Hartford Web Design Services

Our Hartford Website Services

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

1.) Template-Based Web Designs

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

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

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 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 Hartford web 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 website 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 web development team will integrate it into a completely custom template. 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 Hartford organization.

The starting price for a custom website design is $9,500, and it can be completed in as little as a few months. For custom ecommerce website developments, the cost 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 web maintenance services.

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

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

• 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 Hartford website's navigation menu.
• Improving site performance 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 website scan issues or Google Search Console coverage problems.
• Enhancing technical SEO with 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 Hartford, CT Website

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

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Hartford.
2. To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
3. To improve UX, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
4. To increase website speed for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
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 Hartford web development project!

In addition to designing Hartford-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Bridgeport, New Haven, Norwalk, and Stamford.

Picking a Platform for Your Hartford, CT Website

The foundation of your Hartford 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

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

Our website design firm chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Hartford, but also because it is simply the best overall. 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.
• WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
• WordPress is popular among professional website design firms and freelance web designers, making it possible to find a local Hartford website designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

Here's why our ecommerce web designers love WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Hartford website design projects that require a custom designed template with complex functionality, but are working on a limited budget. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Hartford 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?
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Hartford 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 web-based ecommerce platform. To run an ecommerce site using Shopify you will likely be looking for a Shopify web designer in Hartford.

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

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

• For Hartford merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Hartford without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Hartford web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. 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 Hartford small businesses 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 Hartford, CT Web Designer

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

• Does the web designer outsource the project? Because we've got our own team of USA website designers and ecommerce web designers, we don't outsource.
• Do the web designers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Hartford search engine optimization.
• Does the web developer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the website? We always start with a design mockup for Hartford custom website design projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the website. However, if you choose a theme-based website design service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
• Which CMS platform does your Hartford web developer plan to use on your website project? Due to its scalability, ease of use, and popularity, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast is your Hartford website design service? We typically complete 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 web development agency, 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 Hartford, CT Website

There is more to a successful template or custom website development project for your Hartford, CT business than you might realize. Here are some additional services to help make the most of your Hartford website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Hartford website or blog.
• SEO: Interested in improving organic traffic within Hartford, or beyond? 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? We'll create better, higher converting landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
• Web Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Hartford website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance packages.
• Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Hartford, CT website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility concerns.
• Logo Creation: Are you starting a new business in Hartford, CT, but haven't settled on a logo? Let our graphic designers come up with logo concepts for your small business.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? Our WordPress hosting is fast and simple thanks to the caching systems set up by our server admins and website 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 Hartford, CT Web Services

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We've been designing high-converting websites for 19 years. We help small businesses and even large corporations with their website projects. You can trust our experts, who are only 1086.4 miles away, to handle your professional website development quickly and efficiently.

• You won't find us outsourcing Hartford web design projects. Head over to our website design portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
• We have our own in-house team of top web developers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• Our team is highly experienced in SEO, user experience, and site speed.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our online marketing team is experienced in Hartford search engine optimization services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
• We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is good if you are searching for a talented Hartford ecommerce developer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We help with routine Hartford website maintenance services to help you keep your site fresh.
• To broaden your internet advertising service, we can include our Hartford PPC management and Hartford social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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