Aurora Web Design Services

Our Aurora Web Services

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

1.) Template-Based Web Designs

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

Instead of creating design mockups and developing your website in a custom theme, we can hand-pick several website templates to share with you that closely match your desired look and feel.

But don't worry - you'll have the option to choose your most liked template for us to 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 templated web design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce website developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Web Designs

As a custom website design firm, we like to start every Aurora 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 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. There are many benefits to a custom template, including a simplified codebase that often has better site speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Aurora business.

The starting cost for a custom web development is $9,500, and it can be completed in as little as a few months. For custom ecommerce web designs, 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 maintenance services.

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

Here are some examples of website requests that Aurora web support agencies might help with:

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Aurora website.
• Improving site performance to help you pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
• Making your website look and feel better.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage concerns.
• Enhancing technical SEO with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing a solution to any other website problem.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Aurora, IL Website

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

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Aurora.
2. To redo an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve user experience, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
4. To pass Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To comply with ADA, WCAG, and other published guidelines that set the standards for website accessibility.
6. To improve lead generation through design improvements.
7. To get more sales from their ecommerce store.

Let us help plan your Aurora website design project!

In addition to designing Aurora-area websites, our firm also provides web design services to those in Chicago, Decatur, Elgin, Joliet, Naperville, Peoria, Rockford, and Springfield.

Picking a Platform for Your Aurora, IL Website

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

Our website design firm chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Aurora, 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.

• You can add new functionality to your website 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.
• With WordPress, you should easily be able to find a local Aurora website designer to help you with your project.

2.) WooCommerce

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

Here are some of the reasons our ecommerce web developers tend to recommend WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Aurora website design projects that require a custom designed theme with complex functionality, but are working on a limited budget. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
• If your Aurora business already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money rebuilding your content-based site just to add ecommerce.
• WooCommerce is a good open-source option for Aurora small businesses. You don't have to pay a monthly fee 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 web-based ecommerce platform. To run an ecommerce website using Shopify you will likely be searching for a Shopify website developer in Aurora.

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

Here are some reasons our ecommerce developers like Shopify:

• For Aurora merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you don't have to worry about hosting configuration or platform updates.
• For Aurora 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 versus WooCommerce plugins that are more affordable.
• We often recommend Shopify for Aurora ecommerce businesses that rely heavily on fast delivery times for development and marketing initiatives. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.

Questions to Ask a Aurora, IL Web Developer

You should ask a few questions of your prospective Aurora web design or ecommerce website design firm before starting a project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom web design or ecommerce website development project:

• Does the web developer outsource the project? We do not outsource custom web design or ecommerce web development projects for Aurora organizations. We have our own internal team of USA website designers.
• Do the web designers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? For any Aurora website development project that will replace an existing website, we plan out 301 redirects early in the project.
• Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before building the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Aurora 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 development service. If you opt for a template-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
• What CMS platforms is your Aurora web designer experienced in? Because of its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we prefer WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Aurora web development team turn things around? We typically finish custom website design projects in 2-3 months, and template website projects in 3-4 weeks. Ecommerce website projects typically take longer to finish.
• Does the web development agency have experience with innovative solutions? As a complete web design company, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

Other Services for Your Aurora, IL Website

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

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Aurora organization write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• Search Engine Optimization: Interested in improving organic traffic within Aurora, or beyond? To help with on-page, off-page, and technical search engine optimization, we have our own team of SEO experts.
• 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.
• Website Maintenance: After your template or custom Aurora site goes live, do you want to make modifications? We can help you install updates or make updates to your website.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Aurora, IL website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility glitches.
• Logo Design: Are you starting a new business in Aurora, IL, but haven't settled on a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your small business.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your site after it launches? To ensure fast hosting, our server admins teamed up with our web design team to configure fast caching systems for WordPress.

Our comprehensive website development agency is the perfect solution for your small business!

Why Choose Us for Your Aurora, IL Web Services

We love Aurora, just like you! There are so many awesome places to visit in Aurora, like Brother Chimp Brewing, Broadway in Aurora, Abbey Farms, and more! For other new ideas in or around Aurora, 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 professionals, who are only 214.6 miles away, to handle your professional web development quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Aurora web design projects. Check out our website design portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
• We have our own in-house team of top website developers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're consultants in search engine optimization, UX, and site speed.
• We have free web design tools like color scheme pickers and password generators.
• Our digital advertising team is highly experienced in Aurora local search engine optimization plans to help you rank higher in search results.
• We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is good if you are searching for a talented Aurora ecommerce website developer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We help with routine Aurora web maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• For an expanded digital advertising service, check out our Aurora paid ads management and Aurora social media services to target a broader audience.

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