Crafted. Custom.
Built for Growth.
We’re a leading Vancouver agency that specializes in strategic web design, low-code WordPress development, SEO, and branding.
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Tourism Cowichan
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Conversion Rate
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Tree Island Yogurt
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Organic Search Traffic
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Backpack Buddies
168 %
Donations
Our Work
Websites Built for Growth
We don’t want you to need a rebuild in two years, or five years, or ever. Our innovative low-code methodology delivers high-quality websites that clients can easily iterate and expand—without hiring a developer.
Lasting Partnerships
We’re proud to collaborate with clients in Canada, the US, and beyond. We truly appreciate the many referrals and repeat clients that we’ve had over the years. Your website’s success is our success.
“Hands down, the best developers I’ve worked with! Nothing compares to not only the service that Forge and Smith provides, but also their backend system. It’s clean, easy to navigate, easily scalable and robust enough for me to go in and tweak things to my exact liking. I cannot recommend them enough!!
Urvil Villaruel, Marketing Manager
Outward Bound Canada
View the Case StudyOur Approach
Process Makes Perfect
Our highly experienced team is gifted at strategizing, designing, building, and launching a website in the most efficient way possible. From research and information architecture through design, development, optimization, and QA—we make it as straightforward and stress-free as possible.
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Services
We’re the Total Package
Our awesome team has decades of combined expertise in everything your project needs, including SEO, web design, branding, web development, and digital strategy. It’s not bragging if it’s the truth!
Craft the Story
Conducting research, defining the narrative, and creating a strategic foundation for your digital presence.
Craft the StoryWebsite Strategy & Discovery
Information Architecture & Content Strategy
Brand Strategy & Identity
Copywriting Services
Create the Platform
Designing and building a highly usable, high-performing website experience that drives business goals.
Create the PlatformUser Experience Design
Web Design
WordPress Development
Content Population
AIO, AEO & GEO
Website Accessibility
Hosting & Maintenance
Grow the Audience
Building your site’s authority, rankings, and citations through data-driven strategies and hands-on work.
Grow the AudienceSEO Services
Content Marketing
Social Media
Google Ads
Learn more about what we do, and how we can tailor our services to your needs.
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Our Secret Sauce
Meet Refoundry
We engineered a low-code website builder plugin to make our custom work faster, and our sites more flexible. We’ve built every client site on it since late 2022.
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Faster Development
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Shorter Project Timelines
Low-code is the future of websites.
Meet RefoundryAbout Us
No Heroes, No Egos
We care about producing quality work that creates genuine value, resulting in a great website. That’s why we’re constantly improving our process and developing our skills, both as individuals and as an agency. That’s how we make the Internet better, one website at a time.
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Make it clear. Then easier.
Shawn Johnston, Founder
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Building your success is our priority.
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When in doubt, sitemap it out.
Pam Kearley, Managing Director
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Live, laugh, lorem ipsum.
Damian Jolley, Creative Director
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Happy clients = happier world.
Andrea Iñurria, Project Operations Manager
Our Blog
Fresh from the Forge
We live and breathe all things design, development, and digital strategy. We also write about them.
Start Your Project
If you need an all-new website, a custom redesign to boost performance, or strategic services—you’re in exactly the right place.
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