Custom web development agency in Montreal
ShooGa designs and builds complete web presences for SMBs and growing companies: corporate sites, online stores and custom applications, high-performing, bilingual and built for search.
A website designed around your business goals
A well-built site is your best salesperson. It attracts qualified traffic, convinces the visitor and turns the visit into a quote request. Every project starts from your clients and what they are looking for. Design, engineering and content work toward the same result.
Four areas of expertise to cover all your digital needs
Website Development
Your website should work as hard as you do. Custom design, WordPress or a full rebuild, we deliver fast sites where SEO and performance are planned from the start.
UI/UX Design
The best design is felt before it is noticed. UX audits, wireframes, prototypes and design systems reduce friction, guide your visitors and lift your conversions without sacrificing style.
Web Apps
When existing software doesn’t fit the way you work, we build it. Client portals, dashboards, internal tools and custom SaaS, designed to be reliable, scalable and shaped to your reality.
Web Maintenance
A neglected site always fails at the worst moment. Updates, backups, security monitoring and optimizations, we keep your site healthy while you keep your peace of mind.
How we run your projects from brief to launch
Every project starts with a discovery session. We pin down your business goals, your users and your competition, then set the scope together: templates, features and content. You know what you are buying before the work starts.
We build the information architecture, the navigation structure and functional mockups of every template. You validate each template on real mockups before a line of code is written.
Development follows the validated structure, with reviews at every key stage. You watch progress in real time on a preview environment, and adjustments happen during construction, while they still cost little.
Before going live: performance testing, multi-device compatibility, security and technical search checks. After launch, training for your team and, if you want it, a maintenance plan that takes over.
WordPress development in Montreal
WordPress powers more than 40% of the web, and the gap between a mediocre WordPress site and an excellent one comes down entirely to the hands that build it. We develop custom themes, light and maintainable, built to last.
It is also the platform that gives your team the most autonomy: content, pages and the store are managed without a developer. You own your site, your hosting and your data. For Quebec businesses, our practice covers bilingualism end to end.
Custom themes
Designed for your brand and your templates, without the dead weight of generic builders.
Bilingual EN-FR sites
Clean multilingual structure with correct language markup for each market.
Lossless migrations
Platform changes and redesigns with complete redirects and rankings preserved.
Performance and security
Server caching, optimized images, tracked updates and continuous monitoring.
The right tool for the project
The choice between a proven platform and custom code follows the need. It changes the budget, the timeline and everything that comes after.
When the platform is enough
Showcase sites, service sites, blogs and standard stores live very well on a proven foundation. The budget goes into what pays: content, design and speed.
The platform also brings its ecosystem: your team easily finds help, training and mature extensions.
When custom is the answer
Client portals, complex pricing, integration with your internal systems: custom development comes in when your site has to do what templates and AI-generated sites cannot, carry the logic that is specific to your business.
It is a heavier investment that answers to one simple test: the feature has to produce or save more than it costs.
What you should expect from a web development partner
- An approach that builds SEO in from the design stage
- Clear communication on deadlines, deliverables and responsibilities
- A structured review process with defined approval stages
- Solid technical expertise in performance, security and accessibility
- Verifiable references on projects similar to yours
- A maintenance and support offering that continues after launch
- The ability to grow the project as your business grows
The site is the foundation of the acquisition system
A site produces results when an acquisition strategy feeds it. We build every site as the foundation of a complete system: a healthy technical base that SEO and advertising then turn into revenue.
The questions we get about web development
The amount depends on the number of page templates, the features (advanced forms, online store, integrations) and the content to produce.
After a first conversation, you receive a detailed line-by-line quote. The agreed price is the price paid.
The technical foundation, yes: semantic structure, speed, markup, structured data and redirects are part of the construction work. A site that leaves our hands is ready to rank.
Ongoing positioning, content, authority and monthly tracking, is a separate mandate run by our SEO team.
Yes. A redesign starts with an inventory of what exists: what performs is kept, what holds you back gets rethought. URLs that already rank are properly redirected so your earned visibility survives the transition.
It is often more cost-effective than a full rebuild, and it is the most common scenario in our mandates.
You choose. Our maintenance plans cover updates, security, backups and support. If you prefer to manage the site in-house, training is included at delivery.
Yes. Catalogue, payments, Canadian taxes and shipping are built on the same foundation as the rest of the site, with the same demands on speed and search visibility. A slow or poorly structured store loses sales before its first order.
Yes, and it is a design requirement. Content is edited from the admin without touching code, texts, images and everyday pages. You are never held captive by your agency.
Web development close to your business
We build sites for companies across Quebec and Ontario. Each local page describes the work we do there.
Let’s discuss your web project
Whether you’re starting from scratch or rebuilding an existing site, we can define the best technical and strategic approach. Free assessment.