Proud Canadian company
For the shops, diners and family businesses on main street
Great small businesses deserve to be found online.
We seek out small businesses that don't have a website yet, build them one, and then offer it to them. No pressure and no hard sell — just a real website, ready to go, if they want it. Have a business of your own? Just ask, and we'll build one for you.
Not every business wants a website, and that's okay. If the answer is no, we take it with no hard feelings.
How it works
We find. We build. We offer.
Plenty of wonderful small businesses still don't have a website. We'd like to help change that, together with the people who know them best, one storefront at a time.
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We find
We look for small businesses — restaurants, cafés, shops and services — that don't have a website yet. Sometimes neighbours and regulars point us to them, too.
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We build
We build a clean, mobile-friendly website made for that business: who they are, what they offer, their hours, and how to find them.
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We offer
We show the owner what we've made, on our own web address, and offer it to them. If they'd like it, they buy their own domain name (web address), we help set it up, and we move the site onto it and look after it for them. If not, no hard feelings — nothing ever goes live under their name without their OK.
Our promise
- No strings attached. We build each site on our own time, with no expectation or pressure for the business to take it.
- It's ours until it's theirs. Every site we build belongs to MainStreetReady and is shown on our own web address first. Nothing is ever published under a business's name without their say-so.
- Their own name online. Their domain name (their web address) is bought by them and owned by them, in their name. They pay for it themselves, and we're happy to help set it up. Then we move the site onto it.
- Looked after, year after year. From then on, we host it and keep it up to date for them for a monthly hosting fee of $15, so they can get back to running their business. That includes nightly backups, updates like menus, hours and photos, help setting up a free Google Business listing, a monthly check-up and a short monthly visitor report.
Want a website now? Just ask.
You don't have to wait for us to find you. Tell us about your business and we'll build you a website, free to look at. Then you decide, with no obligation. Ask us to build your site →
Launch promo
Launch promo price: from $200
Launch promo price: from $380
12 payments, from month 1, of about
$31.67 a month
For a site we build for your business, whether we found you first or you asked us, including updates like menus, hours and photos. Plus $15 a month ($180 a year) for hosting and services. Prefer to pay monthly? It's about $31.67 a month for 12 months, starting in month 1 ($380 for your first year: your $200 site plus hosting), then just $15 a month. After your 12th payment, the website is yours. All prices are in Canadian dollars (CAD). See pricing →
Introductory offerPay for your website in full, up front, by January 1, 2027 and your first 3 months of hosting and services are free (a $45 value, about US$33). Not available with the monthly payment plan.
Prefer to pay monthly?
Spread your website and your first year of hosting into 12 monthly payments, at no extra cost. You buy your own domain name (your web address) and point it to us, and we finish your site your way. Payments start in month 1. The monthly plan doesn't include any free months.
- A card goes on file when you sign up (through Stripe or Square).
- From month 1: about $31.67 a month for 12 months ($380 for your first year: your $200 site plus hosting). After that the website is yours, and it's just $15 a month.
Prefer to pay up front? Pay $200 and the website is yours right away, then $15 a month for hosting and services. Pay in full up front by January 1, 2027 and your first 3 months of hosting and services are free.
Refer a business and get a free month
Know another small business that could use a website? Tell them about us. For every business you refer that signs up, you get one month of hosting and services free ($15 value).
Sample work
The kinds of sites we build.
Every business is different, so every site is too. Here are a few sample designs to show what's possible — from restaurants and bakeries to barbershops and detailers with online booking.
Sample designMirrorline Detailing
A bold, modern site with drag-to-compare before and after photos, a service menu, a booking and quote request page, service area map and FAQ.
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Sample designRiverbend Kitchen
A warm family restaurant site with menu, hours and directions.
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Sample designNorth End Barber Co.
Includes an online appointment booking page: pick a service, barber and time.
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Sample designHearth & Crumb
A cozy bakery site with daily bakes, café hours and catering requests.
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Sample designLumen Hair & Nail
A bright, modern salon site with services, stylists and gallery.
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Sample designClearwater Auto Care
A straightforward garage site with services, hours and a call-us button.
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Sample designGreenline Landscaping
A trades site with services, seasonal work and a project request form.
View sample →These are sample designs made for illustration. The businesses, names and towns shown are fictional.
Our customers
Neighbours on our main street.
Real small businesses that chose to make one of our sites their own. Unlike the samples above, these are the real thing.
Our first neighbours will appear here soon.
We're just getting started, and we're proud of that. When a small business decides to keep the site we built for them, you'll find them here.
Know a business that could use a hand?Why it matters for main street
When people search, small businesses should show up.
These days, a lot of people look a place up before they visit — checking hours, a menu, or directions on their phone. A business without a website can be easy to miss, even when it's a favourite with its regulars.
Many owners are simply too busy running the place to build one. That's where a little help from the community can go a long way.
- Hours & location
Easy to find, right on the phone. - Menus & services
What they offer, in their own words. - One tap to call
Making it simple to get in touch. - Stronger main streets
Helping neighbours find small businesses first.
Recommend a business
Know a small business that could use a hand?
Your favourite diner, the bakery down the street, the hardware store your family has used for years — if they don't have a website, tell us about them.
We'll look the business up, and if it's a good fit, we may build them a website and offer it to them — with no pressure at all.
You don't need to be the owner, and you don't need to leave your name. We'll never tell the business who recommended them unless you ask us to.
About us
We don't just sell websites, we help build businesses. We seek out small businesses that qualify, many of them recommended to us by neighbours and customers. Then we build them a low-cost, high-quality website, free to look at first. If it's a fit, wonderful. If not, no hard feelings. And if you have a business that needs a website, just ask us. We'll build one for you the same way. We're a proud Canadian team helping small businesses grow.
Our missionTo work with our community to help small businesses succeed — honestly, fairly, and never at the little guy's expense.
If you know a business we should look at, we'd love to hear from you.
Contact
Get in touch.
The MainStreetReady team
Based in Brantford, Ontario
Text or call 226-583-1464 (send a text)
Email: support@mainstreetready.com
The best way to reach us is by email.
Want changes to your sample? Email us new details or photos (like your menu) and we'll update it for free, before you commit to anything. Before any money changes hands, we'll talk with you about what you want your website to do.