Buffalo Web Design Services

Our Buffalo 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 separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom website design services.

1.) Template-Based Website Developments

Looking for an affordable website? Your Buffalo small 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.

Don't worry though, you'll be able to select your desired 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 templated website development is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce web developments, the cost and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Web Developments

As a custom web design company, we prefer to start every Buffalo web development 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. 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 web development team will integrate it into a completely custom template. 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 Buffalo organization.

The starting price for a custom website design is $9,500, and it can be completed in as little as a few months. For custom ecommerce website developments, the cost 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 web maintenance services.

We view website maintenance to be a reactive support service that provides your Buffalo business access to a website 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 Buffalo web support agencies, including:

• Updating your website platform.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new web pages as you release new products or services.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Buffalo website.
• Improving page speed to help you pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
• Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
• Fixing Google Search Console coverage concerns.
• Improving technical SEO by adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Investigating and solving any other website issue.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Buffalo, NY Website

Before proceeding with the selection of a template or custom website development agency for your Buffalo business, it is important to understand what the goals are for your website project. The most common goals we've seen for Buffalo web development and ecommerce development projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Buffalo.
2. To redo an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
4. To increase site performance for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To fix website accessibility concerns, or perhaps receive a web accessibility certificate.
6. To improve lead generation through design improvements.
7. To improve online orders from their ecommerce storefront.

Let us help you figure out the goals of your Buffalo web development project to ensure everyone is happy with the finished website!

If you live in Buffalo, you probably love the Buffalo Bills football team. Go Buffalo Bills! In addition to designing Buffalo-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Albany, Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, New York City, Niagara Falls, Queens, Staten Island, Syracuse, Yonkers, and Rochester.

Picking a Platform for Your Buffalo, NY Website

The foundation of your Buffalo website is the content management system you choose for the design project. While our top web designers and ecommerce developers 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 Buffalo and the greater New York area.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Buffalo, but just because it's the best for a customized web development service. While there are dozens of content management systems to consider, we've found WordPress to be the most scalable platform for designing websites.

• WordPress has thousands of third-party plugins available that can provide additional functionality for your website.
• There's a huge community of WordPress contributors helping to make the platform more stable, secure, and scalable.
• WordPress is popular among professional website design firms and freelance website designers, making it possible to find a local Buffalo web designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Buffalo 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.
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Buffalo 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?
• Most small businesses in Buffalo 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.
• If you're in an industry that's not supported by Shopify, try WooCommerce.

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 designer in Buffalo.

Our Shopify web development team has experience designing websites for online stores around New York within the Shopify platform.

Our ecommerce web designers love Shopify for these reasons:

• We often recommend Shopify for Buffalo merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce platform. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Buffalo without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• When Buffalo web companies don't need a lot of custom functionality, 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.
• The best ecommerce platform for Buffalo small businesses that rely heavily on fast delivery 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 Buffalo, NY Web Designer

There are several important questions to ask your prospective Buffalo website design or ecommerce web design agency before proceeding with your project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom website design or ecommerce website development project:

• Does the website designer outsource the project? We do not outsource custom website design or ecommerce development projects for Buffalo businesses. We have our own internal team of USA website designers.
• Will the web developers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Buffalo SEO.
• Does the website designer plan to create a mockup, or provide theme samples, before starting the website? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Buffalo 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 design service. If you opt for a template-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
• Which CMS platform does your Buffalo web developer plan to use on your website project? We prefer WordPress because of its scalability, ease of use, and popularity. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Buffalo website design team turn things around? We typically complete custom web design projects in 2-3 months, and template website projects in 3-4 weeks. Ecommerce website projects typically take longer to finish.
• Does the website design firm have experience with creative solutions? As a comprehensive web development agency, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

Other Services for Your Buffalo, NY Website

There is more to a successful template or custom website development project for your Buffalo, NY business than you might realize. Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Buffalo website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Buffalo small business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO Strategies: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Buffalo, or elsewhere? We have our own team of search engine optimization consultants to help with technical, on-page, and off-page SEO.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: Looking to boost the conversion rates for your lead forms? Let us create effective landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
• Website Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Buffalo website after it launches? Ask about our web maintenance services to receive help installing updates or making website changes.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Buffalo, NY website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues.
• Logo Design: Are you starting a new business in Buffalo, NY, 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 website after it launches? To ensure fast hosting, our server admins teamed up with our web design team to configure fast caching systems for WordPress.

No matter what your business needs for its website, you'll find our comprehensive web development agency to be your solution provider!

Why Choose Us for Your Buffalo, NY Web Services

Because we love Buffalo as much as you do! There are so many exciting things to do in Buffalo, like visit popular destinations of Autark Brew House, Beaver Island State Park, Buffalo Lighthouse, and others. For more fun ideas around Buffalo, check out this 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 only 729.6 miles away, to handle your professional website design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Buffalo 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 have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're consultants in search engine optimization, UX, and website performance.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our website marketing specialists are very familiar with Buffalo SEO services to help you rank higher in Google.
• We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is great if you are looking for a talented Buffalo ecommerce website developer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We help with routine Buffalo website maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• For an expanded online advertising campaign, check out our Buffalo PPC management and Buffalo social media services to target a broader audience.

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