Alexandria Web Design Services

Our Alexandria Web Services

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

1.) Template-Based Website Designs

Looking for an affordable website? Your Alexandria business might be interested in a template website!

Rather than creating design mockups and building a custom theme for your website, we can find and share several website templates that closely align with the look and feel you want.

Rest assured, you'll have the opportunity to select the theme you prefer, which we will then install on your development site.

We will then tailor the template to align with your color scheme and load in your web content.

The starting price for a template-based website design is $3,750, and it can be completed in as little as a few weeks. For template-based ecommerce web designs, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Website Designs

As a custom web development agency, we like to start every Alexandria 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 website development work. In addition, these mockups can undergo changes until you're pleased with the design concept, enabling you to advance with certainty.

Following your approval of the design mockup, our website development team will integrate it into a custom theme. Opting for a custom theme can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced website speed and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Alexandria organization.

The starting cost for a custom website design is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For custom ecommerce 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.

We think of web maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Alexandria business access to a website developer or ecommerce website developer who can fix just about any problem.

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

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Alexandria website.
• Improve your website speed to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Making backups of your website's files and databases.
• Changing the look and feel of your website.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Enhancing technical search engine optimization with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other site glitches.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Alexandria, VA Website

It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom web development agency for your Alexandria small business. The most common goals we've seen for Alexandria web development and ecommerce web design projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new Alexandria company.
2. To redesign an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
4. To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
5. To improve website accessibility for the general public looking at the website.
6. To improve lead generation from the website.
7. To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.

Let us help plan your Alexandria web development project!

In addition to designing Alexandria-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Arlington, Chesapeake, Norfolk, Reston, Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Lynchburg.

Picking a Platform for Your Alexandria, VA Website

Your Alexandria website is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. While our top website designers and ecommerce web designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we prefer to only provide web design 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 Alexandria and the greater Virginia area.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Alexandria, but just because it's the best for a customized web development service. The following reasons make WordPress the most scalable platform for designing websites, despite the fact there are alternatives for your project.

• You can add functionality to your website through third-party WordPress plugins. Not everything has to be built from scratch!
• WordPress has a large community of contributors helping to improve the platform's functionality, stability, and security.
• WordPress has a large following among expert website design firms and freelance web designers, helping ensure you can find a local Alexandria website designer to help you.

2.) WooCommerce

We help Alexandria startups and ecommerce businesses build and launch awesome stores with WooCommerce.

These are some of the reasons our ecommerce web developers 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 Alexandria business already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. If you are happy with the look and feel of your content-based website, why invest the time and money into redesigning that website just to add ecommerce?
• WooCommerce is a great open-source option for Alexandria small businesses. 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 hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Alexandria, you'll probably need a Shopify web designer.

Our Shopify developers have experience designing websites for online companies in and around Virginia.

Here are some reasons our ecommerce web developers like Shopify:

• For Alexandria merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Alexandria without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Alexandria web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. The cost of developing custom functionality within Shopify is often higher than in WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees versus WooCommerce plugins that are more affordable.
• Shopify is a great option for Alexandria 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 Alexandria, VA Web Designer

You should ask a few questions of your prospective Alexandria website development or ecommerce web development company before starting a 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 Alexandria companies. We have our own internal team of USA web designers.
• Will the website designers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Alexandria website refresh project.
• Will the web designer make a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the site? We create design mockups for Alexandria businesses that choose a custom web design service, and provide template samples for clients that choose a template-based web design service.
• What platform does your Alexandria website designer use? Because of its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we prefer WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Alexandria web development team turn things around? Most of our custom web design projects are ready in two to three months, but template websites are closer to three to four weeks. Ecommerce projects usually require more time.
• Does the website design firm provide creative solutions? As a comprehensive web development agency, we enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!

Other Services for Your Alexandria, VA Website

A successful template or custom web development project for your Alexandria business is just getting started! Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Alexandria website:

• Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Alexandria small business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• Search Engine Optimization Game Plans: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Alexandria, or elsewhere? With our own team of search engine optimization experts, we can help with technical, on-page, and off-page search engine optimization.
• Conversion Optimization: Want to make your lead forms convert more often? Allow our custom web designers and website marketers to team up and create an improved, higher converting landing pages for your organic and PPC advertising traffic.
• Website Maintenance: Want help making changes to your template pr custom Alexandria website after it launches? We can help you install updates or make changes to your website.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Alexandria, VA site needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility glitches on your website.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Alexandria, but still need a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with great logo ideas for your company.
• Web Hosting Services: After your website launches, do you need a place to host it? 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 Alexandria, VA Web Services

We love Alexandria, just like you! There are so many awesome places to visit in Alexandria, like Alexandria City Hall & Market Square, Virtue Feed & Grain, King & Rye, and more! For other new ideas in or around Alexandria, check out this great website!

We have more than 19 years of experience designing attractive, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our consultants, who are just 897.7 miles away, to handle your professional website design.

• We do not outsource Alexandria web development projects. Check out our web design portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
• We've got our own team of leading website designers.
• We've worked with multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We are highly experienced in SEO, user experience, and website performance.
• We provide free website development tools, such as color scheme pickers and password generators.
• Our website marketing team is highly experienced in Alexandria local SEO campaigns to help you rank higher in search results.
• Our website designers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Alexandria ecommerce website development project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We have a website team to help with Alexandria web maintenance when you need website updates.
• To really expand upon your website marketing, we can offer Alexandria PPC management and Alexandria social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.

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