Local agency or remote studio for an accounting and tax firm website in Nassau: how to choose (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

In Nassau, an accounting and tax firm often serves two very different audiences: local businesses handling VAT, business licence renewals and payroll, and international structures (trusts, private banks, family offices) that find you online from Miami, Toronto or Geneva. If your clients are mostly local and expect to meet you, a Nassau agency that knows the market is often the best choice. If your growth comes from abroad and the scope is clear, a remote studio such as Kolonell, at USD 2,900, 4,900 or 8,900 with delivery in 3 to 4 weeks, is more than enough.

Who is the site really for?

Start here: the answer shapes almost everything else, including the choice of provider.

If two or three of your main segments sit in the remote studio column, a local provider adds little you cannot get remotely, apart from photography.

Which criteria to compare, and what does it cost over three years?

Nassau follows Eastern Time with daylight saving, like New York, so a studio that assigns a project manager in your time zone, as Kolonell does, gives you a shared working day. Local amounts are 2026 ballparks based on typical agency quotes and public agency rate pages, not quotes.

Starter at USD 2,900 is enough for a sole practitioner or a two-partner firm; Growth at USD 4,900 adds more service pages, a qualification form and deeper copy; Premium at USD 8,900 suits multi-service firms with a bilingual version. Details are on the international offer.

When should you pick the local agency, and what should you ask both?

The local agency is clearly preferable if your SME clients choose you on personal trust and want to recognise your team in the photos, if you are also preparing print or radio campaigns in Nassau, or if your senior partner will not work over video. It also wins when the project includes a launch event or videos filmed at your offices on Bay Street or elsewhere on the island.

Questions to ask, whichever provider you choose:

• Will the domain be registered in the firm's name, with your own logins?
• Do copy, code and photos belong to you on final payment?
• How many review rounds are included, and at what price beyond that?
• How do you handle form data, and where is it hosted?
• Who answers during the busy period of VAT returns and business licence renewals?

Which rules and content are specific to Bahamian firms?

Useful pages: bookkeeping and accounting, VAT returns, business licence, payroll and contributions, audit, advice to trusts and international companies, and tax for US and Canadian expatriates. Highlight credentials (CPA, CA) and membership of BICA, the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants.

• Personal data: the Data Protection (Privacy of Personal Information) Act governs the collection of personal data; plan a privacy notice, a clear purpose for each form and appropriate security. If you target EU residents, the GDPR may also come into play.
• Financial documents: no sensitive attachments through forms; link to your existing secure portal, with a custom portal on quote.
• Professional advertising: stay factual, with no guaranteed outcomes and no client names without consent.
• Accessibility: aim for WCAG 2.2 AA, as there is no local web standard we can cite with certainty.

This is not legal advice.

Mini case study

Illustrative example: Kendra, a CPA and partner in a 5-person Nassau firm, gets 60 % of her new engagements from international clients and 40 % from local businesses. A local quote of USD 12,000 with USD 200 a month of maintenance gives 12,000 + 36 × 200 = USD 19,200 over 3 years. With Kolonell Growth at USD 4,900, a USD 900 local photo shoot and an assumed USD 120 a month of maintenance after the 3 included months (33 × 120 = USD 3,960), the total is USD 9,760. Since her local clients already know her and new work comes mainly from the web, she picks the remote studio and puts part of the USD 9,440 difference into high-quality team photos.

FAQ

Does a Nassau firm need a bilingual site?

As a rule, no: English covers most clients. A French or Spanish version makes sense if at least 10 % of enquiries arrive in that language, and adds about 20 to 35 % to the copy budget.

Can we publish our fees?

It is possible and helpful for SMEs, for example as a range for a monthly VAT return. Stay consistent with your institute's rules and state that the final fee depends on the engagement.

How long before enquiries come in?

A complete business profile and a fast site often bring first contacts within 4 to 8 weeks. Deeper search work is quoted separately.

Can a remote studio handle the client portal?

It can add a link to your existing tool from the Starter tier at USD 2,900. A custom portal is a separate application, quoted on request.

How do we get a precise estimate?

Send your service list and partner count through the free quote request. You receive a detailed proposal within 48 hours.

Let's scope your project. Tell us who your clients are, how many service pages you need and when you want to launch, and we will propose a fixed tier between USD 2,900 and 8,900 delivered in 3 to 4 weeks. See the international offer or request a free quote: detailed reply within 48 hours.