Mercado Monkey in Vancouver, BC

E-commerce and web design for Vancouver brands

For coffee, food, apparel and wellness brands that started in Vancouver and now sell, or want to sell, across Canada and into the US.

Working with VancouverMM·2026
Location
Vancouver, Columbia Británica, Canada
Local time
— · Pacific Time: two hours behind Torreón in winter, one hour behind during daylight saving time
Currency
CAD
Population
About 660,000 in the city and more than 2.5 million across Metro Vancouver
How we work
Video calls · bilingual team
Office: Av. Morelos #703 Pte, Col. Centro, Torreón, Mexico
Is there a digital agency that works with businesses in Vancouver?

Mercado Monkey is a bilingual digital agency based in Torreón, Mexico that works with Vancouver businesses on E-commerce, Web development, SEO, Creative content — remotely, in your time zone, since 2017.

Vancouver has Canada's largest port, a film and TV industry busy enough to earn the Hollywood North nickname, a cluster of game and visual effects studios, and an unusually strong consumer brand scene: specialty coffee, natural foods, outdoor apparel and wellness products. Many of those brands started at a farmers market or a single storefront and now need online stores that handle national shipping, subscriptions and US orders without turning taxes, duties and currency into a headache.

That's where most of our Vancouver work sits. We build Shopify and custom stores with clear catalogs, region-specific shipping, pricing in Canadian and US dollars, and product storytelling that explains where things come from. We've done this for a specialty coffee roaster shipping to US customers. We also support local businesses with SEO in Burnaby, Richmond and Surrey, and help Latino entrepreneurs reach the city's growing Spanish-speaking community. Our nearshore rates leave more budget for inventory and ads than a local agency would.

Hispanic market. Vancouver's Latin American community is smaller than Toronto's but growing every year, with Mexican, Colombian, Chilean and Salvadoran residents in Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey, many arriving as students or skilled workers.

02Local industries

Built for Vancouver's economy

  • Food and consumer brands

    Online stores, subscriptions, product photography and campaigns for coffee, natural food and wellness brands.

  • Outdoor apparel and gear

    E-commerce with variants, size guides and product launches, shipping across Canada and to the US.

  • Film, games and creative studios

    Portfolios, studio sites and recruiting pages for suppliers to the screen industries.

  • Logistics and trade

    Corporate sites and quote tools for freight forwarders and warehouses tied to the port.

  • Restaurants and tourism

    Reservations, menus and Google presence for businesses serving both residents and visitors.

03Where we work

Areas we serve in Vancouver

  • Downtown
  • Yaletown
  • Mount Pleasant
  • Burnaby
  • Richmond
  • Surrey
Competing online in Vancouver

Vancouver shoppers compare carefully: Instagram, Google reviews and the brand's story all matter before they buy. Origin, sustainability and fast shipping carry weight. In local search, each Metro Vancouver municipality is searched as its own market. Email marketing must follow CASL, Canada's anti-spam law. Within the city's growing Latino community, Instagram and WhatsApp groups drive a lot of recommendations for restaurants and services.

How we work with you

Vancouver is two hours behind Torreón in winter and one hour behind in summer, so your mornings line up with our midday and work has already moved by the time you start. We collaborate over video calls and a shared board. Invoices can be in CAD or USD, contracts in English or Spanish. Your store, domain and accounts are yours, and we train your team to manage products and orders.

05Process

How we get started

  1. 01

    30-minute call

    Tell us what you sell, who buys it and what isn't working. Free.

  2. 02

    Audit and proposal

    We review your site, Google Business Profile and local competitors, then send scope, timeline and deliverables.

  3. 03

    Weekly sprints

    Progress every week on a shared board plus a short video call to approve.

  4. 04

    Launch and measure

    We go live, wire up Analytics and conversions, and report what moves month by month.

06Preguntas frecuentes

Vancouver: frequently asked questions

Should a Vancouver business publish content in Spanish?
It depends on your audience. If you serve the city's Latino community or sell to customers in Mexico and the US, a Spanish version opens a real market. For most local consumer brands, English stays the foundation and Spanish is an addition.
How do you run a Vancouver project from Mexico?
Through video calls, email or Slack and a shared progress board. Vancouver is two hours behind Torreón in winter and one hour in summer, so we schedule calls in your morning. Product photography is handled with local photographers or with samples you ship to us.
Can you help us rank in Burnaby, Richmond or Surrey?
Yes. We optimize your Google Business Profile, build pages for each municipality you serve and grow reviews steadily. Metro Vancouver behaves like several separate markets, and ranking in Surrey or Richmond is usually more attainable than downtown.
Our store sells in Canada. Can you set it up to sell into the US?
Yes. We configure CAD and USD pricing, shipping zones and rates by country, clear information about duties and delivery times, and separate campaigns per market. We've done this for a specialty coffee roaster selling to US customers.
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