Erie, PA Web Design Services

Our Erie Web Services

We are a comprehensive web development agency with a large team of in-house web designers and ecommerce developers. Our web design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom website design services.

1.) Template-Based Web Developments

Searching for an affordable website option? Your Erie small business might be interested in a template site!

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 theme you prefer, which we will then install on your development site.

Next, we will modify the template to use your color scheme and then add in 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 web developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Website Designs

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

This approach allows our team to design custom mockups specific to your branding requirements. You'll appreciate seeing the look and feel of your future website before our web developers start building the site. 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. Opting for a custom template can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced website performance and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Erie company.

The starting price for a custom website design is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just 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.

We view web maintenance to be a reactive support service that provides your Erie business access to a web developer or ecommerce developer who can solve nearly any website problem you have.

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Erie web maintenance agencies, including:

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging your Erie site's navigation menu.
• Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
• Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
• Fixing site audit errors or Google Search Console coverage issues.
• Enhancing technical SEO with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website glitches.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Erie, PA Website

Before proceeding with the selection of a template or custom website design firm for your Erie business, it is important to understand what the goals are for your website project. The most common goals we've seen for Erie website design and ecommerce web design projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Erie.
2. To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
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 site accessibility.
6. To improve lead generation through design improvements.
7. To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.

Let us help you figure out the goals of your Erie web design project to ensure everyone is happy with the finished website!

In addition to designing Erie-area websites, our company also provides website development services to those in Allentown, Harrisburg, Lancaster, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Reading.

Picking a Platform for Your Erie, PA Website

The foundation of your Erie website is the content management system you choose for the design project. While our top web developers and ecommerce developers 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

More than 40% of websites in Pennsylvania and the rest of the country are powered by WordPress.

WordPress is the most popular CMS in Erie, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized web development. 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 has a large following among expert website design firms and freelance web designers, helping ensure you can find a local Erie website designer to help you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

These are some of the reasons our ecommerce web developers like 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.
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Erie 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 remaking that website just to add ecommerce?
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Erie small businesses who prefer open-source software. You don't have to pay a monthly fee for 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. To run an ecommerce website using Shopify you will likely be searching for a Shopify website designer in Erie.

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

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

• For Erie merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Erie without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
• When Erie 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, Shopify apps often have monthly fees that really add up, in comparison to the less expensive WordPress plugin options.
• We often recommend Shopify for Erie 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 Erie, PA Website Developer

There are several important questions to ask your prospective Erie web design or ecommerce website development firm before proceeding with your project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom web design or ecommerce web development project:

• Does the web developer outsource the project? Because we've got our own team of USA website designers and ecommerce website designers, we don't outsource.
• Will the website developers 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 Erie website makeover project.
• Does the web developer plan to create a mockup, or provide theme samples, before building the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Erie 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.
• What platform does your Erie web designer use? We prefer WordPress because of its scalability, ease of use, and popularity. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How quick is the delivery time for your Erie 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 enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!

Other Services for Your Erie, PA Website

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

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Erie website or blog.
• Search Engine Optimization Game Plans: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Erie? With our own team of search engine optimization experts, we can help with technical, on-page, and off-page search engine optimization.
• 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.
• Web Maintenance: Want help making edits to your template pr custom Erie website after it launches? Ask about our web maintenance plans to receive help installing updates or making website changes.
• Website Accessibility: Not sure if your Erie, PA website needs to be accessible to people with disabilities? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility concerns on your website.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Erie, but still need a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with good logo ideas for your small business.
• Web Hosting Tactics: 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 web developers!

No matter what your business needs for its website, you'll find our full-service website design firm to be your solution provider!

Why Choose Us for Your Erie, PA Web Services

Because we love Erie as much as you do! There are so many exciting things to do in Erie, like visit popular destinations of Presque Isle State Park, Erie Bluffs State Park, Lake Erie Ale Trail, and others. For more fun ideas around Erie, check out this website!

We have more than 19 years of experience designing amazing, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our professionals, who are only 639 miles away, to handle your professional web design quickly and efficiently.

• You won't find us outsourcing Erie website design projects. Head over to our web development portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
• We have our own in-house team of skilled web designers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're professionals in SEO, UX, and page performance.
• We provide free website design tools, such as color scheme pickers and password generators.
• Our online advertising consultants are very familiar with Erie search engine optimization services to help you rank higher in Google.
• Our web developers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Erie ecommerce development project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We have a website team to help with Erie web maintenance when you need website updates.
• To broaden your online marketing service, we can include our Erie PPC management and Erie social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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