Websites + the system behind them · Toronto
Toronto shops deservebetter websites.
We design your website, keep it and your Google profile current, and give you Wholebase: one simple app to ask for changes, share files and see your progress. Real people in Toronto, one message away.
- A website that sells
- Wholebase app
- Google profile, handled
- Changes in a day
- Review link and QR card
- Local Toronto team
- + more on the way
- Free homepage design
- No contract
- Toronto and the GTA
- Replies the same day
Sound familiar?
Running a shop is a full-time job. Your website shouldn't be another one.
Three things almost every Toronto shop owner tells us, and how we take them off your plate.
- 01You're too busy to be the website person.
Changes wait for weeks, so hours, prices and photos drift out of date.
Fixed: post it in Wholebase or email us. Most changes are live within a day. - 02Google says one thing, your site says another.
Different hours in two places costs you walk-ins, and trust.
Fixed: we keep your website and Google profile in sync. - 03Happy customers, quiet reviews.
People love you in person, then forget to say so on Google.
Fixed: a review link and a QR card for your counter, so asking takes two seconds.
The Wholebase app
One app for the whole shop. Tap around.
The website is what your customers see. Wholebase is what you see: the place your shop's online work gets done.
What is Wholebase?
Wholebase is your shop's back office in one simple app. It's where you and your team work with us, keep your website current and, soon, run your texts, bookings, reviews and payments.
It works in the browser on your phone or computer, so there's nothing to install, and we set it all up for you. If you'd rather not log in at all, just email us. Wholebase keeps track either way.
| Today | With Wholebase | |
|---|---|---|
| Asking for website changes | Texts, emails and voicemails, then waiting | One place to ask, with the status right thereLive now |
| Photos, menus and files | Lost in email threads and camera rolls | Shared folders your whole team can reachLive now |
| Staff access | Everyone shares one password | Each person gets their own loginLive now |
| Texting customers, bookings, reviews and payments | Three to five separate apps and bills | All in Wholebase, one loginComing soon |
| Your customer list | Scattered across your phone and notebooks | One list, with who ordered, booked and whenComing soon |
Have a look inside. This is a sample café's account. Tap the menu at the bottom.
Halfmoon Coffee
Hi Maya. Here's your week.
Everything that happened while you were busy running the shop.
Halfmoon Coffee
Requests
Ask for changes here instead of by email. Shayne gets notified right away.
Halfmoon Coffee
Texts Coming soon
Your text list, campaigns and replies in one place.
Halfmoon Coffee
Bookings Coming soon
Today, with reminders sent automatically the day before.
Halfmoon Coffee
Reviews Coming soon
Requests go out by text after each visit or order.
Halfmoon Coffee
Payments Coming soon
Quotes and invoices your customers pay from a text.
Halfmoon Coffee
October report Coming soon
Also sent to your inbox on the 1st, with a note from Shayne.
Saturday 9–11 am is your busiest window. Next month, let's text the list on Friday evenings to fill Sunday mornings.
Halfmoon Coffee
Files
Photos, menus and documents shared with your team.
Also handled, quietly: security updates, daily backups, uptime monitoring, the secure padlock (SSL), spam filtering and speed tuning. You'll never have to think about them.
What you get today
The website is the start. Here's what comes with it.
Every plan, from day one. No apps to learn, nothing to set up yourself.
A website that sells
Designed and written for your shop, built for phones first, set up so Google can find it.
Google profile, handled
Hours, photos and posts kept current, so what people see on Google matches your site.
Changes without the chase
Post it in Wholebase or email us. You see the status, and most changes are live within a day.
A review link and QR card
A printed card for your counter and a link to share, so asking for reviews takes two seconds.
- Your domain, in your name
- Hosting and the secure padlock
- Security updates and daily backups
- Spam filtering on every form
The technical stuff, covered
You'll never have to think about it. If anything breaks, we know first and fix it.
3 changes made, Google photos refreshed, and one idea for November.
A monthly check-in
A short note each month: what we changed, how things look, and what we'd do next.
Coming to Wholebase
Next up: the busywork, handled for you.
Founding clients get each of these free when it launches.
