Oakland Ecommerce Web Design
Custom Oakland Ecommerce
Through our expertise in ecommerce development and omnichannel management, we help Oakland-based businesses sell online.
Ecommerce Development Services
Oakland, CA Ecommerce Web Development Specialists
Our ecommerce web designers have more than 18 years of experience building custom websites for Oakland-area businesses.
Understanding the nature of your Oakland ecommerce business is key to developing an effective ecommerce website.
The things we talk about with you are things like how you've run an ecommerce business in Oakland, what platforms you've used, how your customers interact with your brand, what features you need, and how you handle orders.
After your Oakland ecommerce web development service is complete, we'll even be available to offer Oakland internet marketing services and website support packages! Whether you are in Oakland, or a nearby area like Piedmont, CA, Alameda, CA, Berkeley, CA, Albany, CA, and Orinda, CA, we'll be able to develop the ecommerce website you've dreamed of having for your small business.
Our Oakland Ecommerce Development Tactics
Our firm was founded on providing custom web solutions throughout Oakland and United States. We work with local area clients to understand their ecommerce needs and deliver a website that's uniquely theirs.
You'll be in good hands with us when it comes to Oakland ecommerce website development. We will work with your Oakland team to understand your functionality requirements, outline the deliverables and delivery time, and work with you after the launch to ensure everything is running smoothly.
In addition to developing Oakland-area ecommerce websites, our team also offers Anaheim, Bakersfield, Chico, Fontana, Fremont, Fresno, Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Monterey, Palm Springs, Redding, Riverside, Sacramento, Salinas, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Visalia small businesses and large corporations a custom ecommerce web design service.
A Few of Our Ecommerce Developers
Pricing for Oakland, CA Ecommerce Development Tactics
The pricing of our ecommerce website development services depends on the extent of time you can invest in the creation of your online store. For those with limited funds, we suggest considering a template-based ecommerce website as a cost-saving measure. For those who prioritize performance and customization, we suggest exploring a custom ecommerce website built from scratch and starting with a design mockup.
Oakland Ecommerce Website Development Cost Calculator
Answer a few simple questions about your project and our ecommerce website cost calculator will recommend a budget for your ecommerce development. For a custom quote, just call 800-796-8263 or send us an email.
The Best Ecommerce Platform for Your Oakland Website
To recommend the best ecommerce platform for your Oakland business, we'll need to know what your goals are. There isn't one ecommerce platform that's perfect for every Oakland website.
For WooCommerce and Shopify projects, we have separate development teams. This allows our local ecommerce website developers to specialize in a particular development environment to provide expert advice and service.
Oakland WooCommerce Web Development Services
The most popular Oakland website content management system is WordPress. If you want an ecommerce site using WordPress, you'll likely need a WooCommerce website developer in Oakland.
In Oakland, we help startups and ecommerce businesses get started with WooCommerce.
These are some of the reasons our ecommerce website designers like WooCommerce:
- We recommend WordPress and WooCommerce for Oakland website development projects that need a custom theme, but are on a budget. We have our own custom WooCommerce template that is based on Understrap and makes a great starting point for Oakland WooCommerce websites. Theme development for Oakland ecommerce clients is usually more expensive on Shopify.
- If your Oakland small business site runs on WordPress, we recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money redoing your content-based website just to add ecommerce.
- We recommend WooCommerce for Oakland web companies who prefer open-source software. You don't have to pay a monthly fee to use WordPress or WooCommerce. As an alternative, Shopify has expensive monthly fees (depending on your plan) and their apps are often more expensive than WooCommerce or WordPress plugins.
- For Oakland companies that need a product builder, we recommend WooCommerce. If you are using WordPress and WooCommerce, there are numerous product builder plugins to consider and we've got experience developing custom builders in WooCommerce. Don't worry though, there are third-party apps for Oakland websites running Shopify that need a product configurator.
- WooCommerce is great if you're in an industry that's not accepted by Shopify.
Oakland Shopify Website Design Strategies
Shopify is the most popular hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website using Shopify, you'll need a Shopify website designer in Oakland.
A lot of our Shopify developers have experience designing websites for new and existing businesses in California.
Here are some of the reasons our ecommerce website developers often recommend Shopify:
- Oakland merchants looking for a hosted ecommerce platform should check out Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Oakland without constantly updating plugins and software.
