Charleston, SC Web Design Services

Our Charleston Website Services

We are a complete web development agency with a large staff of internal web designers and ecommerce developers. Our web design company is separated into two teams, each working on either template or custom web development services.

1.) Template-Based Web Designs

Looking for an affordable website? Your Charleston organization 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 website templates to share with you that closely match your desired look and feel.

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

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

The starting price for a templated website design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce website developments, the cost and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Web Designs

As a custom website development agency, we love to begin every Charleston 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. 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. A custom template offers numerous advantages, such as a streamlined codebase that typically results in improved website performance and usability, since it was created exclusively for your Charleston company.

The starting price for a custom website design is around $9,500, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. 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.

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

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Charleston web support companies, including:

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Charleston website.
• 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.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage concerns.
• Adding 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 Charleston, SC Website

To choose the best template or custom web development agency for your Charleston business, you need to know what your goals are. Here are some of the most common website design and ecommerce website development goals we've seen for Charleston websites:

1. To build a website or online store for a new business in Charleston.
2. To revise 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 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 through design improvements.
7. To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.

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

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Picking a Platform for Your Charleston, SC Website

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Charleston website. Our web designers and ecommerce website developers are well-versed in multiple platforms, but we provide our best web 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 Charleston and the greater South Carolina area.

Our website design firm chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Charleston, but also because it is simply the best overall. 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!
• There's a huge community of WordPress contributors helping to make the platform more stable, secure, and scalable.
• WordPress has a large following among expert website design firms and freelance web designers, helping ensure you can find a local Charleston website designer to help you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

Here's why our ecommerce web developers love WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Charleston web development projects that need a custom template with complex functionality, but are on a budget. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
• If your Charleston small business website 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 redesigning that website just to add ecommerce?
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Charleston organizations who prefer open-source software. 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.
• 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 Charleston, you'll probably need a Shopify website designer.

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

Here are some reasons our ecommerce website developers like Shopify:

• Charleston merchants looking for a hosted ecommerce platform should check out Shopify. With Shopify, you don't have to worry about hosting configuration or platform updates.
• When Charleston web companies don't need a lot of custom functionality, we often recommend Shopify. It's typically more expensive to develop custom functionality in Shopify than WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees versus WooCommerce plugins that are more affordable.
• We often recommend Shopify for Charleston ecommerce businesses that rely heavily on fast turnaround 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 Charleston, SC Website Developer

You should ask your prospective Charleston web design or ecommerce website development firm several questions before you get started. Here are some we get asked before starting a custom web design or ecommerce web development project:

• Does the web developer outsource the work? We do not outsource custom web design or ecommerce website design projects for Charleston companies. We have our own internal team of USA web designers.
• Do the website designers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Charleston website refresh project.
• Will the web designer make a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Charleston site projects to help everyone understand the design direction before the website build gets too far along. However, that is only feasible if you choose a custom website development service. If you opt for a theme-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
• What platform does your Charleston website designer use? Due to its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Charleston 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 like unique design and functionality requirements! Just let us know what you have in mind and we will be happy to help!

Other Services for Your Charleston, SC Website

There's more to a successful template or custom web development project for your Charleston business than you may realize. Let's look at some additional services to help your Charleston website:

• Writing Content: Don't feel comfortable writing about yourself or your company? Let our content writers help your Charleston company write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO: Interested in improving organic traffic within Charleston, or beyond? 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? Let us create effective landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
• Web Maintenance: Want help making edits to your template pr custom Charleston website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our web maintenance plans.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Charleston, SC website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues on your website.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Charleston, but still need a logo? Let our graphic designers come up with logo concepts for your small business.
• Website Hosting: Looking for a place to host your website? Our WordPress hosting is fast and easy thanks to the caching systems set up by our server admins and website designers!

Whatever your business needs from its website, our comprehensive website development agency has your solution!

Why Choose Us for Your Charleston, SC Web Services

Because we love the City of Charleston! There are so many exciting places to visit in Charleston, like Dunes West Golf Club, Holy City Brewing, Cooper River Marina, and others. For more ideas around Charleston, check out this helpful website!

We've been designing websites for over 19 years. We help large corporations, and even small businesses, with all types of website projects. We'll take care of your professional web design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Charleston 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 top website designers.
• We've worked with multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're experts in search engine optimization, UX, and page speed.
• We provide free website design tools, such as color scheme pickers and password generators.
• Our digital marketing team is experienced in Charleston SEO services to help you improve search rankings and organic traffic.
• Our web developers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Charleston ecommerce web design project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with Charleston web maintenance requests to keep your website updated and looking great!
• To broaden your website marketing service, we can include our Charleston PPC management and Charleston social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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