Guelph, ON Ecommerce Web Design

Our Guelph Ecommerce Development Tactics

Our firm was founded on the principle of providing custom website solutions in Guelph and nationwide. We have a strong history of working with local customers to understand their ecommerce website and deliver a custom Guelph-area website unique to their online brand.

You'll be in good hands with us when it comes to Guelph ecommerce website development. We will work with your Guelph team to understand your functionality requirements, outline the deliverables and turnaround time, and work with you after the launch to ensure everything is running smoothly.

In addition to developing Guelph-area ecommerce websites, our team also offers Toronto, Gatineau, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Windsor, St. Catharines, Barrie, Kingston, Milton, Brantford, Thunder Bay, Peterborough, Belleville, Welland, North Bay, and Ottawa small businesses and large corporations a custom ecommerce web development service.

Pricing for Guelph, ON Ecommerce Website Development Solutions

We determine the cost of our ecommerce website design services based on the amount of time you have available for the development of your online store. If you are on a tight budget, we recommend you look at a template-based ecommerce website to save money. For those who prioritize performance and customization, we suggest exploring a custom ecommerce website built from scratch and starting with a design mockup.

The Best Ecommerce Platform for Your Guelph Website

If your Guelph ecommerce company needs a platform recommendation, we need to know what your website's goals are. There is no single ecommerce platform that is perfect for all Guelph-area websites.

For WooCommerce and Shopify projects, we have separate development teams. This allows our local ecommerce web designers to specialize in a particular development environment to provide expert advice and service.

Guelph WooCommerce Web Design Plans

The most popular Guelph site content management system is WordPress. When you run an ecommerce website with WordPress, you'll probably need a WooCommerce web designer in Guelph.

In Guelph, we help startups and ecommerce businesses get started with WooCommerce.

Here's why our ecommerce developers love WooCommerce:

• We recommend WordPress and WooCommerce for Guelph web design projects that require a custom designed template, but are working on a limited budget. We have our own custom WooCommerce theme that is based on Understrap and makes a great starting point for Guelph WooCommerce websites. Theme development within Shopify is often more expensive for Guelph ecommerce customers.
• If your Guelph organization already has a WordPress site, we recommend WooCommerce. If you are happy with the look and feel of your content-based website, why invest the time and money into redoing that website just to add ecommerce?
• WooCommerce is a good open-source option for Guelph web companies. You don't have to pay a monthly fee for WordPress or WooCommerce, just for web hosting. As an alternative, Shopify has expensive monthly fees (depending on your plan) and their apps are often more expensive than WooCommerce or WordPress plugins.
• Most Guelph small businesses that want a product builder should consider WooCommerce. It's easier to build a product builder on WordPress than most other platforms. However, there are apps for Guelph web companies using Shopify that offer easy configurator functionality.
• If you're in an industry that's not supported by Shopify, try WooCommerce.

Guelph Shopify Web Design Tactics

Shopify is the most popular SaaS ecommerce platform. To run an ecommerce site using Shopify you will likely be looking for a Shopify web designer in Guelph.

With our Shopify website development company, we can design a website for a new or existing business in Ontario that runs on the Shopify platform.

Here are some reasons our ecommerce website developers like Shopify:

• For Guelph merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Guelph without constantly updating plugins and software.
• For Guelph web companies that don't need a lot of custom features, we recommend Shopify. It is often more expensive to develop custom functionality within Shopify than WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees that really add up, in comparison to the less expensive WordPress plugin options.
• We recommend Shopify for Guelph ecommerce businesses that rely heavily on fast turnaround times for development and marketing initiatives. 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

Guelph ecommerce sites that don't perform, don't function, or don't convert well might need a website overhaul.

You should approach Guelph ecommerce web redesign projects with exceptional care. It's possible to lose search placements and online sales if your website developer forgets to create 301 redirects, completely restructures your URLs, or improperly reorganizes your product catalog.

Before starting Guelph ecommerce website refresh 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 Guelph ecommerce sites:

• You have an ecommerce website in Guelph. How do people get there? If your online sales come mostly from organic search traffic, you'll need to maintain URL structures and use 301 redirects. It's also good to keep the same product categories, breadcrumb trails, and page content throughout the development of your Guelph site.
• How do customers like your Guelph site? If your online shoppers aren't happy with the design of the website then it is okay to make big updates. It's advisable to be cautious with design edits if you've already got good conversion rates.
• Are you migrating ecommerce platforms? It will work different than your old website, if that's the case. The way you enter products, fulfill orders, update customer information, and go through the checkout will be different.

Determine Goals for Your Guelph Ecommerce Website Development Service

You can pay a lot of money to build an ecommerce website in Guelph. Before hiring a local ecommerce web developer, you should put together a list of goals you'd like to see achieved through the Guelph ecommerce website development service. 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 Guelph ecommerce website design projects include:

• To build out an online store for a new Guelph company.
• Upgrade an old Guelph ecommerce system into a new one to improve security or functionality.
• Redesigning an ecommerce website in order to improve UX, reduce bounce rates, and improve conversion rates.
• Improving the shopping experience by making it faster and more responsive.
• For ADA and WCAG compliance.

