Resources
Guides
Written for Canadian business owners deciding what to buy. Every guide answers its question early, shows a table, states its assumptions and cites sources. Each guide shows when it was published, updated and last reviewed.
Costs and pricing
What things cost in Canada, with Redenn's published prices as the transparent anchor.
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How much does a website cost in Canada?
What a business website costs in Canada and why: a cost-by-type table in CAD, the variables that move the price and the ongoing costs to budget for.
- 5 min
What should a small business in Canada budget for a website?
Decision guide for 1 to 10 person businesses: three first-year budgets from published CAD prices, what to add first, what to skip and when a one-page site is enough.
- 5 min
How long does it take to build a website?
Redenn's published timelines by package, counted from when your content arrives, plus what slows a project down and a content-readiness checklist.
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How much does website hosting cost in Canada?
Hosting costs for a Canadian business website: why static costs less than dynamic, how Redenn's yearly and monthly tiers differ and the third-party usage caveat.
- 5 min
How much does a domain cost in Canada?
What a .ca or .com domain costs, CIRA's presence rules, renewal vs registration, Redenn's optional management fee and why you must own your name.
- 6 min
How much does SEO cost in Canada?
What SEO costs in Canada: one-time foundations versus monthly plans, what the work actually involves and why nobody can guarantee rankings.
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How much does local SEO cost in Canada?
What local SEO costs in Canada: a one-time foundation, monthly management, Google Business Profile work, reviews workflow and multi-location pricing.
- 5 min
How much does an AI receptionist cost in Canada?
What an AI receptionist costs in Canada, what it does and does not do, and missed-call arithmetic using your own numbers.
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How much does business automation cost in Canada?
What business automation costs in Canada, what drives the price, common workflow examples and which one to automate first.
Technology decisions
WordPress, Next.js, performance and when to modernize.
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WordPress vs Next.js: which should a business website use?
WordPress and Next.js compared on rendering, maintenance, security and editing, with a traditional-stack vs modern-web table and when WordPress still wins.
- 6 min
Should you leave WordPress?
Stay-or-leave framework for WordPress owners, migration steps in order, a redirect map example and what a WordPress Modernization includes.
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Core Web Vitals explained: what LCP, INP and CLS mean for your site
What Core Web Vitals measure, the passing thresholds for LCP, INP and CLS at the 75th percentile, what breaks each one and how a static-first build helps.
Search + AI visibility
How discovery works now, and what actually helps.
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Search has evolved: how AI visibility works for a Canadian business
Discovery now spans Google Search, Maps, AI Overviews, ChatGPT search and Perplexity: what optimizing a business for discovery means and what does not work.
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OAI-SearchBot, GPTBot and ChatGPT-User: which to allow and which to block
OAI-SearchBot vs GPTBot vs ChatGPT-User, robots.txt examples for each goal, why blocking the wrong one hides you from ChatGPT search, and verifying bots.
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IndexNow explained: telling search engines when a page changes
What IndexNow is, how a site tells Bing and other participating engines a URL changed, when to ping and when not to, and getting Bing Webmaster Tools ready.
Canadian rules
Quebec French requirements, AODA, PIPEDA, CASL and sales tax basics. Not legal advice.
- 6 min
Quebec French-language and privacy requirements for a business website
What Bill 96 and Law 25 mean for a business website serving Quebec: French-language content, a privacy officer, a privacy policy and a practical checklist.
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AODA website accessibility in Ontario: who must comply and how
Which Ontario organizations must meet WCAG 2.0 Level AA under the AODA, what the standard asks of a website, a practical checklist and why it helps visitors.
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PIPEDA and your website: privacy basics for a Canadian small business
What PIPEDA asks of a small business website: a privacy policy, meaningful consent for forms and marketing, honest analytics and provincial variations.
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CASL rules for newsletters and SMS: consent, identification and unsubscribe
What CASL requires before you send a newsletter or promotional SMS: consent, identification and a working unsubscribe, plus a signup flow that records consent.
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Canadian sales tax basics for an online store: GST, HST, PST and QST
Sales tax basics for a Canadian online store: GST, HST, PST and QST rates by province, how a store applies tax by destination, why you must verify rates.
Buying a website
Freelancer, agency or Redenn: how to decide.
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