- For Oakland web companies that don't need a lot of custom features, we recommend Shopify. The cost of developing custom functionality with Shopify is higher than with WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees that really add up, in comparison to the less expensive WordPress plugin options.
- Shopify is a great option for Oakland ecommerce businesses that need fast delivery times for marketing and development. For testing out a new product, it's usually faster to set up a Shopify website and go through various apps and design ideas to test conversion rate optimization.
Redesigning Existing Ecommerce Websites
It might be time to rethink your Oakland ecommerce website if you're not happy with its performance, functionality, or conversion rate.
Take your ecommerce website makeover in Oakland seriously. It's possible to lose search rankings and online sales if your web designer forgets to create 301 redirects, completely restructures your URLs, or improperly reorganizes your product catalog.
Before starting Oakland ecommerce web redesign projects, we like to thoroughly review your ecommerce business to understand the big picture. Here are some of the things to keep in mind when redesigning Oakland ecommerce sites:
- You have an ecommerce website in Oakland. How do people get there? It's important to maintain URL structures or implement 301 redirects if most of your online sales come from organic search traffic. It's also good to keep the same product categories, breadcrumb trails, and page content throughout the development of your Oakland website.
- What do customers think about your Oakland website? It's okay to make big changes to your website if your online shoppers aren't happy. It's advisable to be cautious with design changes if you've already got good conversion rates.
- Do you plan to migrate your ecommerce platform? If so, you need to understand the new Oakland website won't work like your old one did. Things like entering products, fulfilling orders, updating customer info, and going through check out will be different.
Determine Goals for Your Oakland Ecommerce Development Service
Building an ecommerce website in Oakland can be expensive. Make a list of the things you want your Oakland ecommerce website to accomplish before you hire a developer. Keeping track of measurable goals will help you keep your ecommerce website progressing in the right direction. The most common goals we've seen for Oakland ecommerce web development projects include:
- To build out an online store for a new Oakland organization.
- Upgrade an old Oakland ecommerce system into a new one to improve security or functionality.
- To redesign an ecommerce website to improve user experience, reduce bounce rates, and improve conversion rates.
- Improving the shopping experience by making it faster and more responsive.
- To fix web accessibility problems for ADA and WCAG compliance.
It's good to be able to help you with your new ecommerce web design in California! We can help you put together a list of goals for your Oakland ecommerce website if you need it!
Questions to Ask Your Oakland Ecommerce Web Developer
You should ask your Oakland ecommerce website development agency a lot of questions. While the answer will be valuable, how it's delivered should be even more important. Check to see how receptive the sales team is to detailed questions. This will provide insight into future communication as the Oakland ecommerce website design service gets started. Here are a few of the ecommerce development questions we get from businesses in and around California:
- Is your ecommerce web development outsourced? WebCitz doesn't outsource ecommerce website development because we have our own Shopify and WooCommerce developers for your Oakland website.
- If you change URLs, do you set up 301 redirects? While WebCitz tries to keep the URL structure the same, sometimes it can't be done. For Oakland ecommerce development, we do 301 redirects with a different URL structure.
- When you start an ecommerce web development project, do you make design mockups? For Oakland WooCommerce development, WebCitz creates design mockups. But for Shopify, we only create design mockups if the budget is high enough for a fully custom Oakland ecommerce website development.
- Are you able to help Oakland businesses choose an ecommerce platform? WebCitz helps Oakland clients choose the right ecommerce platform. The answer is typically dependent upon the website development and ecommerce functionality requirements.
- What's the turnaround time for Oakland ecommerce website development services? WebCitz usually gets Oakland ecommerce web design projects done in 3-4 months, but it can take up to 9-12 months for complex ecommerce websites.
- Your Oakland ecommerce developer should have an ecommerce portfolio or client reviews. Check out our ecommerce web development portfolio, ecommerce case studies, and dozens of client reviews!
How We Design the Best Oakland Ecommerce Storefronts
If you want a new ecommerce website, you should expect Oakland ecommerce web design companies to have a formal process for how they do it. Here's how we design Oakland ecommerce sites:
1.) Discovery Phone Calls
There are typically multiple discovery calls to learn more about your Oakland company, your history with ecommerce, your development expectations, and your future goals. Having everyone involved in the ecommerce project voice their opinion helps minimize confusion.
2.) Kickoff Discussion
When you're ready to move forward with our ecommerce development agency for your Oakland website development, sign the proposal, submit a down payment, and schedule a kickoff call. Everybody will have a chance to talk about how the project will unfold, who will handle each stage of the design, and how long the turnaround time will be for completion.
