Our Lowell Web Services
We are a complete website development agency with a large staff of internal website designers and ecommerce web designers. Our web design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom website design services.
1.) Template-Based Web Developments
Searching for an affordable website option? Your Lowell small business might be interested in a template website!
Instead of creating design mockups and developing your website in a custom template, 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.
Next, we will modify the template to use your color scheme and then add in your web pages.
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 website designs, the cost and turnaround will be higher.
2.) Custom Web Designs
As a custom website design firm, we love to begin every Lowell web 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 website designers begin their work. Best of all, those mockups can be revised until you're happy with the design concept and are ready to move forward.
Following your approval of the design mockup, our web development team will integrate it into a custom template. Opting for a custom theme can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced site performance and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Lowell business.
The starting cost for a custom web development is $9,500, and it can be completed in as little as a few months. For custom ecommerce 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 support services.
We think of website maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Lowell small business access to a website developer or ecommerce web developer who can fix just about any problem.
Here are some examples of website requests that Lowell web maintenance agencies might help with:
- Updating your website platform.
- Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
- Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
- Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
- Rearranging your Lowell site's navigation menu.
- Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
- Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
- Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
- Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage concerns.
- Enhancing technical search engine optimization with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
- Providing solutions to other website issues.
- Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.
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Set Goals for Your Lowell, MA Website
To choose the best template or custom web design company for your Lowell business, you need to know what your goals are. The most common goals we've seen for Lowell web development and ecommerce development projects include:
- To create a website or online store for a new Lowell organization.
- To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
- 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 comply with ADA, WCAG, and other published guidelines that set the standards for website accessibility.
- To improve lead generation through design improvements.
- To improve online orders from their ecommerce storefront.
Let's figure out what you want from your Lowell website design project!
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Picking a Platform for Your Lowell, MA Website
A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Lowell site. While our top website designers and ecommerce website designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we prefer to only provide website development services in WordPress, and ecommerce development services in Shopify or WooCommerce.
1.) WordPress
More than 40% of websites in Massachusetts and the rest of the country are powered by WordPress.
Our web design company chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Lowell, 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 new 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 is popular among professional web design companies and freelance web developers, making it possible to find a local Lowell website designer to work with you.
2.) WooCommerce
To run an ecommerce website using WordPress you'll likely be looking for a WooCommerce web developer in Lowell.We help Lowell startups and ecommerce businesses build and launch awesome stores with WooCommerce.
These are some of the reasons our ecommerce website developers like WooCommerce:
- We often recommend WooCommerce for Lowell web development projects that require a custom designed theme with complex functionality, but are working on a limited budget. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
- If your Lowell small business already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money redesigning your content-based website just to add ecommerce.
- Most small businesses in Lowell who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. You don't have to pay a monthly fee for WordPress or WooCommerce. If you want to use Shopify, you'll need a paid subscription for 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 SaaS ecommerce platform. To run an ecommerce website using Shopify you will likely be searching for a Shopify website developer in Lowell.
Our Shopify web development team has experience designing websites for online stores around Massachusetts within the Shopify platform.
Here are some reasons our ecommerce developers like Shopify:
- For Lowell merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Lowell without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
- When Lowell web companies don't need a lot of custom functionality, we often recommend Shopify. It's typically more expensive to develop custom functionality in Shopify than WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees versus WooCommerce plugins that are more affordable.
- The best ecommerce platform for Lowell small businesses that rely heavily on fast turnaround 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 Lowell, MA Website Designer
You should ask your prospective Lowell website design or ecommerce development agency several questions before you get started. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom website design or ecommerce web design project:
- Does the web designer outsource the website project? Because we've got our own team of USA web developers and ecommerce web designers, we don't outsource.
- Do the web designers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Lowell search engine optimization.
- Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before building the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Lowell 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 development service. If you opt for a template-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
- Which CMS platform does your Lowell web designer plan to use on your website project? Due to its popularity, scalability, and ease of use, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
- How fast is your Lowell web design service? We typically complete custom web 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 provide original solutions? As a full-service website design firm, we enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!
Other Services for Your Lowell, MA Website
There's more to a successful template or custom website design project for your Lowell organization than you may realize. Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Lowell website:
- Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Lowell website or blog.
- SEO: Interested in improving organic traffic within Lowell, or beyond? We have our own team of search engine optimization consultants to help with on-page, off-page, and technical search engine optimization.
- Optimizing Conversion Rates: Are you trying to boost the conversion rate of your lead forms? Let us create effective landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
- Web Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Lowell website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance plans.
- Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Lowell, MA website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility concerns.
- Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Lowell, but still need a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with great logo ideas for your business.
- Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? Our server administration and web development team work together to ensure fast WordPress hosting services!
Our full-service website design firm is the perfect solution for your business!
Why Choose Us for Your Lowell, MA Web Services
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We have more than 19 years of experience designing awesome, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our experts to handle your professional website design.
- You won't find us outsourcing Lowell web development projects. Head over to our web design portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
- We have our own in-house team of top web designers.
- Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
- We're professionals in SEO, UX, and website 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 Lowell 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 Lowell ecommerce developer.
- You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
- We help with routine Lowell web maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
- To really expand upon your digital marketing, we can offer Lowell PPC management and Lowell social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.
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