We've provided such Ontario ecommerce development solutions before and are excited by the prospect of helping with your new ecommerce web development! We can help you put together a list of goals for your Guelph ecommerce site if you need it!

Questions to Ask Your Guelph Ecommerce Web Designer

You should ask plenty of questions before hiring an ecommerce website design firm in Guelph. While the answer will be valuable, even more important to you should be the manner in which the answer is given. Check to see how receptive the sales team is to detailed questions. This will provide insight into future communication as the Guelph ecommerce web development service gets started. Here are a few of the ecommerce website development questions we get from businesses in and around Ontario:

• Is your ecommerce web design outsourced? At WebCitz, we don't outsource ecommerce development services because we have our own team of Shopify and WooCommerce developers.
• If you change URLs, do you set up 301 redirects? It's hard to keep the URL structure the same during platform migrations, but WebCitz tries. We do create 301 redirects for Guelph ecommerce web developments that will have a different URL structure.
• When you start an ecommerce website development project, do you make design mockups? WebCitz creates design mockups for all Guelph WooCommerce developments, but we only create a design mockup for Shopify projects that have a higher budget for a fully custom Guelph ecommerce web design.
• Can you help Guelph small business owners choose the right platform for their ecommerce site? WebCitz does help Guelph customers select the platform for their ecommerce website. Typically, the answer is based on the website design and ecommerce requirements.
• Can you tell me how fast Guelph ecommerce web design works? WebCitz usually gets Guelph ecommerce development projects done in 3-4 months, but it can take up to 9-12 months for complex ecommerce websites.
• Have you seen your Guelph ecommerce web developer's past work or recent reviews? WebCitz has an ecommerce website development portfolio, numerous ecommerce case studies, and dozens of client reviews!

How We Design the Best Guelph Ecommerce Websites

Efforts to design an ecommerce website in Guelph should follow a formal process. Here is our process for designing Guelph ecommerce websites:

1.) Discovery Phone Calls

There are typically multiple discovery calls to learn more about your Guelph 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

If you're happy with our ecommerce development agency for your Guelph website development, just sign the proposal, pay a down payment, and schedule your 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 Mockup or Theme Selection

If your future Guelph ecommerce development is in WordPress with WooCommerce, or your design budget accommodates a custom design in Shopify, then the first phase of the project will begin with mocking up the design of your website. This way, everyone is on the same page about how your site will look and feel before an ecommerce developer starts. Alternatively, if you selected a template-based approach within Shopify, this is the phase where we start helping you select a template for your Guelph ecommerce site.

4.) Ecommerce Website Design

The longest phase of your Guelph ecommerce build will be the development process. Data migration, template customization, functionality development, and more! A password-protected development website lets you follow along.

5.) Website Launch (Plus Website Training!)

As soon as the ecommerce website development project is finished, we'll provide you with any training you need. We'll schedule a time that works for everyone to launch your Guelph ecommerce storefront once you're comfortable managing it. If interested, we can even share with you a checklist for the launch of the ecommerce site!

We've been optimizing our Ontario ecommerce web design process for more than 18 years. We have a tremendous amount of experience planning, designing, developing, and launching successful ecommerce web sites throughout Canada!

Additional services for Your Guelph Ecommerce Web Development Project

The development of the site is only one part of a successful ecommerce storefront in Guelph. Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your custom Guelph ecommerce website:

• We have an onsite internet advertising and SEO team to help you rank your ecommerce products higher in Guelph search results, or nationwide.
• We've got a paid 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 Guelph company, we can design logos, web banners, affiliate graphics, social media graphics, and other custom artwork.

We're your trusted Guelph ecommerce website provider no matter what your Guelph organization needs from its ecommerce website!

Why Choose WebCitz for Your Guelph Ecommerce Development

Choose WebCitz for our ecommerce experience, the dedication we put into each of our customers in Ontario, and the unique solutions we bring to the table.

We are a results-driven ecommerce website development agency with more than 18 years of experience designing amazing, high-converting ecommerce websites for small businesses and large corporations in Canada! Our ecommerce development agency is only 884.6 kilometers away and can handle all your Guelph ecommerce website development needs quickly and effectively.

Here are some of the best reasons to choose WebCitz:

• Our Guelph ecommerce web design services aren't outsourced.
• We have an in-house team of top ecommerce web designers.
• There are separate teams working on WooCommerce and Shopify websites.
• We start "from scratch" WordPress and WooCommerce projects from our very own internally built template, based on the Understrap framework.
• We've worked with multiple CSS frameworks like Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We have a team of SEO, user experience, ecommerce funnels, and conversion rate optimization experts to help answer Guelph online advertising questions.
• Check out our free web design tools like color scheme pickers and password generators.
• You can reach us on the phone, live chat, or email when you have questions about your Guelph ecommerce website development service.

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