Chicago Web Design Services

Our Chicago Web Design Services

We are a full-service website design firm with a large staff of in-house web designers. Our website design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either custom or template web development services.

Custom Website Designs for Chicago Businesses

As a custom web design company, we prefer to start every Chicago website development service from scratch.

This allows our team to design custom mockups specific to your branding requirements, to show you the look and feel of your future website before web designers start their work. Best of all, those mockups can be revised until you're happy with the design concept and are ready to move forward.

After you approve the custom website design mockup, our web development team will integrate it into a completely custom theme. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better page speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Chicago website.

For a custom website with design mockups, our starting price is $9,500 with a 8-12 week turnaround.

Template-Based Website Designs for Chicago Businesses

If the cost of a custom website isn't within the budget of your Chicago businesses or organization, we offer template-based websites that can save you money!

Instead of creating design mockups and developing your website in a custom theme, we'll hand-pick several website templates that closely match your desired look and feel. Don't worry though, you'll be able to select your desired template for us to install on your development site. From there, we'll customize the template to match your color scheme and load your content into the template's layout options.

For a web development using a customized website template, our starting price is $3,750 with a 2-3 week turnaround.

Determine Goals for Your Chicago, IL Web Design Service

To choose the right custom web design company for your Chicago business, you need to know what your goals are. Here are some of the most common custom web development goals we've seen for Chicago websites:

• To create a website for a new business in Chicago.
• To redesign an existing website for a modern, expert look and feel.
• To improve UX, bounce rates, and conversion metrics.
• In order to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• To fix website accessibility issues, or perhaps receive a web accessibility certificate.
• To improve your lead generation capabilities by having a better website that delivers more leads and better conversion opportunities.

We have experience delivering on such website goals, which should be of great help to Illinois website design clients, such as yourself. Help us figure out what you want from your custom Chicago website development project and we'll make sure everyone is happy!

If you live in Chicago, you probably love the Chicago Bears football team. Go Chicago Bears! In addition to designing Chicago-area websites, our web design company also offers Aurora, Bloomington, Decatur, Elgin, Joliet, Naperville, Palatine, Peoria, Rockford, Schaumburg, Skokie, and Springfield small businesses and large corporations a custom web development service.

The Best CMS Platform for Chicago, IL Websites

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Chicago website. Our web designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, but we only provide top website design services in the WordPress CMS.

WordPress is simply the most popular open-source website platform, with more than 40% market share throughout Chicago and the greater Illinois area.

Our custom web development agency chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Chicago, but also because it is simply the best overall. Although there are dozens of content management systems to choose from, we've found WordPress to be the most scalable for designing websites.

Benefits of WordPress for Your Custom Website Design

• You can add functionality to your website without custom programming with WordPress plugins.
• WordPress has a large community of contributors helping to improve the platform's functionality, stability, and security.
• WordPress is huge among custom website design firms and freelance web designers, so you can find a local Chicago website designer to work with you.

Questions to Ask Your Chicago, IL Web Designer

You should ask your Chicago web development agency several questions before you get started. Here are some questions we get asked before starting a custom website design or web development project:

• Does the website designer outsource the project? We do not outsource custom website design projects for Chicago businesses, since we have our own internal team of USA website developers.
• Will the professional web designers do 301 redirects to help search engines? For any Chicago custom website design project that will replace an existing website, we plan out 301 redirects early in the project
• Does the web developer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the website? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Chicago 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 design 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 Chicago website designer plan to use on your website project? Because of its popularity, scalability, and ease-of-use, we prefer WordPress.
• How fast is your Chicago web development service? It takes us about 2-3 months to finish Illinois web design projects, assuming you have a standard type of project.
• How good are the reviews of the custom website design firm when it comes to providing creative solutions? As a full-service web design company, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

How We Design the Best Websites in Chicago, IL

We know how to design Chicago websites! We've been designing websites for more than 18 years!

1.) Discovery Call

The first step in the Chicago web development process is understanding your project and providing you an estimate for the work involved. Usually, this involves a phone call to go over your custom web design requirements and answer any questions you might have.

2.) Kick Off Conversation.

After selecting our custom website design firm for your Chicago website service, we'll hold a kick off call between you, one of our project managers, and one of our website designers. If you chose a custom Chicago website design service, we'll discuss the creation of design mockups with you. Alternatively, if you chose a template Chicago website development service, we'll discuss your preferred design styles to help us find and suggest a few website templates for the project.

3.) Design Approval

After you approve your design mockup (for a custom Chicago web design), or choose a final template (for a template-based Chicago website design), we'll get time scheduled for a website developer to begin your project!

4.) Build Process

Usually, the web development phase of a custom web design project takes the longest. Follow the progress of your Chicago website design on a password-protected development website.

5.) Website Launch

After the website has been finished for your Chicago business, we'll schedule it to be launched at a time convenient to everyone involved. Training is usually handled before or after a launch.

You'll love working with our team throughout the entire process and be happy you chose WebCitz for your Chicago website. Whether you are in Chicago, or a nearby area like Cicero, IL, Oak Park, IL, Berwyn, IL, Forest Park, IL, and River Forest, IL we'll be able to develop the website you've dreamed of having for your business.

Additional Services for Your Chicago, IL Web Design Project

There's more to a successful custom web development project for your Chicago small business or large corporation than just the website. Let's look at some additional services to help you with your Chicago website. These are all optional extras that will help you get the most out of your custom website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Chicago business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products and services.
• Video Production: Want to show off a product or service on your Chicago website? We've got a video production department that makes rich multimedia for our clients.
• Website Accessibility: Not sure if your Chicago, IL website needs to be accessible to people with disabilities? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues on your website.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: 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: After your custom Chicago website goes live, do you want to make changes? We can help you install updates or make changes to your website.
• Logo Design: Getting ready to start a business in Chicago, but still need a logo? Allow our creative designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your business.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? To ensure fast WordPress hosting, our server administrators have teamed up with our custom web design team to go through multiple caching and optimization methods.
• Search Engine Optimization: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Chicago, or elsewhere? We have our own team of search engine optimization experts to help with technical, on-page, and off-page SEO.

Our full-service website development and digital marketing agency is the perfect solution for your business.

Why Choose WebCitz for Your Chicago, IL Website Design

Because we love the City of Chicago! There are so many exciting places to visit in Chicago, like 12th Street Beach, 312 Chicago, Adler Planetarium, and others. For more ideas around Chicago, check out this helpful website!

We've been designing websites for over 18 years. We help large corporations, and even small businesses, with all types of website projects. You can trust our specialists, who are only 194.1 miles away, to handle your premium web design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Chicago website design projects. Check out our web development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
• We've got our own team of top website designers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're experts on SEO, UX, and page speed. We don't mind providing a helpful review of Google Analytics data on your website!
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our online advertising team is highly experienced in Chicago local SEO campaigns to help you rank higher in search results.
• Our design team is very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify for any Chicago ecommerce web developments you might be considering.
• You can reach us on the phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with routine Chicago website maintenance services and Chicago logo design services to help you keep your website fresh.
• For an expanded digital marketing campaign, check out our Chicago PPC ads management and Chicago social media services to target a broader audience.

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