Our Kitchener Web Services
We are a comprehensive web development agency with a large team of in-house web designers and ecommerce developers. Our web design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom website design services.
1.) Template-Based Web Developments
Looking for an affordable website? Your Kitchener small business might be interested in a template site!
Rather than designing mockups and developing a custom template for your website, we can search for a few website templates that match the look and feel you want in your next website or online store.
Rest assured, you'll have the opportunity to select the theme you prefer, which we will then 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 web developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.
2.) Custom Website Designs
As a custom website design firm, we love to begin every Kitchener web design service from scratch.
By utilizing this approach, our team can produce customized mockups that align with your brand guidelines. This will give you a glimpse into your website's look and feel prior to the start of website development work. These mockups can be altered to your satisfaction, allowing you to finalize the design concept and proceed with confidence.
Following your approval of the design mockup, our web development team will integrate it into a custom theme. Opting for a custom template can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced site speed and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Kitchener business.
The starting price for a custom website development is around $9,500, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For custom ecommerce web 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 maintenance services.
We view web maintenance to be a reactive support service that provides your Kitchener small business access to a web developer or ecommerce web designer who can solve nearly any website problem you have.
Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Kitchener web support companies, including:
- Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
- Installing app, theme or plugin updates.
- Adding new web pages as you release new information.
- Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
- Rearranging your Kitchener site's navigation menu.
- Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
- Making backups of your website's files and databases.
- Changing the look and feel of your website.
- Fixing website scan glitches or Google Search Console coverage errors.
- Enhancing technical search engine optimization with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
- Providing solutions to other website concerns.
- Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.
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Set Goals for Your Kitchener, Ontario Website
Before proceeding with the selection of a template or custom web development agency for your Kitchener business, it is important to understand what the goals are for your website project. The most common goals we've seen for Kitchener web development and ecommerce web design projects include:
- To create a website or online store for a new Kitchener company.
- To redesign an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
- To improve user experience (UX), reduce bounces, increase time on site, and/or improve conversions.
- To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
- To comply with ADA, WCAG, and other published guidelines that set the standards for website accessibility.
- To improve lead generation through design improvements.
- To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.
Let's figure out what you want from your Kitchener website design project!
In addition to designing Kitchener-area websites, our firm also provides web design services to those in Toronto, Gatineau, Hamilton, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Windsor, St. Catharines, Barrie, Guelph, Kingston, Milton, Brantford, Thunder Bay, and Ottawa.
Picking a Platform for Your Kitchener, Ontario Website
The foundation of your Kitchener website is the content management system you choose for the design project. While our top web designers and ecommerce website developers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we prefer to only provide web development services in WordPress, and ecommerce development services in Shopify or WooCommerce.
1.) WordPress
WordPress is simply the most popular open-source website platform, with more than 40% market share throughout Kitchener and the greater Ontario area.
WordPress is the most popular CMS in Kitchener, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized website design. The following reasons make WordPress the most scalable platform for designing websites, despite the fact there are alternatives for your project.
- You can add new functionality to your site 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 has a large following among expert web design companies and freelance website developers, helping ensure you can find a local Kitchener web designer to help you.
2.) WooCommerce
If you want an ecommerce website using WordPress, you'll likely need a WooCommerce web designer in Kitchener.We help Kitchener startups and ecommerce businesses build and launch awesome stores with WooCommerce.
These are some of the reasons our ecommerce developers like WooCommerce:
- We often recommend WooCommerce for Kitchener website design projects that need a custom theme with complex functionality, but are on a budget. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
- We often recommend WooCommerce for Kitchener businesses with an existing WordPress website. If you are happy with the look and feel of your content-based website, why invest the time and money into remaking that website just to add ecommerce?
- We often recommend WooCommerce for Kitchener small businesses who prefer open-source software. There are no monthly fees to use WordPress or WooCommerce. As an alternative, Shopify has monthly fees and their apps are often more expensive than WooCommerce or WordPress plugins.
- We also recommend WooCommerce for those in an industry not accepted by Shopify.
3.) Shopify
Shopify is the most popular SaaS ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Kitchener, you'll probably need a Shopify web designer.
Our Shopify developers have experience designing websites for online companies in and around Ontario.
Here are some of the reasons our ecommerce web developers often recommend Shopify:
- For Kitchener merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Kitchener without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
- For Kitchener web companies that don't need a lot of custom features, we often recommend Shopify. The cost of developing custom functionality within Shopify is often higher than in 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 Kitchener ecommerce businesses that need fast delivery times for marketing and development. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.
Questions to Ask a Kitchener, Ontario Web Designer
There are several important questions to ask your prospective Kitchener website development or ecommerce web development company before proceeding with your project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom web development or ecommerce development project:
- Does the website designer outsource the site project? We do not outsource custom web design or ecommerce website design projects for Kitchener companies. We have our own internal team of expert website designers.
- Will the web developers make 301 redirects to help preserve search placements? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Kitchener website redesign project.
- Does the web developer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before building the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Kitchener website projects to help everyone understand the design direction before the website build gets too far along. However, that is only viable if you choose a custom website design service. If you opt for a theme-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
- What platform does your Kitchener web designer use? Due to its scalability, ease of use, and popularity, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
- How fast can your Kitchener website design team turn things around? It takes us about 2-3 months to complete custom web design projects, and 3-4 weeks to complete template websites. Ecommerce developments often take longer.
- Does the web development agency provide innovative solutions? As a complete web design company, we enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!
Other Services for Your Kitchener, Ontario Website
There is more to a successful template or custom web design project for your Kitchener, Ontario small business than you might realize. Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Kitchener website:
- Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Kitchener organization write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
- SEO Game Plans: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Kitchener? With our own team of SEO specialists, we can 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: Want help making changes to your template pr custom Kitchener website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance packages.
- ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Kitchener, Ontario website needs to be accessible? We offer an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and fixes accessibility issues.
- Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Kitchener, but still need a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with great logo ideas for your small business.
- Website Hosting: Looking for a place to host your website? Our server administration and web development team work together to ensure fast WordPress hosting services!
No matter what your business needs for its website, you'll find our full-service website design firm to be your solution provider!
Why Choose Us for Your Kitchener, Ontario Web Services
Because we love Kitchener as much as you do! There are so many exciting things to do in Kitchener, like visit popular destinations of Huron Natural Area, Victoria Park, Descendants Beer and Beverage Co Ltd., and others. For more fun ideas around Kitchener, check out this website!
We have more than 19 years of experience designing amazing, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our professionals, who are just 874.6 kilometers away, to handle your professional web design.
- We do not outsource Kitchener website design projects. Check out our web development portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
- We have our own in-house team of skilled web designers.
- Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
- We're professionals in SEO, UX, and page performance.
- We provide free website design tools, such as color scheme pickers and password generators.
- Our online advertising team is experienced in Kitchener SEO services to help you improve search rankings and organic traffic.
- Our design team is very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify for any Kitchener ecommerce web designs you might be considering.
- You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
- We help with Kitchener web maintenance requests to keep your website updated and looking great!
- To really expand upon your internet marketing, we can offer Kitchener paid ads management and Kitchener social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.
Hear what our customers are saying
George Ormond
Corey was extremely helpful and spent a considerable amount of time going over my difficulties with a newly created website put together by someone else. I was under a very stressful deadline and he was extremely considerate and helpful. He managed to fix the problems that I was experiencing with my website. I had reached out to a number of website developers for help but only heard back from WebCitz and Corey got back to me within minutes!
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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!
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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