Baltimore, MD Web Design Services

Our Baltimore Web Services

We are a comprehensive web development agency with a large team of in-house website designers and ecommerce website developers. Our web design team is broken into two groups, each specializing in either template or custom website design services.

1.) Template-Based Website Developments

Searching for an affordable website option? Your Baltimore small business might be interested in a template website!

Instead of creating design mockups and developing your website in a custom template, we can hand-pick several site 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 preferred theme for us to install on your development site.

From there, we'll customize the template to match your color scheme and then set up your web pages.

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 love to begin every Baltimore 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. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better website speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Baltimore organization.

The starting cost for a custom website design is around $9,500, and it can be finished in as little as 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 Baltimore 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 Baltimore web maintenance firms, including:

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Installing app, theme or plugin updates.
• Adding new web pages as you release new products or services.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging your Baltimore 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 issues or Google Search Console coverage problems.
• Adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Investigating and solving any other site issue.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Baltimore, MD Website

Before proceeding with the selection of a template or custom website design firm for your Baltimore business, it is important to understand what the goals are for your website project. The following are the most common goals we see for Baltimore website design and ecommerce website development projects:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Baltimore.
2. To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
3. To improve user experience, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
4. To pass Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To fix website accessibility concerns, or perhaps receive a web accessibility certificate.
6. To improve lead generation from the website.
7. To improve online orders from their ecommerce storefront.

Let's figure out what you want from your Baltimore web development project!

If you live in Baltimore, you probably love the Baltimore Ravens football team. Go Baltimore Ravens! In addition to designing Baltimore-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Annapolis, Bethesda, and Columbia.

Picking a Platform for Your Baltimore, MD Website

The foundation of your Baltimore website is the content management system you choose for the design project. Even though our top web designers and ecommerce developers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we only use WordPress for new content-based website projects. For ecommerce websites we use Shopify or WooCommerce.

1.) WordPress

More than 40% of websites in Maryland and the rest of the country are powered by WordPress.

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

• WordPress has thousands of third-party plugins available that can provide additional functionality for your website.
• WordPress has a large community of contributors helping to improve the platform's functionality, stability, and security.
• WordPress is popular among professional website design firms and freelance website designers, making it possible to find a local Baltimore web designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Baltimore web development 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.
• If your Baltimore small 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 Baltimore companies. There are no monthly fees to use WordPress or WooCommerce. Alternatively, Shopify has monthly fees to use the platform and their apps are often more expensive than WordPress or WooCommerce plugins.
• If you're in an industry that's not supported by Shopify, try WooCommerce.

3.) Shopify

Shopify is the most popular SaaS ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Baltimore, you'll probably need a Shopify website developer.

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

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

• Baltimore merchants searching for a hosted ecommerce platform should check out Shopify. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Baltimore without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• When Baltimore web companies don't need a lot of custom functionality, we often recommend Shopify. It is often more expensive to develop custom functionality within Shopify than WordPress. Additionally, you'll find getting Shopify apps often require monthly subscriptions versus one-time purchases for WordPress plugins.
• We often recommend Shopify for Baltimore 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 Baltimore, MD Web Developer

There are several important questions to ask your prospective Baltimore web design or ecommerce website design firm before proceeding with your project. Here are 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? Because we've got our own team of USA web designers and ecommerce web developers, we don't outsource.
• Do the web developers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? For any Baltimore web design 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 starting the website? We create design mockups for Baltimore businesses that choose a custom website design service, and provide template samples for clients that choose a theme-based website design service.
• Which CMS platform does your Baltimore web developer plan to use on your website project? Due to its scalability, ease of use, and popularity, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Baltimore website design team turn things around? Most of our custom web development 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 web design company provide original solutions? As a full-service website design firm, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

Other Services for Your Baltimore, MD Website

There is more to a successful template or custom website design project for your Baltimore, MD organization than you might realize. Here are some additional services to help make the most of your Baltimore website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Baltimore website or blog.
• Search Engine Optimization: Interested in improving organic traffic within Baltimore, or beyond? To help with off-page, technical, and on-page search engine optimization, we have our own team of SEO specialists.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: Looking to boost the conversion rates for your lead forms? Allow our custom web developers and digital marketers to team up and create an improved, higher converting landing pages for your organic and PPC advertising traffic.
• Web Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Baltimore website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance plans.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Baltimore, MD website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility problems on your website.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Baltimore, but still need a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts 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!

Our full-service website design firm is the perfect solution for your business!

Why Choose Us for Your Baltimore, MD Web Services

Because we love Baltimore as much as you do! There are so many exciting things to do in Baltimore, like visit popular destinations of Edgar Allan Poe House and Museum, Clifton Park Golf Course, Old Line Spirits, and others. For more fun ideas around Baltimore, check out this website!

We've been designing high-converting websites for 19 years. We help small businesses and even large corporations with their website projects. You can trust our consultants, who are only 895.1 miles away, to handle your professional website design quickly and efficiently.

• You won't find us outsourcing Baltimore web development projects. Head over to our web design portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
• We have our own in-house team of top website designers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We are highly experienced in SEO, user experience, and website performance.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our website marketing team is experienced in Baltimore search engine optimization services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
• Our web designers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Baltimore ecommerce web development project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with Baltimore web maintenance requests to keep your website updated and looking great!
• To really expand upon your online marketing, we can offer Baltimore PPC management and Baltimore social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.

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