Norfolk Web Design Services

Our Norfolk Website Services

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

1.) Template-Based Web Designs

Looking for an affordable website? Your Norfolk organization 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.

Next, we will modify the template to use your color scheme and then add in your web pages.

The starting price for a templated website design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated 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 love to begin every Norfolk 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 website 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 web development team will integrate it into a completely custom template. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better page speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Norfolk small business.

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

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

Here are some examples of website requests that Norfolk web maintenance firms might help with:

• Updating your website platform.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Norfolk website.
• Improving site speed to help you 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 website audit concerns or Google Search Console coverage glitches.
• Improving technical SEO by adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing solutions to other website problems.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Norfolk, VA Website

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

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Norfolk.
2. To redesign an existing website or storefront with a fresh, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
4. To increase page performance for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
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's figure out what you want from your Norfolk website development project!

If you live in Norfolk, you probably love the Norfolk State Spartans basketball team. Go Norfolk State Spartans! In addition to designing Norfolk-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Alexandria, Arlington, Chesapeake, Reston, Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach, and Lynchburg.

Picking a Platform for Your Norfolk, VA Website

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

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

Our website development agency chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Norfolk, 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.

• 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 Norfolk web developer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Norfolk web development 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 Norfolk small businesses with an existing WordPress site. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money redoing your content-based website just to add ecommerce.
• Most companies in Norfolk who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. 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 looking for a Shopify web designer in Norfolk.

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

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

• We often recommend Shopify for Norfolk merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce platform. With Shopify, you can run an ecommerce business in Norfolk without worrying about hosting setups or platform updates.
• When Norfolk 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.
• The best ecommerce platform for Norfolk organizations that rely heavily on fast delivery 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 Norfolk, VA Web Designer

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

• Does the website designer outsource the project? We do not outsource custom web development or ecommerce web design projects for Norfolk small businesses. We have our own internal team of USA website developers.
• 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 Norfolk search engine optimization.
• 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 Norfolk 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.
• Which CMS platform does your Norfolk web designer plan to use on your website project? Due to its ease of use, popularity, and scalability, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Norfolk web development team turn things around? We typically complete custom website 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 development agency have experience with innovative solutions? As a complete web design company, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

Other Services for Your Norfolk, VA Website

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

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Norfolk company write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO: Interested in improving organic traffic within Norfolk, or beyond? We have our own team of search engine optimization experts to 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 & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Norfolk website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance services.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Norfolk, VA website needs to be accessible? We have an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and uses artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues.
• Logo Creation: Are you starting a new business in Norfolk, VA, but haven't settled on a logo? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts for your organization.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? 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 Norfolk, VA Web Services

Because we love Norfolk as much as you do! There are so many exciting things to do in Norfolk, like visit popular destinations of Veil Brewing Co., Cutty Sark Marina, Ocean View Fishing Pier, and others. For more fun ideas around Norfolk, check out this website!

We have more than 19 years of experience designing attractive, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our professionals, who are only 1077.3 miles away, to handle your professional web development quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Norfolk web design projects. Check out our website design portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
• We have our own in-house team of top website developers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're consultants in search engine optimization, UX, and site speed.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our digital advertising team is experienced in Norfolk SEO services to help you improve search rankings and organic traffic.
• We are very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify. This is great if you are looking for a talented Norfolk ecommerce web developer.
• We are easy to reach on the phone, through live chat, or by email.
• We help with routine Norfolk website maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• To really expand upon your digital marketing, we can offer Norfolk PPC ads management and Norfolk social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.

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