Oakland Web Design Services

Our Oakland Web Services

We are a complete website design firm with a large staff of internal 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

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

Rather than creating design mockups and building a custom theme for your website, we can find and share several website templates that closely align with the look and feel you want.

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

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

The starting cost for a templated website design is about $3,750, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For templated ecommerce developments, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Website Designs

As a custom web development agency, we like to start every Oakland 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 web development work. These mockups can be altered to your satisfaction, allowing you to finalize the design concept and proceed with confidence.

Once you've given your approval for the design mockup, our website development team will merge it into a custom theme. Opting for a custom template can provide several benefits, including a simplified codebase that usually delivers enhanced page speed and usability, as it was tailored specifically for your Oakland 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 web 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 think of web maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Oakland company access to a web developer or ecommerce website developer who can fix just about any problem.

Here are a few examples of website requests that might need Oakland web maintenance services:

• Updating your website platform.
• Keeping apps, themes and plugins updated.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging your Oakland website's navigation menu.
• Improve your site speed to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Making backups of your website's files and databases.
• Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
• Fixing Google Search Console coverage glitches.
• Enhancing technical SEO with structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Providing a solution to any other website problem.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Oakland, CA Website

To choose the best template or custom website design firm for your Oakland business, you need to know what your goals are. The following are the most common goals we see for Oakland web design and ecommerce website design projects:

1. To create a website or online store for a new Oakland business.
2. To revamp an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
4. To improve the website's speed and responsiveness.
5. To improve website accessibility for the general public looking at the site.
6. To improve lead generation through design improvements.
7. To improve online orders from their ecommerce storefront.

Let us help plan your Oakland web design project!

If you live in Oakland, you probably love the Oakland Athletics baseball team. Go Oakland Athletics! In addition to designing Oakland-area websites, our company also provides website development services to those in Anaheim, Bakersfield, Chico, Fremont, Fresno, Irvine, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Modesto, Monterey, Palm Springs, Redding, Riverside, Sacramento, Salinas, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Ana, Santa Clarita, Santa Rosa, Stockton, and Visalia.

Picking a Platform for Your Oakland, CA Website

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Oakland website. Even though our top web developers and ecommerce developers 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 site platform, with more than 40% market share throughout Oakland and the greater California area.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Oakland, but just because it's the best for a customized web design service. The following reasons make WordPress the most scalable platform for designing websites, despite the fact there are alternatives for your project.

• You can add 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 website development agencies and freelance website designers, making it possible to find a local Oakland web developer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

We've helped startups and existing ecommerce companies develop great WooCommerce stores in Oakland or other parts of United States.

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Oakland web 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.
• If your Oakland company already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. When you like the look and feel of your content-based website, why spend time and money redesigning it just to add ecommerce?
• Most small businesses in Oakland 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.
• If you're in an industry that's not supported by Shopify, try WooCommerce.

3.) Shopify

Shopify is the most popular hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Oakland, you'll probably need a Shopify web designer.

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

Our ecommerce website developers love Shopify for these reasons:

• For Oakland merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. With Shopify, you don't have to worry about hosting configuration or platform updates.
• When Oakland 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, you'll find getting Shopify apps often require monthly subscriptions versus one-time purchases for WordPress plugins.
• The best ecommerce platform for Oakland 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 Oakland, CA Website Developer

You should ask your prospective Oakland web design or ecommerce website development firm several questions before you get started. Here are 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 website project? We do not outsource custom website design or ecommerce development projects for Oakland businesses. We have our own internal team of USA website designers.
• Will the web developers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? We are careful when it comes to broken URLs, so we plan to implement 301 redirects during any Oakland web redesign project.
• Will the website designer make a mockup, or provide theme samples, before starting the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Oakland 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 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 Oakland web developer plan to use on your website project? Because of its scalability, ease of use, and popularity, we prefer WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Oakland website design team turn things around? It takes us about 2-3 months to complete custom web design projects, and 3-4 weeks to complete template websites. Ecommerce developments often take longer.
• Does the web development agency have examples of innovative solutions? As a complete web design company, we enjoy a design or functionality challenge! Simply reach out to set up a phone call to discuss your needs!

Other Services for Your Oakland, CA Website

There's more to a successful template or custom web design project for your Oakland small business than you may realize. Here are some additional services to help make the most of your Oakland website:

• Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? Let our content writers help your Oakland organization write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• SEO Game Plans: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Oakland, or elsewhere? With our own team of SEO specialists, we can help with on-page, off-page, and technical search engine optimization.
• Conversion Optimization: Want to make your lead forms convert more often? Let us create effective landing pages for your organic and paid traffic.
• Web Maintenance & Support: Do you want help with your template or custom Oakland website after it launches? We can help you install updates or make changes to your website.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Oakland, CA site needs to be accessible? We offer an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and fixes accessibility errors.
• Logo Creation: Have you decided on a logo for your new Oakland business yet? Our graphic designers can come up with good logo ideas for your organization.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your website after it launches? To ensure fast hosting, our server admins teamed up with our website design team to configure fast caching systems for WordPress.

Our complete web design company is the perfect solution for your company!

Why Choose Us for Your Oakland, CA Web Services

Because we love the City of Oakland! There are so many exciting places to visit in Oakland, like Paramount Theatre, USS Potomac, Novel Brewing Company, and others. For more ideas around Oakland, check out this helpful website!

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 just 2181.1 miles away, to handle your professional web design.

• We do not outsource Oakland website design projects. Check out our web development portfolio to see example content websites or ecommerce stores we've built.
• We've got our own team of leading website designers.
• We've worked with multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're experts in search engine optimization, UX, and page speed.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our digital marketing team is highly experienced in Oakland local search engine optimization services to help you rank higher in search results.
• Our design team is very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify for any Oakland ecommerce web designs you might be considering.
• We're easy to reach by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with routine Oakland web maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• For an expanded website marketing plan, check out our Oakland paid ads management and Oakland social media services to target a broader audience.

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