Calgary Web Design FAQ — Questions Answered Straight.

Ember North charges a flat $499 for a Starter site (up to 6 pages), $899 for Established (up to 12 pages with service and city pages), or from $1,500 for custom functionality scoped before work starts. No monthly fees unless you choose managed hosting at $59/month.

With Ember North, yes, from day one. You get the full code, repo access, and all files at launch. No exit fee, no lock-in. Most subscription-based providers and some agencies retain control of your code or domain. Always ask before you sign.

Nothing. Because there's nothing to stop paying for the site itself. You own the code outright after the flat build fee. Managed hosting is optional at $59/month and cancellable any time. If you cancel hosting, you keep everything and can host it yourself or move it anywhere.

Yes. Two live builds are on the Work page with real screenshots: one for a paying Calgary client, one our own business. No stock photos, no invented client list.

Look at the Work page and judge for yourself. Every build is custom-designed around your logo and your photos, not a shared template with your name swapped in.

There's no office, no account managers, no sales team, no agency overhead. You talk directly to the person building your site. The build is priced separately from ongoing service instead of bundled into a permanent relationship. See the full breakdown on the Pricing page.

No. Managed hosting at $59/month is optional. Declining it costs nothing and changes nothing about what you own. Self-hosting is free, forever.

You get the code and the repo at launch, so your site keeps working and any developer can pick it up. That's not a promise: it's structural, by design.

You choose: manage it yourself for free with the docs and DNS walkthrough we provide, or let us handle it for $59/month with small updates included. Either way, launch assistance is already covered.

Yes. Client portals, CRM integrations, multi-location builds, and complex custom functionality are scoped and quoted individually under the Custom tier, starting from $1,500.

It depends on when your logo, photos, and content are ready and how quickly feedback rounds move. We don't quote a timeline upfront because it varies. The build itself is fast, but the full schedule is set in your sales conversation once we know your situation.