Minneapolis, MN Web Design Services

Our Minneapolis Website Services

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

1.) Template-Based Website Developments

Searching for an affordable website option? Your Minneapolis 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 site or online store.

But don't worry - you'll have the option to choose your preferred theme for us to install on your development site.

We will then tailor the template to align with your color scheme and load in your web content.

The starting price for a template-based website design is $3,750, and it can be completed in as little as a few weeks. For template-based ecommerce web designs, 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 Minneapolis website 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 developers 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. Opting for a custom theme can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced website speed and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Minneapolis organization.

The starting cost for a custom website design is $9,500, and it can be completed in as little as a few months. 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 Minneapolis 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 Minneapolis website maintenance agencies might help with:

• 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 the navigation menu of your Minneapolis website.
• Improving page 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.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage concerns.
• 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 Minneapolis, MN Website

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

1. To create a website or online store for a new Minneapolis small business.
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 pass Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To improve website accessibility for the general public looking at the website.
6. To improve lead generation from the website.
7. To get more online sales from their ecommerce website.

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

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Picking a Platform for Your Minneapolis, MN Website

Your Minneapolis website is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. While our top website designers and ecommerce web designers are well-versed in multiple platforms, we prefer to only provide web design services in WordPress, and ecommerce development services in Shopify or WooCommerce.

1.) WordPress

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

WordPress is the most popular CMS in Minneapolis, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized website design. Although there are dozens of content management systems to choose from, we've found WordPress to be the most scalable for designing websites.

• You can add functionality to your site through third-party WordPress plugins. Not everything has to be built from scratch!
• WordPress has a large community of contributors helping to improve the platform's functionality, stability, and security.
• WordPress has a large following among expert web design companies and freelance website developers, helping ensure you can find a local Minneapolis web designer to help you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

These are some of the reasons our ecommerce developers like WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Minneapolis website design projects that require a custom designed theme 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 Minneapolis businesses with an existing WordPress website. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money remaking your content-based website just to add ecommerce.
• Most small businesses in Minneapolis 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 great if you're in an industry that's not accepted by Shopify.

3.) Shopify

Shopify is the most popular web-based ecommerce platform. To run an ecommerce website using Shopify you will likely be looking for a Shopify web developer in Minneapolis.

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

Here are some reasons our ecommerce website designers like Shopify:

• For Minneapolis merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Minneapolis without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Minneapolis 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.
• The best ecommerce platform for Minneapolis companies 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 Minneapolis, MN Website Designer

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

• Does the web designer outsource the website project? Because we've got our own team of USA web designers and ecommerce website developers, we don't outsource.
• Will the web developers make 301 redirects to help preserve search placements? For any Minneapolis website design project that will replace an existing website, we plan out 301 redirects early in the project.
• Will the web developer make a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the site? We create design mockups for Minneapolis clients that choose a custom website development service, and provide template samples for businesses that choose a template-based web development service.
• What platform does your Minneapolis web designer use? We prefer WordPress because of its scalability, ease of use, and popularity. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast is your Minneapolis website design service? Most of our custom website development 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 web design company provide original solutions? As a full-service website design firm, we enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!

Other Services for Your Minneapolis, MN Website

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

• Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Minneapolis website or blog.
• Search Engine Optimization Campaigns: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Minneapolis? To help with technical, on-page, and off-page search engine optimization, we have our own team of SEO professionals.
• Conversion Optimization: Want to make your lead forms convert more often? Allow our custom web designers and digital advertisers to team up and create an improved, higher converting landing pages for your organic and paid ads traffic.
• Web Maintenance: Want help making tweaks to your template pr custom Minneapolis website after it launches? Ask about our web maintenance services to receive help installing updates or making website edits.
• Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Minneapolis, MN website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility concerns on your website.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Minneapolis, but still need a logo? Our graphic designers can come up with great logo ideas for your business.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? Our WordPress hosting is fast and easy 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 comprehensive website development agency to be your solution provider!

Why Choose Us for Your Minneapolis, MN Web Services

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We have more than 19 years of experience designing awesome, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our experts, who are just 282.7 miles away, to handle your professional website design.

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

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