Web Design Services
Beautiful, Custom Web Designs
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Professional Web Designers
When you choose WebCitz, you will be working with a dedicated team of web designers who will build you an innovative, creative, and effective website. Our large, in-house team of web design professionals will design a website you love and will make you feel like you are part of the team throughout the project. Not only will your website look visually stunning – it will also be fully responsive, SEO-friendly, and visually appealing to your clients. Our agency designs websites using WordPress, a robust and scalable content management system. For highly complex projects, our Laravel development services might be of interest to your project.
From the start of your project to the finishing touches, our web design company will place a strong emphasis on quality communication and availability. We believe communication is key to professional website design and that availability for every client is paramount.
- WordPress Developers
- Responsive Web Design
- Communication & Availability
- Improved SEO Framework
Our Website Design Process
From the first phone call to the kick-off meeting and beyond, our friendly web designers and website sales professionals will be available to answer all your initial questions. In the early meetings, we will discuss specifics such as the requirements of your project, what web design styles you prefer, and what is important for your business. We'll even help you choose a color scheme for your website! If it is a redesign project, we'll go over what you'd like to see improved, otherwise we'll help you find the fastest route to launching a successful website if you are starting from scratch. Additionally, we will discuss the benefits of a CMS platform like WordPress to help you narrow in on which platform will best serve your needs. We'll discuss with you your project in detail, because we care to learn about your company, its goals and your website project. This communication ensures we are all on the same page, and that your initial wireframe and design samples are right the first time!
Following the kick-off conversation, our expert UX web designers will begin creating a wireframe or design mockup based on your preferences. When ready, we will share with you the wireframe or mockup to get your feedback and involve you in the early design phase of your website. During this stage of the project, we work closely with you to create a custom design for your future website's layout, navigation, content, and call-to-actions. In this stage, we may only have lorem ipsum content in the design mockup, but we'll work with you to put your very own content in the website soon enough! You will be an integral part of this process as we communicate and work with you to refine the web design sample before any advanced work begins.
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WebCitz is a USA-based web agency with 18+ dedicated team members. WebCitz does not outsource projects!
Mobile-Friendly, Responsive Web Designs
More than 50% of website traffic comes from mobile users. With this is mind, it is essential that your website looks good and functions properly on mobile devices. Not only that, providing support for mobile users is considered an SEO best practice. Google will lower your website's search result placements if your site does not support mobile users. You will want to avoid this issue by looking for a web design agency that can design a mobile-friendly website.
When you work with our website experts, you will receive a responsive, custom web design. A responsive website design ensures your website will look great on all devices, from mobile phones to desktop monitors. The design team at WebCitz is skilled in designing mobile-friendly websites that look appealing on any screen size. If during the design process of your website you ever notice anything strange, refer to our browser size checker and let us know the height and width of your screen so we can quickly resolve your issue!
Best of all, we'll integrate your responsive web design in WordPress. Having your responsive website built in a popular content management system will ensure you are ready for the years ahead. Whether you are looking for a simple responsive website with up to ten pages of content, or a much larger responsive website with complex design or custom programming requirements, our web design services can provide you the mobile-friendly website design you need for your business.
How to Choose the Best CMS Platform
Some of the most common questions we hear about our web design services are "which website platform is best for my business" and "will I be able to modify my website after it launches?"
The answer to the first website question is simple! Our website designers and website sales staff will discuss with you your website's goals and requirements to make recommendations for the best website platform for your business. In some situations, especially for landing page design projects, we might not even need a CMS platform like WordPress. As for the second website question, you'll absolutely be able to edit your own website! We understand you will want to make simple edits to your website after it launches, which is one of the reasons we recommend WordPress. While there are many pros and cons for each, because of the popularity of WordPress, our web design company is often hired to perform Joomla to WordPress migrations during redesign projects. These website platforms will allow you to update pages, add images, write blog posts, and much more.
After your website launches, our in-house web design team will provide you training in your new website's admin area. This will help ensure you know how to navigate the administration area of your website to create new pages, edit menu items and save your changes. Even if you have little to no experience managing a website, our website design experts will be able to easily guide you the simple process. Just give us a call at (800) 796-8263 and we will be happy to walk you through the administration of your website.
