Toronto · Web studio for local shops
See your new website before you pay a dollar. Hand-coded, built free first, $1,000 flat only if you love it.
Apply for a free demoThe case against templates
Your customers decide in 3 seconds.
We audit local shop websites every week. The same five sins, every time, so we mark them the way a proofreader would.
“Welcome to our website!!”
written by nobody, for nobody
A checkout page titled “My Site 4”
we've seen it. a real one.
The same theme as 40,000 other shops
atmosphere is the product, and templates can't carry it
6-second load on your customer's phone
they left at second 3
Invisible on Google
no structure, no speed, no signals
Every one of these is fixed in the demo, before you pay anything ↓
We design and build the whole site before you spend a dollar. If it doesn’t make you say “that’s us”, you close the tab and owe nothing.
Don't take our word for it. Browse them.
These are real, working sites. Click one and scroll around, right here, right now. That's the whole point of us.
(01)RE:COSM
Live brand site · Beauty e-commerce
(02)KAIYO
Concept demo · Omakase
(03)Odette
Concept demo · Flower studio
(04)Cherie Tart & Dessert
Redesign concept · Café
(05)KOBI Korean BBQ
Live client site · Restaurant
(06)Fade Room
Concept demo · Barbershop
(07)Bloom & Stem
Concept demo · Flower studio
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builds live right now
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free demo spots a month
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flat, nothing hidden
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reply on every application
Three steps. One is yours.
01
Apply
Tell us your shop's name. Takes 30 seconds. Every application is reviewed, and we select 2 shops each month.
02
We build
If your shop is selected, we design and build a working demo: fully custom-coded, free, no commitment.
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You decide
Love it? $1,000 flat and it's yours. Don't? No hard feelings.
No Wix. No templates. No page builders.
Hand-coded, on the stack the big leagues use.
Every site we ship is written from scratch in real code, the same framework running Nike, Netflix, and TikTok's web experiences. That's why a $1,000 ShowFirst site loads faster, ranks better, and feels nothing like a template.
100%
custom code, every line written for your shop
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monthly platform fees locked to a builder
Enterprise
framework: Next.js, trusted by Fortune 500 sites
Built to be found. SEO is in the box
Pretty is step one. Then Google has to find you.
Every ShowFirst site ships with the same search plumbing we sell to real-estate teams, tuned for one goal: when someone nearby searches what you sell, you show up.
Every item ships with the $1,000 build.
Not an upsell, not a monthly add-on.
01
Speed Google rewards
Hand-coded pages load in under a second and pass Core Web Vitals green, the speed metrics Google openly uses as a ranking signal. Template builders fail these constantly.
02
Structured data
LocalBusiness, Menu, and FAQ schema on every page: machine-readable labels that let Google and AI search (AI Overviews, ChatGPT) quote your shop with hours, prices, and stars.
03
Indexing, verified
Sitemap, robots, Google Search Console: registered, submitted, and monitored until your pages are actually indexed. Not "it should work," verified in your own GSC.
04
Google Business Profile
The map pack is where locals actually click. We optimize your GBP (categories, service area, photos) and wire a review-request flow, the #1 local ranking factor Google admits to.
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Local backlinks
We register your shop across Toronto directories and community listings (Yelp, YellowPages, neighbourhood and Korean-community directories), the citation backlinks local rankings are built on.
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Numbers from Google, not us
Impressions, clicks, and keyword positions pulled from your own Search Console, every claim independently verifiable by you, because the accounts are yours.
One price.
On the receipt.
You'll never hear a different number from us. If it's not on this receipt, you don't pay for it. That's the deal, in writing, before you even apply.
Start with the free demoSHOWFIRST
Toronto, ON · showfirst.ca
Custom design, fully hand-codedincluded
We connect the domain you ownincluded
Online ordering / payments wired upincluded
Mobile-perfect, fast, SEO-readyincluded
2 years of updates & careincluded
You own everythingincluded
Hidden fees$0.00
Domain name (you buy & own it)~$15/yr
TOTAL$1,000 flat
Free demo firstyou decide after
Approved by you, or you don't pay
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2 shops a month.
That's it.
Each demo takes real design time, so we keep the count low and the bar high. Apply now for the next opening.
Claim a spot“Free? What's the catch?”
Why free? What's the catch?+
There isn't one. The demo is our sales pitch: we'd rather show you than tell you. You only pay if you decide to use it, and the price is right here on this page: $1,000, flat.
How does selection work?+
You apply, we review. Each month we select 2 shops whose demo we can make genuinely great, and reply to every application within 24 hours either way. Not selected this month? You stay in the queue for the next.
Is this Wix or a template?+
Neither. Every site is hand-coded from scratch on Next.js, the same framework behind Nike, Netflix, and TikTok's websites. No templates, no page builders, no platform lock-in.
Are there hidden fees?+
No. $1,000 includes design, build, payment setup, domain connection, and 2 years of care. The one thing you buy yourself is the domain name (~$15/yr at any registrar like GoDaddy or Namecheap), so it's registered in your name and you own it outright. Hosting is effectively free on modern infrastructure.
What if I don't like the demo?+
Then you don't pay, and we part as friends. The demo stays ours, you lose nothing.
Do you speak Korean? 한국어 되나요?+
네! We serve Toronto's Korean business community fully in Korean, from first chat to ongoing care. See the Korean page at showfirst.ca/ko.
2 spots a month
Show us your shop.
We'll show you first.
Three fields. No calls, no pressure, no payment. Every application is reviewed and we select 2 shops each month. You'll hear back within 24 hours either way, in English or Korean.