Akron, OH Web Design Services

Our Akron Web Services

We are a one-stop website development agency with a large group of onsite website designers and ecommerce web designers. Our web design company is separated into two teams, each working on either template or custom web development services.

1.) Template-Based Website Designs

Looking for an affordable website? Your Akron company might be interested in a template website!

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 template you prefer, which we will then install on your development site.

Next, we will modify the theme to use your color scheme and then add in your web pages.

The starting cost for a template website design is around $3,750, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For template ecommerce developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Website Designs

As a custom web development agency, we love to begin every Akron website 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 web development 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 design mockup, our website development team will integrate it into a completely custom theme. Opting for a custom template can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced page speed and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Akron small business.

The starting price for a custom web design is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For custom ecommerce web developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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3.) Website Maintenance

After the launch of your website, or if you have one, you might be interested in website support services.

Web maintenance is a reactive support service that connects you with a web developer or ecommerce developer on our team who can fix nearly any website issue.

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Akron web maintenance agencies, including:

• Updating your website platform.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new web pages as you release new products or services.
• Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
• Rearranging your Akron site's navigation menu.
• Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Making backups of your website's files and databases.
• Making your site look and feel better.
• Fixing website scan issues or Google Search Console coverage problems.
• 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 Akron, OH Website

It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom website development agency for your Akron small business. Here are some of the most common web development and ecommerce development goals we've seen for Akron websites:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Akron.
2. To redo an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve user experience (UX), reduce bounces, increase time on site, and/or improve conversions.
4. To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
5. To comply with ADA, WCAG, and other published guidelines that set the standards for website accessibility.
6. To make the website a lead generation machine.
7. To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.

Let's figure out what you want from your Akron website design project!

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Picking a Platform for Your Akron, OH Website

Your Akron site is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. Our website designers and ecommerce website designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, but we provide our best website development services in WordPress. We also develop ecommerce sites in Shopify and WooCommerce.

1.) WordPress

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

WordPress is the most popular CMS in Akron, 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 website through third-party WordPress plugins. Not everything has to be built from scratch!
• WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
• WordPress has a large following among expert web design companies and freelance web developers, helping ensure you can find a local Akron website designer to help you.

2.) WooCommerce

Our WooCommerce website development team has experience helping startups and existing ecommerce businesses in Akron build amazing stores with WooCommerce.

These are some of the reasons our ecommerce web designers like WooCommerce:

• If you need a custom theme with complex functionality, but have a limited budget, we often recommend WooCommerce. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
• If your Akron small business site runs on WordPress, we typically 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?
• Most companies in Akron who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. You don't have to pay a monthly fee for WordPress or WooCommerce. Alternatively, Shopify has monthly fees to use 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. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Akron, you'll probably need a Shopify website developer.

We can design a website for your online business in or around Ohio that runs on the Shopify platform.

Here are some of the reasons our ecommerce developers often recommend Shopify:

• For Akron merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Akron without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Akron web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. 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.
• The best ecommerce platform for Akron 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 Akron, OH Website Designer

You should ask a few questions of your prospective Akron website design or ecommerce development agency before starting a project. Here are some we get asked before starting a custom website design or ecommerce web design project:

• Does the web designer outsource the project? We do not outsource custom website design or ecommerce website development projects for Akron businesses. We have our own internal team of USA web designers.
• Will the website 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 Akron website makeover project.
• Does the web developer plan to create a mockup, or provide theme samples, before building the site? We always start with a design mockup for Akron custom website design projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the site. However, if you choose a template-based website design service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
• What platform does your Akron website developer use? Due to its popularity, scalability, and ease of use, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Akron web design team turn things around? 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 have experience with 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 Akron, OH Website

A successful template or custom website design project for your Akron organization is just getting started! Let's look at some additional services to help your Akron website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Akron small business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• Search Engine Optimization Game Plans: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Akron? With our own team of search engine optimization experts, we can help with technical, on-page, and off-page search engine optimization.
• Optimizing Conversion Rates: 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.
• Web Maintenance: Want help making edits to your template pr custom Akron website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our web maintenance plans.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Akron, OH website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility problems.
• Logo Design: Are you starting a new business in Akron, OH, but haven't settled on a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with good logo ideas for your small business.
• Web Hosting Tactics: After your website launches, do you need a place to host it? Our WordPress hosting is fast and basic thanks to the caching systems set up by our server admins and web developers!

Whatever your business needs from its website, our full-service website design firm has your solution!

Why Choose Us for Your Akron, OH Web Services

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We've been designing websites for over 19 years. We help large corporations, and even small businesses, with all types of website projects. You can trust our professionals, who are only 558.7 miles away, to handle your professional web design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Akron 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.
• Our team is highly experienced in search engine optimization, 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 Akron SEO services to help you improve search rankings and organic traffic.
• We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is great if you are searching for a talented Akron ecommerce web developer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We have a site team to help with Akron website maintenance when you need website updates.
• To broaden your online advertising service, we can include our Akron PPC ads management and Akron social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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