Decatur Web Design Services

Our Decatur Website Services

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

1.) Template-Based Web Developments

Looking for a low-cost website? Your Decatur small business might be interested in a template website!

Rather than designing mockups and developing a custom theme for your website, we can search for a few website templates that match the look and feel you want in your next website or online store.

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 web design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce website designs, the cost and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Web Designs

As a custom website design firm, we like to start every Decatur web design service from scratch.

Our team can create tailor-made mockups that adhere to your brand's unique specifications, providing a preview of your website's aesthetics before our website designers begin their 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 template, including a simplified codebase that often has better page speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Decatur 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 web 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 view web maintenance to be a reactive support service that provides your Decatur company access to a web developer or ecommerce website developer who can solve nearly any website problem you have.

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Decatur website maintenance firms, including:

• Updating your website platform.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Staying fresh with new blog content.
• Rearranging your Decatur site's navigation menu.
• Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
• Making your website look and feel better.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage issues.
• 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 Decatur, IL Website

It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom web design company for your Decatur company. Here are some of the most common web design and ecommerce website development goals we've seen for Decatur websites:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Decatur.
2. To redesign an existing website or storefront into a modern web design to give a better first impression to visitors.
3. To improve user experience (UX), reduce bounces, increase time on site, and/or improve conversions.
4. To increase website performance for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To fix website accessibility problems, 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 plan your Decatur website design project!

In addition to designing Decatur-area websites, our firm also provides web design services to those in Aurora, Chicago, Elgin, Joliet, Naperville, Peoria, Rockford, and Springfield.

Picking a Platform for Your Decatur, IL Website

Your Decatur site is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. Our website designers and ecommerce website designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, but we provide our best website development services in WordPress. We also develop ecommerce sites in Shopify and WooCommerce.

1.) WordPress

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

WordPress is the most popular CMS in Decatur, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized website design. 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 web design companies and freelance web developers, making it possible to find a local Decatur website designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Decatur website design 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.
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Decatur 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 redesigning that website just to add ecommerce?
• Most small businesses in Decatur who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. 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.
• 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. To run an ecommerce website using Shopify you will likely be looking for a Shopify web designer in Decatur.

We can design a website for your online business in or around Illinois that runs on the Shopify platform.

Here are some reasons our ecommerce web developers like Shopify:

• We often recommend Shopify for Decatur merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce platform. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Decatur without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• When Decatur 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 great option for Decatur ecommerce businesses that need fast delivery times for marketing and development. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.

Questions to Ask a Decatur, IL Web Designer

You should ask a few questions of your prospective Decatur website development or ecommerce web development company before starting a project. Here are some we get asked before starting a custom web development or ecommerce development project:

• Does the website designer outsource the project? Because we have our own internal team of USA web developers, we don't outsource custom web design or ecommerce website design projects to other companies.
• Will the website developers make 301 redirects to help preserve search placements? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Decatur search engine optimization.
• Does the web developer plan to create a mockup, or provide theme samples, before starting the website? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Decatur website projects to help everyone understand the design direction before the site build gets too far along. However, that is only possible if you choose a custom website 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 Decatur web designer plan to use on your website project? Because of its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we prefer WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast is your Decatur web development service? 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 love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

Other Services for Your Decatur, IL Website

A successful template or custom web development project for your Decatur business is just getting started! Let's look at some additional services to help your Decatur website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? We'll help your Decatur company write content that describes your products or services on its website or blog.
• Search Engine Optimization Campaigns: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Decatur? We have our own team of SEO professionals to help with off-page, technical, and on-page search engine optimization.
• 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.
• Web Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Decatur website after it launches? We can help you install updates or make tweaks to your website.
• Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Decatur, IL 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 Decatur, but still need a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your organization.
• Website Hosting: Looking for a place to host your website? Our WordPress hosting is fast and simple thanks to the caching systems set up by our server admins and web designers!

No matter what your business needs for its website, you'll find our complete web design company to be your solution provider!

Why Choose Us for Your Decatur, IL Web Services

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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 professionals, who are only 341.6 miles away, to handle your professional web development quickly and efficiently.

• We don't outsource Decatur web design services. Browse our website design portfolio to see past content websites or ecommerce sites we've worked on.
• We have our own in-house team of skilled website developers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're consultants in search engine optimization, UX, and site speed.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our digital advertising team is highly experienced in Decatur local search engine optimization plans to help you rank higher in search results.
• Our website developers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Decatur ecommerce web development project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with Decatur website maintenance requests to keep your website updated and looking great!
• To broaden your digital marketing service, we can include our Decatur PPC ads management and Decatur social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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