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FREE WEB DESIGN CONSULTATION
Schedule a no cost, no obligation 30-60 minute phone call to discuss a website design with our team. It's so quick and easy!
Improving Your Website Security Practices
If you are a website owner, you should consider adopting these best web design practices to keep your website secure from online attacks and malware. Our website experts will be happy to make recommendations and implement security measures during the design process of your new website.
- Use a strong password generation tool for admin accounts.
- Install an SSL certificate, and fix any mixed content issues.
- Configure a website application firewall, like Wordfence or Better WP Security.
- Place htaccess passwords on administrative folders.
- Switch to the latest version of PHP and MySQL.
- Ask your hosting provider if they routinely update server software.
When it comes to the security of your website, we recommend you leave no stone unturned. If you have questions about securing your website from online attacks, reach out to our website design experts for additional advice on best practices to implement.
Designing a Fast Website
It is estimated that 53% of website visits are abandoned when a mobile site takes more than three seconds to load. In addition, approximately 50% of people anticipate a page to load in less than two seconds. If your website performance is lacking, your competitor's website could be just a click away.
Website speed impacts more than just user experience, it also plays an important role in search engine optimization. Furthermore, websites that load fast tend to have higher conversion rates and lower bounce rates. Your website’s rankings will drop if search engines determine your website to load slower than expected. When our company designs your website, we take search engine optimization, user experience and website speed seriously, for both mobile and desktop experiences.
With these statistics in mind, it is essential your future website be designed with speed in mind. Our web design experts always take into consideration the importance of site speed when designing a website. To ensure your website loads quickly, our designers routinely optimize images, minify scripts, enable GZIP compression, implement content delivery networks and much more!
If you have questions about site speed, our team of friendly website professionals will be happy to talk with you! Give us a call at (800) 796-8263 to discuss your website project.
SEO-Friendly Web Design Services
When our web design company builds your website, we will implement our own SEO best practices to ensure your website is SEO-friendly. Before launching your new website, we'll setup any necessary 301 redirects, optimize page titles, write meta descriptions, improve mobile experiences and much more!
The launch of your website is just the beginning to your SEO journey. If you are truly serious about increasing organic traffic, you should consider subscribing to our SEO services. This will provide our marketing team the necessary budget to make routine improvements to your website's on-page and off-page SEO. Our agency's goal is to get you better visibility for relevant search results, increase your organic traffic and improve your conversion rates. To really capture some attention in the headlines you write, consider using emojis to peak interest. Talk with one of our website experts to learn more about the benefits of a monthly marketing campaign after the launch of your website by calling us at (800) 796-8263!
Experienced Web Design Agency
With decades of experience in the web design industry, our professionals strive to follow web standards, best practices, and user-experience guidelines while also providing helpful web design tools for the community. We stand beside our services and are proud of the large customer base we have worked with over the years. We even have experience with website ADA compliance and often help companies integrate solutions to improve usability and accessibility.
17+ Years of Experience
Our dedicated team of website design professionals have years of experience in the industry. We have extensive knowledge in numerous CMS platforms, including WordPress. In addition, we have specialized knowledge in mobile-friendly website design, custom programming, SEO best practices, and user-experience optimization.
Hundreds of Satisfied Clients
From small informational websites, to large ecommerce storefronts, our web design company has completed website projects for hundreds of clients throughout the United States and Canada. We are happy to have built personal relationships with many of our clients over the years.
Dedicated Project Managers
To ensure availability and a clear line of communication between your staff and our web design specialists, we often assign dedicated project managers during large design projects. Our project managers work to learn your business's goals and website vision, making it their mission to understand you better to ensure your project progresses smoothly from start to finish.
Custom Web Design Services
Our website designers value a custom, personalized approach to web design services. To fulfill your website goals, our web design professionals strive to deliver exactly what you desire. For this reason, we tend to start projects by creating wireframes and design mockups to ensure everyone is in agreement with how the design of your website progresses.
