Duluth, MN Web Design Services

Our Duluth Website Services

We are a one-stop web design company with a large group of onsite web developers and ecommerce developers. Our website design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom web development services.

1.) Template-Based Website Designs

Looking for an affordable website? Your Duluth company might be interested in a template website!

Rather than designing mockups and developing a custom template 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.

Rest assured, you'll have the opportunity to select the template you prefer, which we will then 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 templated website design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Website Designs

As a custom web development agency, we prefer to start every Duluth 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. 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 website development team will integrate it into a completely 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 Duluth small business.

The starting price for a custom web design is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just 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 think of web maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Duluth company access to a web developer or ecommerce website developer who can fix just about any problem.

Here are some examples of website requests that Duluth web maintenance companies might help with:

• Updating your site platform.
• Installing app, theme or plugin updates.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Duluth website.
• Improving website performance to help you 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 problems.
• Enhancing technical search engine optimization with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website issues.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Duluth, MN Website

It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom website development agency for your Duluth small business. The most common goals we've seen for Duluth web development and ecommerce development projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Duluth.
2. To redo an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve user experience (UX), reduce bounces, increase time on site, and/or improve conversions.
4. To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
5. To comply with ADA, WCAG, and other published guidelines that set the standards for website accessibility.
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 Duluth web design project to ensure everyone is happy with the finished website!

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Picking a Platform for Your Duluth, MN Website

Your Duluth website is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. While our top web developers and ecommerce web designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we prefer to only provide website 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 Duluth and the greater Minnesota area.

WordPress is the most popular CMS in Duluth, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized web design. The following reasons make WordPress the most scalable platform for designing websites, despite the fact there are alternatives for your project.

• You can add new 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 is popular among professional web development agencies and freelance website designers, making it possible to find a local Duluth web developer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• If you need a custom theme with complex functionality, but have a limited budget, we often recommend WooCommerce. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
• If your Duluth business already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money rebuilding your content-based site just to add ecommerce.
• Most businesses in Duluth who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. There are no monthly fees to use WordPress or WooCommerce. As an alternative, Shopify has monthly fees and their apps are often more expensive than WooCommerce or WordPress plugins.
• We also recommend WooCommerce for those in an industry not accepted by Shopify.

3.) Shopify

Shopify is the most popular web-based ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Duluth, you'll probably need a Shopify website designer.

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

Here are some reasons our ecommerce web developers like Shopify:

• For Duluth merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Duluth without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Duluth web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. 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.
• We often recommend Shopify for Duluth ecommerce businesses that rely heavily on fast delivery 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 Duluth, MN Web Developer

You should ask a few questions of your prospective Duluth web design or ecommerce web development firm before starting a project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom web design or ecommerce website design project:

• Does the website developer outsource the project? We do not outsource custom web design or ecommerce website development projects for Duluth organizations. We have our own internal team of USA web designers.
• Will the website designers make 301 redirects to help preserve search placements? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Duluth website refresh project.
• Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before building the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Duluth website 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 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 Duluth 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 Duluth website design team turn things around? We typically finish 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 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 Duluth, MN Website

A successful template or custom web development project for your Duluth business is just getting started! Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Duluth website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Duluth small business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO Campaigns: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Duluth? With our own team of SEO professionals, we can help with technical, on-page, and off-page SEO.
• Optimizing Conversion Rates: Are you trying to boost the conversion rate of 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 Duluth website after it launches? Ask about our web maintenance services to receive help installing updates or making website edits.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Duluth, MN website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility glitches.
• Logo Design: Are you starting a new business in Duluth, MN, but haven't settled on a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your small business.
• Web Hosting Services: After your website launches, do you need a place to host it? Our WordPress hosting is fast and basic thanks to the caching systems set up by our server admins and website developers!

Our full-service website design firm is the perfect solution for your business!

Why Choose Us for Your Duluth, MN Web Services

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We have more than 19 years of experience designing good looking, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our specialists, who are only 334.5 miles away, to handle your professional website design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Duluth website development projects. Check out our web design portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
• We have our own in-house team of skilled website designers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're experts in SEO, UX, and website speed.
• We've made free site tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our internet advertising experts are very familiar with Duluth search engine optimization 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 Duluth ecommerce web designer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We have a website team to help with Duluth website maintenance when you need site updates.
• To broaden your internet advertising service, we can include our Duluth PPC management and Duluth social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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