Hamilton, ON Web Design Services

Our Hamilton Web Services

We are a full-service website design firm with a large team of in-house website designers and ecommerce website designers. Our website development team is broken into two groups, each specializing in either template or custom web design services.

1.) Template-Based Website Designs

Looking for an affordable website? Your Hamilton business might be interested in a template website!

Instead of creating design mockups and developing your site in a custom template, we can hand-pick several website templates to share with you that closely match your desired look and feel.

Rest assured, you'll have the opportunity to select the template you prefer, which we will then install on your development site.

From there, we'll customize the theme to match your color scheme and then set up your web pages.

The starting cost for a templated web development is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce 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 Hamilton website development 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 web designers begin their 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. A custom theme offers numerous advantages, such as a streamlined codebase that typically results in improved website speed and usability, since it was created exclusively for your Hamilton organization.

The starting cost for a custom website design is around $9,500, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For custom ecommerce 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 Hamilton business access to a website developer or ecommerce website developer who can solve nearly any website problem you have.

Here are some examples of website requests that Hamilton website maintenance agencies might help with:

• 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 Hamilton website's navigation menu.
• Improving site speed to help you pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Taking backups of your website's files and databases.
• Making your website look and feel better.
• Fixing Google Search Console coverage problems.
• 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 Hamilton, ON Website

Before proceeding with the selection of a template or custom web development agency for your Hamilton business, it is important to understand what the goals are for your website project. The following are the most common goals we see for Hamilton web development and ecommerce web design projects:

1. To build a website or online store for a new business in Hamilton.
2. To refresh an existing website or storefront with a cutting edge, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
4. To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
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's figure out what you want from your Hamilton web development project!

In addition to designing Hamilton-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Toronto, Gatineau, Kitchener, London, Oshawa, Windsor, St. Catharines, Barrie, Guelph, Kingston, Milton, Brantford, Thunder Bay, and Ottawa.

Picking a Platform for Your Hamilton, ON Website

The foundation of your Hamilton website is the content management system you choose for the design project. Even though our top website designers and ecommerce web designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we only use WordPress for new content-based website projects. For ecommerce websites we use Shopify or WooCommerce.

1.) WordPress

WordPress is simply the most popular open-source website platform, with more than 40% market share throughout Hamilton and the greater Ontario area.

Our web development agency chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Hamilton, but also because it is simply the best overall. 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.
• There's a huge community of WordPress contributors helping to make the platform more stable, secure, and scalable.
• WordPress is popular among professional website development agencies and freelance website designers, making it possible to find a local Hamilton web developer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

Here's why our ecommerce website designers love WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Hamilton website development 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 Hamilton small businesses with an existing WordPress website. 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 Hamilton organizations 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 web-based ecommerce platform. To run an ecommerce website using Shopify you will likely be searching for a Shopify website designer in Hamilton.

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

Our ecommerce website developers love Shopify for these reasons:

• We often recommend Shopify for Hamilton merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce platform. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Hamilton without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• When Hamilton 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, Shopify apps often have monthly fees that really add up, in comparison to the less expensive WordPress plugin options.
• The best ecommerce platform for Hamilton organizations that rely heavily on fast turnaround 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 Hamilton, ON Website Designer

There are several important questions to ask your prospective Hamilton web development or ecommerce web design company before proceeding with your project. Here are some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom website development or ecommerce web development project:

• Does the website designer outsource the work? We do not outsource custom web development or ecommerce development projects for Hamilton small businesses. We have our own internal team of premium website designers.
• Do the web designers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Hamilton web redesign project.
• Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the website? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Hamilton website projects to help everyone understand the design direction before the website build gets too far along. However, that is only possible if you choose a custom web development 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 Hamilton web designer plan to use on your website project? Due to its popularity, scalability, and ease of use, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast is your Hamilton web design service? We typically complete custom web development projects in 2-3 months, and template website projects in 3-4 weeks. Ecommerce website projects typically take longer to finish.
• Does the web design company have experience with original solutions? As a full-service website design firm, we like unique design and functionality requirements! Just let us know what you have in mind and we will be happy to help!

Other Services for Your Hamilton, ON Website

There is more to a successful template or custom website design project for your Hamilton, ON organization than you might realize. Here are some additional services to help make the most of your Hamilton website:

• Writing Content: Don't feel comfortable writing about yourself or your company? Let our content writers help your Hamilton business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO: Interested in improving organic traffic within Hamilton, or beyond? With our own team of search engine optimization consultants, we can help with on-page, off-page, and technical 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 Hamilton website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance plans.
• Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Hamilton, ON website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility concerns.
• Logo Design: Are you starting a new business in Hamilton, ON, but haven't settled on a logo? Let our graphic designers come up with logo concepts for your business.
• Website Hosting: Looking for a place to host your website? Our server administration and website design team work together to ensure fast WordPress hosting services!

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 Hamilton, ON Web Services

Because we love Hamilton as much as you do! There are so many exciting things to do in Hamilton, like visit popular destinations of Dundurn National Historic Site, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Royal Botanical Gardens, and others. For more fun ideas around Hamilton, check out this website!

We've been designing high-converting websites for 19 years. We help small businesses and even large corporations with their website projects. We'll take care of your professional website design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Hamilton web 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 top website designers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're consultants in search engine optimization, UX, and website performance.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our website marketing team is experienced in Hamilton search engine optimization services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
• We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is great if you are looking for a talented Hamilton ecommerce website developer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We help with Hamilton website maintenance requests to keep your website updated and looking great!
• To really expand upon your online advertising, we can offer Hamilton PPC ads management and Hamilton social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.

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