Columbia, MD Web Design Services

Our Columbia Website Services

We are a complete web development agency with a large staff of internal 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 Columbia 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.

Rest assured, you'll have the opportunity to select the theme you prefer, which we will then 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 website development is around $3,750, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For template 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 love to begin every Columbia 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. In addition, these mockups can undergo updates until you're pleased with the design concept, enabling you to advance with certainty.

Once you've given your approval for the design mockup, our website development team will merge it into a 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 Columbia 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.

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

Here are some examples of website requests that Columbia website maintenance firms might help with:

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging your Columbia site's navigation menu.
• Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Backing up your website's files and databases.
• Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
• Fixing website audit problems or Google Search Console coverage concerns.
• Improving technical SEO by 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 Columbia, MD Website

To choose the best template or custom website development agency for your Columbia business, you need to know what your goals are. The most common goals we've seen for Columbia website design and ecommerce web design projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Columbia.
2. To remake an existing site or storefront with a cutting edge, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
4. To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
5. To fix website accessibility issues, or perhaps receive a web accessibility certificate.
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 Columbia website design project!

In addition to designing Columbia-area websites, our firm also provides web design services to those in Annapolis, Baltimore, Bethesda, .

Picking a Platform for Your Columbia, MD Website

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Columbia site. 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 Columbia and the greater Maryland area.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Columbia, but just because it's the best for a customized website design service. The following reasons make WordPress the most scalable platform for designing websites, despite the fact there are alternatives for your project.

• WordPress has thousands of third-party plugins available that can provide additional functionality for your website.
• WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
• WordPress is popular among professional web design companies and freelance web developers, making it possible to find a local Columbia website designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

We've helped startups and existing ecommerce companies develop great WooCommerce stores in Columbia or other parts of United States.

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Columbia 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 Columbia business website runs on WordPress, we typically recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money redesigning your content-based website just to add ecommerce.
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Columbia small businesses who prefer open-source software. 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.
• 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 using Shopify, you'll need a Shopify web developer in Columbia.

Our Shopify website development team has experience designing websites for online stores around Maryland within the Shopify platform.

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

• We often recommend Shopify for Columbia merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce platform. With Shopify, you don't have to worry about hosting configuration or platform updates.
• When Columbia 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.
• The best ecommerce platform for Columbia 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 Columbia, MD Web Developer

You should ask your prospective Columbia web design or ecommerce website design firm several questions before you get started. 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 Columbia organizations. We have our own internal team of USA website designers.
• Will the web designers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Columbia web redesign project.
• Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the website? We always start with a design mockup for Columbia custom web development projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the website. However, if you choose a template-based web development service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
• Which CMS platform does your Columbia website designer plan to use on your website project? Due to its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Columbia 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 have examples of creative solutions? As a comprehensive website 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 Columbia, MD Website

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

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Columbia small business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO Campaigns: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Columbia, or elsewhere? With our own team of SEO professionals, we can help with technical, on-page, and off-page SEO.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: Looking to boost the conversion rates for 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 Columbia website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our web maintenance services.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Columbia, MD website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues on your website.
• Logo Design: Have you decided on a logo for your new Columbia small business yet? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your organization.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? Our server administration and website design team work together to ensure fast WordPress hosting services!

Whatever your business needs from its website, our complete web design company has your solution!

Why Choose Us for Your Columbia, MD Web Services

Because we love the City of Columbia! There are so many exciting places to visit in Columbia, like Lake Elkhorn Park, Robinson Nature Center, Hysteria Brewing Company, and others. For more ideas around Columbia, check out this helpful website!

We have more than 19 years of experience designing great, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our specialists, who are only 887.6 miles away, to handle your professional web development quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Columbia web design projects. Check out our website design portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
• We've got our own team of leading web developers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including 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 Columbia SEO services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
• Our website designers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Columbia ecommerce website development project you need completed.
• We're easy to reach by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with routine Columbia website maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• To really expand upon your online advertising, we can offer Columbia PPC ads management and Columbia social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.

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