Website Design Cost Calculator
You are in complete control of your website design budget. Answer a few simple questions about your project and our website cost calculator will recommend a budget range for your website development. To receive a more accurate quote, simply reach out to our team to discuss the details of your project. We have plenty of affordable web design options available. This website design cost calculator helps you understand the factors involved in quoting a website development service.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How Much Does A New Website Cost?
There is no single answer to this question. Each website design project is quoted based on its unique requirements. Our firm designs and develops custom websites tailored to the needs of small businesses and emerging enterprises. Each website is unique and requires different elements. We'll ask you many questions, assess your needs, and provide you with a quote based on that assessment. We have a starting cost of $5,000 (~50 hours) for non-ecommerce websites and $7,500 (~75 hours) for ecommerce websites, but the sky is the limit from there. For example, the largest single project we have worked on required 1,600 hours and cost over $150,000 to develop.
How Long Does It Take To Develop A Custom Website?
The average turnaround time for a project is six to eight weeks, but the pace is set by the client. This relates to how much input you can provide during the initial stages, your availability for feedback, and how soon the content is available. The complexity of the site may also play a role - more complex sites will require a longer development period.
Do You Only Create WordPress Websites?
Our development team is versatile, and we can build content-based websites using WordPress or Laravel. If you're looking for an e-commerce website, we're well-versed in Shopify and BigCommerce. WordPress tends to be the most popular platform for content-based websites because it powers more than 30% of CMS websites you'll find on the internet.
Should I Hire A Local Web Developer?
You should hire the company best-suited to handle your project, based on their experience, reputation, affordability and communication. When you limit your search to only local businesses, especially when you have complex requirements, you risk sacrificing the quality of the end product. To help bridge any distances between your company and our company, we are more than willing to jump onto video conference calls throughout the sales and development phases of your project.
Will I Be Able To Edit My Website?
Yes, we do not restrict our client's from accessing any functionality within the admin area of their website. Either before or after the launch of your website, someone from our team will provide you with training on how to make simple modifications to your website, such as updating text and images. That said, we also offer maintenance services if you wish to have someone else manage your website, or just handle the more complicated changes.
Will My Website Be Mobile-Friendly?
Absolutely! It is more important than ever to have a mobile-friendly website. Our team works hard to ensure that your website works well on a variety of devices. In fact, we even have a subscription to Browser Stack to help ensure we can test your website in native environments of Microsft, Apple and Linux operating systems released more than a decade in the past.
How Do I Pay For My Website?
For the majority of our web design projects, we split the cost into two equal payments. The first payment is due before starting your project and the final payment is due after launching your project. For large projects, we are flexible and can break the payment into three equal installments, one to start the project, one half-way through the project, and the final at the launch of the project. We accept payment using most major credit cards, PayPal, and business checks.
How Much Feedback Should I Provide During The Web Design Process?
A lot! Your input and feedback is essential to the web design process. In order to develop the right look and functionality, we will ask a lot of questions about your needs and preferences. This is typically handled in the kickoff call between you and our graphic designer. If your project includes a mockup, this will be your opportunity to see the general look and feel the designer is going for before the project moves into development. It is much easier to make changes during the design stage of the project before a developer starts coding the entire project.
Who Writes Content For My Website?
Typically, that is you. As the expert on your business, it is usually best if it comes from you. Our copywriters can assist you in cleaning up the content or writing original content at an additional cost if you need it.
Where Should I Host My Website?
Hosting is a critical part to the success of your website. If you choose the cheapest hosting option, expect the cheapest quality and cheapest support. We do not require you host your website with our company, but if you don't choose our company we strongly recommend you choose a quality alternative to avoid website downtime, performance issues and lost time.
Our web hosting services use fully managed servers with Dual Intel Xeon Processors, Hardware RAID-10 SSD Storage w/ BBU, and 128GB+ ECC Memory.
Who Owns My Website?
After you have paid the final invoice for the website development project, you are the owner of the project. You have rights to any work our design and development teams have performed specifically for your company. However, this does not mean you own WordPress, Shopify, Laravel, WooCommerce, BigCommerce or any app / extension developed by a third-party and installed on your platform.
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