See everything that's coming →- Review requestsSent after each visit or order. Email first, then text.Next
- Invoices with a pay-by-card linkSend a quote or invoice by email or text. Customers pay by card through Stripe.Next
- Missed-call text-backCallers you can't answer get a text with a way to book or order.Next
- After thatText campaigns, online booking, order-ahead, holiday hours everywhere, a customer list and connections to the apps you already use.
Sample work
Six shops. Six different jobs.
Made-up Toronto businesses, each built for a different job. Hover to scroll through one, or open it and tap around.
Yours is next.
Tell us about your shop in two minutes. Your design arrives within 48 hours.
Get a free designHow it works
Quiz Monday. Live next week.
- 12 minutes
Take the quiz
A few taps about your shop. No brief to write and no meeting needed.
- 248 hours
See your free design
Your homepage design arrives within 48 hours. Love it or walk away, no charge.
- 3About a week
Love it? Go live
We build the full site, connect your domain and Google profile, and set up Wholebase. Your plan starts here, not before.
Plans
Everything set up and run for you.
You pay nothing until you've seen your free design and want to go ahead. Then a one-time setup and your monthly plan start. No contract.
Starter
For shops that need a great site and a solid Google presence.
Pricing shared with your free design
What you get
- Up to 5 pages, designed and written for you
- Google profile set up and kept current
- A review link and QR card for your counter
- Wholebase: requests, files and team logins
- 3 edit requests a month
- A monthly check-in email
- Hosting, security and daily backups
Local Pro
For shops that want more calls, orders and repeat visits.
Pricing shared with your free design
Everything in Starter, plus
- Unlimited small edits, done in 1 business day
- A monthly Google post
- Review requests after each visit Coming soon
- Invoices with a pay-by-card link Coming soon
- Missed-call text-back Coming soon
- New Wholebase features free as they launch
Growth
For busy shops ready to put repeat work on autopilot.
Pricing shared with your free design
Everything in Local Pro, plus
- Same-day priority edits
- An in-person check-in every 3 months
- Text campaigns to your regulars Coming soon
- Online booking or order-ahead Coming soon
- A customer list with follow-ups Coming soon
See how we compare to doing it yourself
| Do-it-yourself website builder | Builder plus separate apps | Hylton Systems Local Pro | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your website | Templates you build yourself | Templates you build yourself | Designed and written for you |
| Google profile kept current | You do it | You do it | We do it |
| Changes and updates | You make them | You make them, app by app | Ask in Wholebase, live within a day |
| Review requests | Rarely built in | Yes, a separate app | Review link today, automatic requests Coming soon |
| Invoices with card payments | Yes, with card fees | Yes, with card fees | Included, standard card fees Coming soon |
| Missed-call text-back | No | Yes, a separate app | Included Coming soon |
| Help when you need it | Help centre and chat | Each app's own support | A local team you can email |
| Apps to log in to | 1 | Several | 1 |
| Typical monthly cost | $24–55 | About $89–480 | One plan, all in |
All prices in Canadian dollars. Ranges are typical starting prices from public price listings in October 2026, converted from US dollars at about 1.40, and they change often. Text messages will follow Canada's anti-spam law (CASL): customers opt in and can reply STOP at any time.
Shayne Hylton · FounderWho you'll work with
A Toronto team you can meet.
Hylton Systems was started by Shayne Hylton, an IT engineer who kept seeing great local shops lose customers online. We build and run the tech so you can run the shop: no hand-offs, no jargon, and a real person on the other end of every message.
Questions
Good questions.
Is the design really free?
Yes. Take the quiz and we'll design your homepage within 48 hours, free. If you love it, we build the full site and set up Wholebase, and that's when a one-time setup and your monthly plan start. If you don't, you walk away. No card, no invoice.
What is Wholebase?
It's the app that comes with every plan. Today you can ask for changes and see their status, share photos and files, add your team and follow your website's progress. Review requests, invoices with card payments and missed-call text-back are next, and founding clients get them free.
Do I have to use the app?
No. If you'd rather just email us, that works too. Wholebase keeps track of everything either way, so nothing gets lost.
Do I own my website and domain?
The domain is always registered in your name. The site becomes fully yours after 12 monthly payments, or you can buy it out earlier.
Why not Wix or Shopify?
They're good tools if you have time to run them. With us it's designed, written, set up on Google and looked after, and you can reach a real person who knows your shop.