Websites & customer care in Halifax

Your Halifax business deserves a website that explains your services clearly and makes the first enquiry easy. We connect thoughtful design with straightforward booking requests and organized follow-up, scoped around how your business works.

Advance Movement Studio fixes that for you. Here is how it works.

Who we help in Halifax

We work remotely with service businesses, with a clear brief, an agreed scope, a preview and a human point of contact. Website is $0 down and $179/month on a 12-month term, or $1,500 to build and $99/month for care. Website + Bookings adds booking requests and follow-up at $0 down and $279/month on a 12-month term, or $2,200 to build and $169/month for care. Front Desk adds bilingual AI answering at +$149/month with 150 minutes included, $0.45/min after that and a $10/month business number.

• Barbershops and hair salons — Collect haircut and treatment requests while you are with a customer.
• Plumbers, roofers, HVAC and electricians — Give customers a clear way to request a quote or urgent help.
• Med spas, dental and wellness clinics — Explain treatments and collect consultation requests.
• Gyms, studios and personal trainers — Organize membership, class and trial-session enquiries.
• Cafes, restaurants and auto shops — Collect reservation, group and catering enquiries.

Your proposal sets out the selected features, costs and next steps for your business.

Optional phone and AI answering

Missed calls are the quiet leak in most local businesses. A widely cited 2024 study by 411 Locals found that only about 38% of calls to small businesses were answered by a live person, leaving roughly 62% to ring out. And a missed call rarely calls back — an estimated 85% never try again, and around 62% simply phone a competitor instead.

Front Desk is our bilingual AI receptionist add-on. On pilot pricing it is +$149/month with 150 minutes included, $0.45/min after that and a $10/month business number, and it requires the Website or Website + Bookings tier. Before launch we review your call volume, languages, existing number and escalation rules, agree a spending cap and test the workflow with you. Pay as you go is a 12-month term, then month to month; with Build + Care, the care plan is month to month with 30 days’ notice. CAD, taxes extra. Full terms on the pricing page. Further reading: the real cost of missed calls

Online booking and reminders

Website + Bookings adds booking requests on your real availability, a customer contact list, owner alerts by email and text and a follow-up workspace. It is $0 down and $279/month on a 12-month term, or $2,200 to build and $169/month for care. Requests are confirmed by you rather than by software, and calendar connections or automated reminders are agreed and tested for your own tools before they are included.

Website + Bookings adds booking requests on your real availability, a customer contact list, owner alerts by email and text and a follow-up workspace. It is $0 down and $279/month on a 12-month term, or $2,200 to build and $169/month for care. Requests are confirmed by you rather than by software, and calendar connections or automated reminders are agreed and tested for your own tools before they are included.

More Google reviews, on autopilot

In a competitive market like Halifax, your Google rating is your storefront. BrightLocal's 2024 survey found that roughly a third of consumers will only use a business rated 4.5 stars or higher, and that nearly half won't consider a business with fewer than 20 reviews. Most happy customers would leave a review — they just never get asked.

A review-request workflow can make it easier to ask customers for honest feedback after completed work. Requests should be offered consistently, without filtering people by satisfaction or promising a particular rating. Follow-up lives in Website + Bookings, and messaging usage is quoted separately. Further reading: how to get more Google reviews

Automate the busywork

Start with a clear next step for each enquiry. Website + Bookings organizes contacts, booking requests and follow-ups at $0 down and $279/month on a 12-month term, or $2,200 to build and $169/month for care. Front Desk adds bilingual AI answering at +$149/month with 150 minutes included, $0.45/min after that and a $10/month business number. Deeper integrations are scoped after we review your tools, permissions and provider costs.

Transparent pricing snapshot

No quotes, no games. Here is what it costs to work with us, with the same prices every Halifax business pays:

Website is $0 down and $179/month on a 12-month term, or $1,500 to build and $99/month for care. Website + Bookings is $0 down and $279/month on a 12-month term, or $2,200 to build and $169/month for care. Front Desk, our bilingual AI receptionist, is an add-on at +$149/month with 150 minutes included, $0.45/min after that and a $10/month business number; it requires one of the two website tiers. We agree the scope and timeline before payment. Pay as you go is a 12-month term, then month to month; with Build + Care, the care plan is month to month with 30 days’ notice. CAD, taxes extra. Full terms on the pricing page.

Bilingual EN/FR — an edge in Nova Scotia

English and French are included on every tier, on the website and in Front Desk. An additional language beyond English and French is quoted separately, and translation of documents you supply is not included. Everything agreed is written into your proposal and tested before launch.

How to get started

Start by sharing your business, existing website and the part of your customer experience you want to improve. We review the brief, agree the scope and send a proposal before payment. Website is $0 down and $179/month on a 12-month term, or $1,500 to build and $99/month for care; Website + Bookings is $0 down and $279/month on a 12-month term, or $2,200 to build and $169/month for care.