Chesapeake Web Design Services

Our Chesapeake Web Services

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

1.) Template-Based Website Developments

Looking for a low-cost website? Your Chesapeake 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.

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 template web design is around $3,750, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For template 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 love to begin every Chesapeake 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. In addition, these mockups can undergo edits until you're pleased with the design concept, enabling you to advance with certainty.

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

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

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

Here are a few examples of site requests that might need Chesapeake website support services:

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Staying fresh with new blog content.
• Rearranging your Chesapeake 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.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• 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 Chesapeake, VA Website

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

1. To create a website or online store for a new Chesapeake organization.
2. To redesign an existing website or storefront into a modern web design to give a better first impression to visitors.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
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 make the website a lead generation machine.
7. To improve online orders from their ecommerce storefront.

Let's figure out what you want from your Chesapeake web design project!

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

Picking a Platform for Your Chesapeake, VA Website

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Chesapeake website. Our web developers and ecommerce web designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, but we provide our best website design services in WordPress. We also develop ecommerce sites in Shopify and WooCommerce.

1.) WordPress

With more than 40% market share in Virginia and the country, WordPress is simply the most popular open-source website platform.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Chesapeake, but just because it's the best for a customized web design service. 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!
• WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
• WordPress is popular among professional web development agencies and freelance website designers, making it possible to find a local Chesapeake web developer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

These are some of the reasons our ecommerce developers like WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Chesapeake web design 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 Chesapeake organization already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. When you like the look and feel of your content-based website, why spend time and money redesigning it just to add ecommerce?
• WooCommerce is a good open-source option for Chesapeake organizations. 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.
• WooCommerce is good if you're in an industry that's not accepted by Shopify.

3.) Shopify

Shopify is the most popular SaaS ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Chesapeake, you'll probably need a Shopify website 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 Chesapeake 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.
• When Chesapeake 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, you'll find getting Shopify apps often require monthly subscriptions versus one-time purchases for WordPress plugins.
• Shopify is a good option for Chesapeake ecommerce businesses that need fast turnaround times for marketing and development. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.

Questions to Ask a Chesapeake, VA Web Designer

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

• Does the web designer outsource the website project? Because we have our own internal team of USA web developers, we don't outsource custom web design or ecommerce web development projects to other companies.
• Will the web developers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? For any Chesapeake 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 building the site? We always start with a design mockup for Chesapeake custom web design projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the website. However, if you choose a theme-based web design service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
• Which CMS platform does your Chesapeake website designer plan to use on your site project? Due to its popularity, scalability, and ease of use, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Chesapeake web design team turn things around? Most of our custom website 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 web development agency provide innovative solutions? As a complete web design company, we enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!

Other Services for Your Chesapeake, VA Website

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

• Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? We'll help your Chesapeake business write content that describes your products or services on its website or blog.
• SEO Campaigns: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Chesapeake, or elsewhere? 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? We'll create better, higher converting landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
• Website Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Chesapeake website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our web maintenance services.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Chesapeake, VA 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 Chesapeake, but still need a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with great logo ideas 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 web designers!

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

Why Choose Us for Your Chesapeake, VA Web Services

Because we love the City of Chesapeake! There are so many exciting places to visit in Chesapeake, like Deep Creek Lock Park, Battlefield Park, Big Ugly Brewing, and others. For more ideas around Chesapeake, 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. You can trust our specialists, who are just 1088.2 miles away, to handle your professional web development.

• We don't outsource Chesapeake web design services. Browse our website design portfolio to see past content websites or ecommerce sites we've worked on.
• We've got our own team of leading web developers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• Our team is highly experienced in search engine optimization, UX, and site performance.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our website advertising team is experienced in Chesapeake SEO services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
• Our website designers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Chesapeake ecommerce website development project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with Chesapeake website maintenance requests to keep your website updated and looking great!
• To broaden your online advertising service, we can include our Chesapeake PPC ads management and Chesapeake social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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