What Seriously Creative does

Westshore Web, the operating brand under the Seriously Creative Group of Companies, is a Canadian WordPress hosting and development services provider that has been in operation for approximately 25 years. The company targets small business owners who lack the technical expertise or interest to manage website infrastructure themselves, offering a stack built on WordPress with custom plugin development capabilities and a proprietary chat bot product called Mooseio. The core technology is a WordPress-based hosting and development platform, and the team explicitly markets its ability to handle legacy WordPress sites, custom plugins, membership systems, and DNS configurations accumulated across two decades.

The product portfolio is organized around four offerings: Managed Canadian Hosting (a month-to-month subscription with no contracts covering fast WordPress hosting, security updates, and real human support), the 14-Day Website Rescue (a fixed-scope emergency service to remediate speed, stability, and security issues), SEO + Maintenance (an ongoing recurring service for visibility and site upkeep), and Mooseio (a proprietary WordPress chat bot and membership system plugin). Revenue is generated through a hybrid of recurring monthly subscriptions and project-based or ongoing professional service fees. No pricing is publicly disclosed, and the commercial model emphasizes no contracts and month-to-month billing.

Westshore Web sells exclusively direct-to-consumer via its website (westshoreweb.ca), with no resellers, distributors, marketplaces, or external sales force. Customer acquisition is organic, driven by reputation, Google reviews (11 verified reviews through Trustindex with an above 4.5-star rating), and word-of-mouth referrals from an established Canadian SMB client base. Geographic scope is limited to Canada, with both ownership and hosting infrastructure described as 100% Canadian. The company has no disclosed headcount, revenue, funding, or institutional investment, and operates as a privately held subsidiary of the Seriously Creative Group.

Name

Seriously Creative

Legal name

Westshore Web

Website

https://seriouslycreative.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Westshore Web, operating under Seriously Creative Group, provides managed Canadian WordPress hosting, custom plugin development, SEO, and website maintenance services to small businesses on a no-contract, month-to-month basis.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Victoria

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Managed Canadian Web Hosting: Monthly recurring revenue from managed WordPress hosting services for Canadian businesses. Month-to-month subscription model with no long-term contracts.
2. Professional Services (Website Rescue, SEO, Maintenance): One-time and recurring service fees for website rescue (fixing speed, stability, security issues), ongoing SEO services, and website maintenance. Services are offered as packages or per-engagement.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Seriously Creative, through its Westshore Web brand, provides managed Canadian WordPress hosting on a month-to-month basis with no contracts, bundled with security updates, maintenance, and real human support. The company also sells 14-Day Website Rescue engagements to fix speed, stability, and security issues, ongoing SEO + Maintenance packages, and custom WordPress plugin development including its proprietary Mooseio chat bot and membership system.

Product overview

Seriously Creative (through Westshore Web) offers a portfolio of WordPress-focused web services centered around Canadian-hosted WordPress infrastructure. The core product is Managed Canadian Hosting, providing fast WordPress hosting with security and maintenance included. Supporting services include the 14-Day Website Rescue for emergency fixes, SEO + Maintenance for ongoing visibility improvements, and Mooseio, a custom WordPress plugin providing chat bot and membership system functionality.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Mooseio: Website chat bot service offered by Westshore Web

Products and services

• Managed Canadian Hosting Fast Canadian WordPress hosting with security updates, maintenance, and real human support on a month-to-month basis with no contracts. Targets small businesses that want hands-off WordPress hosting.
• 14-Day Website Rescue Emergency professional service that fixes speed, stability, and security problems on existing WordPress websites within 14 days. Targeted at small businesses with broken or underperforming sites.
• SEO + Maintenance Ongoing SEO optimization and website maintenance services designed to maintain search visibility and deliver continuous improvements to client websites. Targets small business WordPress sites needing continuous optimization.
• Mooseio Proprietary WordPress plugin offering a website chat bot and membership system for customer engagement and site support. Designed for WordPress website owners needing in-site interaction tools.

Named customers6 records

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Seriously Creative GroupcoreOthersWestshore Web is part of the Seriously Creative Group of Companies, suggesting it operates as a subsidiary or brand within a larger corporate group. This indicates an organizational relationship rather than a commercial partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• WP Engine: Leading managed WordPress hosting platform serving SMBs and enterprises globally. Comparable product offering (managed WordPress hosting with premium support) but operates at much larger scale and targets a higher-end customer segment than Westshore Web.
• SiteGround: Large web hosting provider with strong managed WordPress offering (SiteGround Managed WordPress / SG Optimizer). Comparable managed WordPress hosting product category but operates globally and at significantly larger scale.
• DreamHost: Long-established US-based hosting provider with managed WordPress (DreamPress) offering for SMBs. Comparable on managed WordPress hosting product category and SMB focus, though larger scale and US-based.
• GoDaddy: Largest incumbent in SMB web hosting and domain services with managed WordPress offerings. Comparable SMB target market and core hosting category, but operates globally at massive scale with automated support rather than Westshore's human-support positioning.

Direct peers

• HostPapa: Canadian-owned hosting provider specializing in SMB and small-business website hosting with WordPress-optimized plans. Closely comparable on Canadian ownership, SMB positioning, and WordPress hosting focus, though operating at a larger scale.
• 4GoodHosting: Canadian-owned hosting company offering shared, WordPress, VPS, and reseller hosting to Canadian SMBs. Comparable on Canadian domicile, SMB focus, and inclusion of managed WordPress services.
• Web Hosting Canada (WHC): Canadian hosting provider offering shared, managed WordPress, VPS, and reseller hosting with a strong SMB focus. Comparable to Westshore Web on Canadian domicile, SMB target market, and managed WordPress positioning.
• Canadian Web Hosting: Canada-based web hosting provider serving SMBs and individuals with shared, VPS, and managed hosting plans. Directly comparable to Westshore Web on geography, target customer, and core hosting service offering, though broader in scope (not WordPress-specialized).

Emerging players

• Pagely: Managed WordPress hosting provider focused on premium WordPress sites with hands-on support. Comparable WordPress-specialist positioning and emphasis on higher-touch support, though targeting higher-end customers and larger sites than Westshore's SMB focus.
• Kinsta: Premium managed WordPress hosting provider built on Google Cloud Platform, targeting SMBs through enterprises. Comparable managed WordPress hosting product and SMB customer overlap, though positioned as a premium-tier alternative rather than a budget Canadian specialist.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/seriouslycreative
• Xx.com/seriouslycr8ive
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/seriously-creative-design

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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