Markham · garden centres
Web design for
garden centres in Markham.
There are 28 garden centres and nurseries listed on Google Maps in Markham. 23 of them put a website on the listing, and we opened every one of those 23 ourselves. Here is what was behind them.
1 of the 23 Markham sites had nothing wrong with them at all. The other 22 had at least one of the faults listed above, and most had more than one.
What they are built on
5 platforms,
no clear winner.
Behind the 23 sites we counted 5 platforms. The split says something about budget: 26% on WordPress usually means somebody was paid to build it, while the 1 on free builders were almost always put together by the owner.
What actually breaks
No analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does
on 9 of them.
Out of 23 sites in Markham, 9 have no analytics — nobody is measuring what the site does and 6 have no structured data for google to read. We counted each fault separately, so a site with three of them appears in three rows below.
None of the 10 faults we counted in Markham requires a rebuild on its own. They add up to one, though, when a site carries four or five of them at once.
Who you are up against
1,276 reviews
from the top five.
The spread in Markham is wide: from under 29 reviews in the bottom quarter to 2,475 at the top, with the middle at 151. 15 of the 28 garden centres have passed a hundred.
Markham is the 3rd largest market for garden centres in our survey of the GTA, with 28 of them against 446 across the region. Review counts are not comparable between trades, so none of this means anything outside garden centres.
What this means for you
70% of Markham sites
are technically fine.
Garden centres and nurseries in Markham are in better shape than most trades we surveyed — 70% of the 23 sites are secure and work on a phone. Across the GTA the same field sits at 3% with no mobile version; Markham is at 0%, near enough the same. Standing out in a market like this takes more than being technically correct: it takes saying something the other 22 sites do not.
Where a garden centre lands depends on how many services need a page of their own — $590 at the small end, $3,900 for a practice with a dozen. Nothing is due until it is finished. Full pricing.
Related.
Garden centres across the GTA All trades in Markham The full GTA report
Garden centres elsewhere in the GTA: Toronto Mississauga Scarborough Burlington Milton
Other trades in Markham: Dentists Law firms Accountants HVAC contractors Renovation contractors Plumbers
Questions
Before you ask.
How many garden centres are there in Markham?
28 listings, of which 1 have a website with nothing technically wrong with it. The remaining 27 are either missing a site, running a broken one, or running one with at least one fault we could see from outside.
How many Google reviews do I need to compete in Markham?
To be average in Markham you need 151. To be in the top quarter you need more than 500. To be visible next to the busiest garden centre here you would need 2,475, which took them years. 3 of the 28 already hold a 4.9 rating, so the rating is not what separates them.
What does a website for a garden centre in Markham cost?
Between $590 and $3,900 depending on the size of the practice and how many services need their own page, paid after the site is built and you have seen it. Hosting, edits, your Google Business Profile and ongoing SEO run $129 to $990 a month, cancellable any month.
Your turn
Same check,
run on your site.
The check behind this page is the one we ran on every business above. Put your own address in and it will load your site on a phone screen, look at the certificate and the page age, and tell you what a visitor meets. No email, nothing stored.
Start with a
straight answer.
Describe the business and where it works. We come back with what we would change, what it would cost and how long it takes — or with a reason not to bother.