Our Monterey Website Services
We are a one-stop web design company with a large group of onsite web developers and ecommerce developers. Our website design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom web development services.
1.) Template-Based Website Designs
Searching for an affordable website option? Your Monterey company might be interested in a template website!
Rather than designing mockups and developing a custom template for your website, we can search for a few website templates that match the look and feel you want in your next website or online store.
Don't worry though, you'll be able to select your desired template for us to install on your development site.
Next, we will modify the theme to use your color scheme and then add in your web pages.
The starting cost for a template website design is around $3,750, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For template ecommerce developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.
2.) Custom Website Designs
As a custom web development agency, we love to begin every Monterey website design service from scratch.
Our team can create tailor-made mockups that adhere to your brand's unique specifications, providing a preview of your website's aesthetics before our web developers begin their work. In addition, these mockups can undergo modifications until you're pleased with the design concept, enabling you to advance with certainty.
Following your approval of the design mockup, our web development team will integrate it into a custom template. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better website speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Monterey organization.
The starting price for a custom website design is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For custom ecommerce website 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.
We think of website maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Monterey business access to a website developer or ecommerce web designer who can fix just about any problem.
Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Monterey website maintenance firms, including:
- Updating your website platform.
- Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
- Adding new web pages as you release new information.
- Freshening your blog with new content.
- Rearranging your Monterey website's navigation menu.
- Making your pages faster 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.
- Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage errors.
- Enhancing technical search engine optimization with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
- Providing solutions to other website concerns.
- Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.
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Set Goals for Your Monterey, CA Website
It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom web development agency for your Monterey small business. The most common goals we've seen for Monterey web development and ecommerce web design projects include:
- To create a website or online store for a new Monterey company.
- To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
- To improve user experience (UX), reduce bounces, increase time on site, and/or improve conversions.
- To increase website speed for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
- To comply with ADA, WCAG, and other published guidelines that set the standards for website accessibility.
- To make the website a lead generation machine.
- To improve online orders from their ecommerce storefront.
Let's figure out what you want from your Monterey website design project!
In addition to designing Monterey-area websites, our firm also provides web design services to those in Anaheim, Bakersfield, Chico, Fremont, Fresno, Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Monterey, Oakland, Palm Springs, Redding, Riverside, Sacramento, Salinas, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Visalia.
Picking a Platform for Your Monterey, CA Website
Your Monterey website is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. While our top web designers and ecommerce website developers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we prefer to only provide web development services in WordPress, and ecommerce development services in Shopify or WooCommerce.
1.) WordPress
More than 40% of websites in California and the rest of the country are powered by WordPress.
WordPress is the most popular CMS in Monterey, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized web design. 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 new functionality to your website through third-party WordPress plugins. Not everything has to be built from scratch!
- WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
- WordPress is popular among professional web development agencies and freelance web designers, making it possible to find a local Monterey website developer to work with you.
2.) WooCommerce
If you run an ecommerce website with WordPress, you'll probably need a WooCommerce website developer in Monterey.We help Monterey startups and ecommerce businesses build and launch awesome stores with WooCommerce.
Here are some of the reasons our ecommerce web designers 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 Monterey small business already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. If you are happy with the look and feel of your content-based website, why invest the time and money into redesigning that website just to add ecommerce?
- Most small businesses in Monterey who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. You don't have to pay a monthly fee to use WordPress or WooCommerce. As an alternative, Shopify has monthly fees and their apps are often more expensive than WooCommerce or WordPress plugins.
- If you're in an industry that's not supported by Shopify, try WooCommerce.
3.) Shopify
Shopify is the most popular SaaS ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Monterey, you'll probably need a Shopify web developer.
Our Shopify website development team has experience designing websites for online stores around California within the Shopify platform.
Here are some reasons our ecommerce web designers like Shopify:
- For Monterey merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Monterey without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
- We often recommend Shopify for Monterey web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. The cost of developing custom functionality within Shopify is often higher than in WordPress. Additionally, you'll find getting Shopify apps often require monthly subscriptions versus one-time purchases for WordPress plugins.
- The best ecommerce platform for Monterey businesses that rely heavily on fast delivery times for development and marketing is Shopify. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.
Questions to Ask a Monterey, CA Web Developer
You should ask a few questions of your prospective Monterey web design or ecommerce website design firm before starting a project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom web design or ecommerce website development project:
- Does the web developer outsource the website project? Because we've got our own team of USA website designers and ecommerce website developers, we don't outsource.
- Will the website designers make 301 redirects to help preserve search placements? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Monterey search engine optimization.
- Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before building the site? We always start with a design mockup for Monterey custom web development projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the website. However, if you choose a template-based web development service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
- Which CMS platform does your Monterey website designer plan to use on your website project? Due to its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
- How fast is your Monterey web development service? Most of our custom web design projects are ready in two to three months, but template websites are closer to three to four weeks. Ecommerce projects usually require more time.
- Does the website design firm provide creative solutions? As a comprehensive website development agency, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!
Other Services for Your Monterey, CA Website
A successful template or custom web development project for your Monterey business is just getting started! Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Monterey website:
- Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Monterey website or blog.
- SEO Campaigns: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Monterey? We have our own team of SEO professionals to help with technical, on-page, and off-page SEO.
- Optimizing Conversion Rates: Are you trying to boost the conversion rate of your lead forms? We'll create better, higher converting landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
- Website Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Monterey website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our web maintenance services.
- Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Monterey, CA website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues on your website.
- Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Monterey, but still need a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your business.
- Web Hosting Solutions: After your website launches, do you need a place to host it? Our WordPress hosting is fast and simple thanks to the caching systems set up by our server admins and website designers!
Our complete web design company is the perfect solution for your company!
Why Choose Us for Your Monterey, CA Web Services
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We have more than 19 years of experience designing attractive, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our experts to handle your professional web design.
- You won't find us outsourcing Monterey website design projects. Head over to our web development portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
- We have our own in-house team of skilled website designers.
- Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
- Our team is highly experienced in SEO, user experience, and page speed.
- We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
- Our digital marketing team is experienced in Monterey SEO services to help you improve search rankings and organic traffic.
- Our web developers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Monterey ecommerce web design project you need completed.
- You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
- We have a website team to help with Monterey website maintenance when you need website updates.
- To broaden your website advertising service, we can include our Monterey paid ads management and Monterey social media services to help you target a bigger audience.