prices, your process and the way you talk to customers. I gather that out of your head and your files and write it down as plain files you own, so it works in whatever AI tool you use next.

Outcome: AI that answers as your business instead of as the internet

From $1,200

$1,800, or $1,400 if I built your site · Without the Market Map $1,200 · Team from $4,000

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The Empire

For businesses where the website runs the operation. Bookings, memberships, portals, payments and the workflows behind them, built as one system you own, so you can finally drop the monthly tools you have been stitching together.

Outcome: One system you own, and fewer monthly tools to manage

From $10,000

Scoped per organization

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The Survey

Most AI advice comes from someone with something to sell. I spend an hour on how your week actually runs and tell you straight where software would help, and where it would not.

Outcome: A straight answer before you spend a dollar on software

$500

$300 once I have built your site

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Brand Identity

Colour, type and voice decided once, with the files you actually need. Your business then looks like itself whether someone finds you on a phone, walks past your sign, or gets handed your card.

Outcome: A brand people recognize, trust, and remember faster

$1,500

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Grant Writing

Most small business grants are lost at the application, not the decision. I research what you actually qualify for and write the case in your words. The fee buys the work and not the outcome, and I never take a percentage of an award.

Outcome: A finished application, in before the deadline

From $500

Standard $500 · Full from $1,500

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Web Apps

When the spreadsheet and the monthly tools stop fitting how you work, I build software that does. Scoped around one real workflow first, so it ships in weeks and earns its keep before it grows.

Outcome: One source of truth, fewer admin hours, and software that fits exactly

From $10,000

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Not sure where to start?

Never had a website? The Trailhead at $2,000 is built for first-timers. Already have one that underperforms? The free check-up shows exactly what to fix.

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$200

Refer a neighbour

Know a business that needs a website? Send them my way, and when they sign I e-transfer you $200.

Anyone can refer, there is no limit, and it pays out when their first payment clears (payment 2 on Own It Monthly). The only rule is that you cannot refer yourself. Have them mention your name when they get in touch.

Introduce a neighbour

One of these meters never stops.

A $99/mo website rental three years in, next to my Own It Monthly plan on a $2,000 Trailhead. Same kind of monthly payment. Very different endings.

The rental

$0

still counting, forever

Three years of a typical pay-monthly website. Cancel any time, and the site disappears with everything you paid.

Own It Monthly

$0

payment 1 of 12

On a $2,000 custom build: $500 today, then twelve monthly payments of $142, $2,204 total. Code, design, and content transfer to you at the end. Domain in your name from day one.

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Who I help

Whatever you run, in this valley or beyond, I build for it.

These are twenty I know well. If yours is not on the list, the build starts the same way: I learn your trade's week first.

Public sector & institutionsLocal government or public body? The due-diligence page is ready for you.Methodology, standards, published governance, and evidence you can open today.

The questions people ask before they reach out.

Straight answers, no sales maze. If yours is not here, the free check-up or a quick email will get you one.

Who is Kootenay Made Digital?

A one-person web design studio in Castlegar, BC. I build for businesses across the Kootenays and for clients anywhere.

What does Kootenay Made Digital build?

Custom websites, Shopify stores, brand identity, web apps, and larger Empire platforms for organizations whose website runs the operation. Every build ships with search foundations and a Google Business Profile that matches it.

Which towns does Kootenay Made serve?

I am based in Castlegar and work with businesses in Nelson, Trail, Rossland, Kaslo, Nakusp, Grand Forks, Cranbrook, Kimberley, Fernie, Invermere and Golden, and remotely with clients anywhere. My West Kootenay web design page covers the towns closest to home. The 10% neighbours discount is the only Kootenay-only part.

Is Kootenay Made only for small websites?

No. Trailhead, Storefront, Engine, and Masterpiece cover focused local business websites. The Empire covers larger websites and digital infrastructure for real estate teams, golf courses, municipalities, tourism operators, resorts, venues, membership organizations, portals, bookings, listings, and events.

Does Kootenay Made help businesses rank on Google?

Yes. Every website package includes search foundations: clear services, local pages where useful, metadata, internal links, mobile performance, analytics, Google alignment, and helpful content built around what customers actually ask. Deeper local SEO for Kootenay businesses has its own page.

How long does a website build take?

Most Trailhead builds launch in two to three weeks once content is ready. Engine builds usually run four to five weeks, a Storefront takes five to six weeks and a Masterpiece store runs from eight weeks, and Empire projects are scheduled in phases with a clear timeline agreed before work begins.

Is there a referral program?

Yes. Refer a business that signs a project and I e-transfer you $200. Anyone can refer, there is no limit, and it pays out when their first payment clears (payment 2 on Own It Monthly). The only rule is that you cannot refer yourself. Have them mention your name when they get in touch.

What happens if Brett is unavailable?

Every KMD build ships with a documented handover: you own the code outright, the domain stays in your name, and the site runs on standard hosting that any developer can pick up. Clients also get the Neighbours Lodge, a private hub with guides and support paths, so the site never depends on one person being reachable that afternoon.