3.) Design Mockups or Template Search
If your future Oakland ecommerce development is built with WordPress and WooCommerce, or if your design budget can handle a custom design in Shopify, then the first phase of the project starts with mocking up your website. This way, everyone is on the same page about how your site will look and feel before an ecommerce developer starts. If you've chosen a template-based approach within Shopify, this is the phase where we start helping you pick a template for your Oakland ecommerce site.
4.) Ecommerce Website Design
The longest part of your Oakland ecommerce build will be the development. This includes everything for data migration, template customization, functionality development, and much more! Throughout the process, you'll be able to follow along via a password-protected development website.
5.) Website Launch (Plus Website Training!)
When the ecommerce website development project is nearly done, we'll start working with you on training. If you're comfortable with managing the ecommerce site, let's schedule a time that works for everyone to launch your Oakland ecommerce site! You can even get a checklist for launching the ecommerce website if you're interested!
We've been improving this California ecommerce development process for more than 18 years. We have incredible experience designing, developing, and launching successful ecommerce websites throughout United States!
Additional help for Your Oakland Ecommerce Website Development Project
Launching an ecommerce website in Oakland involves more than just building the site. Here are some other services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Oakland ecommerce site:
- We have an onsite online marketing and search engine optimization team to help you rank your ecommerce products higher in Oakland search results, or nationwide.
- We've got a PPC advertising team who can handle any campaign type on Google Ads, Facebook Ads, and Bing Ads.
- Website accessibility solutions to help you comply with ADA and WCAG.
- For your Oakland company, we can design logos, web banners, affiliate graphics, social graphics, and other custom artwork.
We're your trusted Oakland ecommerce website provider no matter what your Oakland business needs from its ecommerce website!
Why Choose WebCitz for Your Oakland Ecommerce Web Development
We're the best choice because we have experience building ecommerce websites, we dedicate ourselves to each of our California-area ecommerce clients, and we offer unique solutions.
We're a results-driven ecommerce web design company with more than 18 years of experience designing ecommerce websites for small businesses and big corporations! Our ecommerce development agency is only 2181.1 miles away and can handle all your Oakland ecommerce website development needs quickly and effectively.
Here are some of the best reasons to choose WebCitz:
- Our Oakland ecommerce web design services aren't outsourced.
- We have an in-house team of top ecommerce web designers.
- For WooCommerce and Shopify websites, we have separate website development teams.
- We start "from scratch" WordPress and WooCommerce projects from our very own internally built theme, based on the Understrap framework.
- We work with multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
- We have specialists in SEO, user experience, ecommerce sales funnels, and conversion rate optimization to answer Oakland website marketing questions.
- Check out our free website design tools like color scheme pickers and password generators.
- If you have questions about Oakland ecommerce web design, you can call, live chat, or email us.
Hear what our customers are saying
Alo Health
WebCitz designed our Alo Health website and did such a great job of walking us step-by-step through the process, knowing the tech world was not a strength of ours. We love that we are able to change content whenever we want, but if we run into problems, they are a quick email away. They have been responsive, reliable and efficient. Thanks, WebCitz!
Cassie Richards
Working with WebCitz has been nothing but a great experience. David, Jake, Drew, and the rest of the team are easy to work with, accommodating, and very knowledgeable. WebCitz is a company that you can trust will be there when you need them most. If I’m having an issue or problem with a website, I can always count on a quick response and a timely solution.
Joe Simmons
David Wurst and WebCitz have been a great hosting company to work with for over 10 years. They provide exceptional service and knowledge with their customers and always get it done immediately. I will never work with any other company.
Southwest Radio Church
What can I say about this company? These people that work there? Unbelievable!! It doesn't matter when or why you call, they will help you. The other part of that statement is: I never have to call them! They made a web site for us that works 24/7. But if I do call they actually take care of it right then. ... great bunch of guys...Southwest Radio Church really appreciates you!!
Jen Ollanketo
WebCitz helped the Oshkosh Area Humane Society with our new website and they were great to work with. Responsive, professional and affordable. I think the biggest perk for us was having someone local we could talk to for assistance instead of long wait times. Definitely would recommend to anyone looking to start up or revamp their website.
Sarah Grantham
Corey was absolutely amazing in helping me with my issue. He was encouraging as we worked through things that to me were huge, but he made them seem small. Will definitely use WebCitz again!!!
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