Our Vancouver Website Services
We are a one-stop web development agency with a large group of onsite web designers and ecommerce developers. Our web design team is broken into two groups, each specializing in either template or custom website design services.
1.) Template-Based Web Developments
Looking for an affordable website? Your Vancouver small business might be interested in a template site!
Instead of creating design mockups and developing your website in a custom theme, we can hand-pick several website templates to share with you that closely match your desired look and feel.
Don't worry though, you'll be able to select your desired theme for us to install on your development site.
We will then tailor the template to align with your color scheme and load in your web content.
The starting price for a templated web design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce web developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.
2.) Custom Website Designs
As a custom website design firm, we love to begin every Vancouver web design service from scratch.
By utilizing this approach, our team can produce customized mockups that align with your brand guidelines. This will give you a glimpse into your website's look and feel prior to the start of website development work. Best of all, those mockups can be revised until you're happy with the design concept and are ready to move forward.
After you approve the design mockup, our web development team will integrate it into a completely custom theme. There are many benefits to a custom template, including a simplified codebase that often has better site speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Vancouver business.
The starting price for a custom website development is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For custom ecommerce web developments, the cost and turnaround will be higher.
3.) Website Maintenance
After the launch of your website, or if you have one, you might be interested in web maintenance services.
Web maintenance is a reactive support service that connects you with a web developer or ecommerce web developer on our team who can fix nearly any site issue.
Here are some examples of website requests that Vancouver web maintenance firms might help with:
- Updating your website platform.
- Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
- Adding new web pages as you release new products or services.
- Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
- Rearranging the navigation menu of your Vancouver website.
- Improve your site speed to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
- Making backups of your website's files and databases.
- Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
- Fixing Google Search Console coverage issues.
- Enhancing technical search engine optimization with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
- Providing a solution to any other site problem.
- Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.
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Set Goals for Your Vancouver, British Columbia Website
It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom web design company for your Vancouver company. The following are the most common goals we see for Vancouver web design and ecommerce website development projects:
- To create a website or online store for a new Vancouver business.
- To remake an existing site or storefront with a cutting edge, professional look and feel.
- To improve UX, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
- To increase site performance for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
- To improve website accessibility for the general public looking at the website.
- To improve lead generation through design improvements.
- To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.
Let's figure out what you want from your Vancouver web development project!
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Picking a Platform for Your Vancouver, British Columbia Website
Your Vancouver website is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. Even though our top web designers and ecommerce developers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we only use WordPress for new content-based website projects. For ecommerce websites we use Shopify or WooCommerce.
1.) WordPress
WordPress is simply the most popular open-source website platform, with more than 40% market share throughout Vancouver and the greater British Columbia area.
Our web development agency chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Vancouver, but also because it is simply the best overall. While there are dozens of content management systems to consider, we've found WordPress to be the most scalable platform for designing websites.
- You can add functionality to your website through third-party WordPress plugins. Not everything has to be built from scratch!
- There's a huge community of WordPress contributors helping to make the platform more stable, secure, and scalable.
- WordPress has a large following among expert web development agencies and freelance web designers, helping ensure you can find a local Vancouver website developer to help you.
2.) WooCommerce
To run an ecommerce website using WordPress you'll likely be looking for a WooCommerce web designer in Vancouver.Our WooCommerce web development team has experience helping startups and existing ecommerce businesses in Vancouver build amazing stores with WooCommerce.
Here are some of the reasons our ecommerce web developers tend to recommend WooCommerce:
- If you need a custom theme with complex functionality, but have a limited budget, we often recommend WooCommerce. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
- If your Vancouver business website runs on WordPress, we typically recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money remaking your content-based website just to add ecommerce.
- Most small businesses in Vancouver who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. You don't have to pay a monthly fee to use WordPress or WooCommerce. Alternatively, Shopify has monthly fees to use the platform and their apps are often more expensive than WordPress or WooCommerce plugins.
- We also recommend WooCommerce for those in an industry not accepted by Shopify.
3.) Shopify
Shopify is the most popular hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Vancouver, you'll probably need a Shopify web designer.
Our Shopify website development team has experience designing websites for online stores around British Columbia within the Shopify platform.
Our ecommerce website developers love Shopify for these reasons:
- For Vancouver merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you don't have to worry about hosting configuration or platform updates.
- When Vancouver web companies don't need a lot of custom functionality, we often recommend Shopify. It is often more expensive to develop custom functionality within Shopify than WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees versus WooCommerce plugins that are more affordable.
- We often recommend Shopify for Vancouver ecommerce businesses that rely heavily on fast delivery times for development and marketing initiatives. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.
Questions to Ask a Vancouver, British Columbia Web Designer
You should ask a few questions of your prospective Vancouver website development or ecommerce web development company before starting a project. Here are some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom web development or ecommerce development project:
- Does the website designer outsource the site project? We do not outsource custom web design or ecommerce website design projects for Vancouver companies. We have our own internal team of expert website designers.
- Do the web developers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Vancouver SEO.
- Will the website designer make a mockup, or provide theme samples, before starting the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Vancouver website projects to help everyone understand the design direction before the website build gets too far along. However, that is only possible if you choose a custom web design service. If you opt for a template-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
- What platform does your Vancouver web developer use? Due to its popularity, scalability, and ease of use, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
- How fast can your Vancouver web design team turn things around? We typically finish custom website development projects in 2-3 months, and template website projects in 3-4 weeks. Ecommerce website projects typically take longer to finish.
- Does the web design company have experience with original solutions? As a full-service website design firm, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!
Other Services for Your Vancouver, British Columbia Website
A successful template or custom website design project for your Vancouver company is just getting started! Here are some additional services to help make the most of your Vancouver website:
- Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Vancouver business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
- Search Engine Optimization: Interested in improving organic traffic within Vancouver, or beyond? We have our own team of SEO experts to help with on-page, off-page, and technical SEO.
- Conversion Optimization: Want to make your lead forms convert more often? Let us create effective landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
- Website Maintenance: Want help making changes to your template pr custom Vancouver website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance packages.
- ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Vancouver, British Columbia website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility concerns.
- Logo Creation: Are you starting a new business in Vancouver, British Columbia, but haven't settled on a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your small business.
- Web Hosting Tactics: After your website launches, do you need a place to host it? Our server administration and website design team work together to ensure fast WordPress hosting services!
Whatever your business needs from its website, our complete web design company has your solution!
Why Choose Us for Your Vancouver, British Columbia Web Services
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We've been designing high-converting websites for 19 years. We help small businesses and even large corporations with their website projects. You can trust our experts, who are just 3336.5 kilometers away, to handle your professional website development.
- We do not outsource Vancouver web design projects. Check out our website design portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
- We have our own in-house team of top web developers.
- We've worked with multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
- We're experts in search engine optimization, UX, and site speed.
- We provide free web design tools, such as color scheme pickers and password generators.
- Our online marketing team is experienced in Vancouver search engine optimization services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
- We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is good if you are searching for a talented Vancouver ecommerce developer.
- We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
- We have a website team to help with Vancouver web maintenance when you need website updates.
- To really expand upon your online marketing, we can offer Vancouver PPC management and Vancouver social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.