Oshawa, ON Web Design Services

Our Oshawa Web Services

We are a complete web design company with a large staff of internal website developers and ecommerce web developers. Our website design team is broken into two groups, each specializing in either template or custom web development services.

1.) Template-Based Web Designs

Looking for a low-cost website? Your Oshawa organization 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 website or online store.

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

Next, we will modify the theme to use your color scheme and then add in 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 web designs, the price and turnaround will be higher.

800-796-8263 Email Us

2.) Custom Website Developments

As a custom web design company, we prefer to start every Oshawa 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 web designers begin their work. These mockups can be altered to your satisfaction, allowing you to finalize the design concept and proceed with confidence.

Following your approval of the design mockup, our website development team will integrate it into a custom theme. A custom template offers numerous advantages, such as a streamlined codebase that typically results in improved website performance and usability, since it was created exclusively for your Oshawa company.

The starting price for a custom website design is about $9,500, and it can be ready in just a few weeks. For custom ecommerce web designs, the price and turnaround will be higher.

800-796-8263 Email Us

3.) Website Maintenance

After the launch of your website, or if you have one, you might be interested in website maintenance services.

We think of web maintenance as a reactive support service where we provide your Oshawa business access to a web developer or ecommerce developer who can fix just about any problem.

Here are some examples of website requests that Oshawa website support firms might help with:

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Installing app, theme or plugin updates.
• Adding new pages whenever you release something new.
• Staying fresh with new blog content.
• Rearranging your Oshawa site's navigation menu.
• Improve your page speed to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Making 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 a solution to any other website problem.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

800-796-8263 Email Us

Set Goals for Your Oshawa, ON Website

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

1. To create a website or online store for a new Oshawa company.
2. To redesign an existing website or storefront into a modern web design to give a better first impression to visitors.
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 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 get more sales from their ecommerce store.

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

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

Picking a Platform for Your Oshawa, ON Website

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Oshawa website. 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

With more than 40% market share in Ontario and the country, WordPress is simply the most popular open-source website platform.

WordPress is the most popular CMS in Oshawa, but it's also the best in terms of overall performance and scalability of a customized web development. 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 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.
• With WordPress, you should easily be able to find a local Oshawa web designer to help you with your project.

2.) WooCommerce

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

Here's why our ecommerce website developers love WooCommerce:

• If you need a custom theme with complex functionality, but have a limited budget, we often recommend WooCommerce. This is mostly due to custom theme and functionality work being cheaper in WooCommerce.
• If your Oshawa business already has a WordPress site, we often recommend WooCommerce. It doesn't make sense to spend a lot of time and money rebuilding your content-based site just to add ecommerce.
• WooCommerce is a good open-source option for Oshawa small businesses. There are no monthly fees to use 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 good if you're in an industry that's not accepted by Shopify.

3.) Shopify

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

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

Here are some reasons our ecommerce developers like Shopify:

• For Oshawa 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.
• We often recommend Shopify for Oshawa web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. It's typically more expensive to develop custom functionality in 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 Oshawa 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 Oshawa, ON Website Designer

You should ask your prospective Oshawa website design or ecommerce development agency several questions before you get started. Here are some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom website design or ecommerce web design project:

• Does the web designer outsource the website project? Because we have our own internal team of premium website designers, we don't outsource custom website design or ecommerce development projects to other companies.
• Will the web designers make 301 redirects to help preserve search rankings? For any Oshawa web development project that will replace an existing website, we plan out 301 redirects early in the project.
• Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before building the site? We find it is easier to create a design mockup for Oshawa site projects to help everyone understand the design direction before the website build gets too far along. However, that is only feasible if you choose a custom website development service. If you opt for a theme-based website, we'll provide several template samples for you to review instead.
• What CMS platforms is your Oshawa website designer experienced in? We prefer WordPress because of its ease of use, popularity, and scalability. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast is your Oshawa web development service? It takes us about 2-3 months to complete custom website design projects, and 3-4 weeks to complete template websites. Ecommerce developments often take longer.
• Does the web design company provide 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 Oshawa, ON Website

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

• Page Content Writing: Do you have trouble expressing yourself in writing? We'll help your Oshawa business write content that describes your products or services on its website or blog.
• SEO Strategies: Want to improve organic traffic in or around Oshawa? To help with on-page, off-page, and technical SEO, we have our own team of search engine optimization consultants.
• 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.
• Website Maintenance: After your template or custom Oshawa website goes live, do you want to make changes? Ask about our website maintenance packages to receive help installing updates or making website updates.
• Web Design Accessibility: Are you unsure if your Oshawa, ON website needs to be accessible? We offer an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and fixes accessibility concerns.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Oshawa, but still need a logo? Let our graphic designers come up with logo concepts for your organization.
• Web Hosting Strategies: After your website launches, do you need a place to host it? To ensure fast hosting, our server admins teamed up with our web development team to configure fast caching systems for WordPress.

Our full-service website design firm is the perfect solution for your business!

Why Choose Us for Your Oshawa, ON Web Services

Because we love the City of Oshawa! There are so many exciting places to visit in Oshawa, like Canadian Automotive Museum, Parkwood National Historic Site, Lakeview Park, and others. For more ideas around Oshawa, 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 1003.3 kilometers away, to handle your professional website design.

• We don't outsource Oshawa web development services. Browse our web design portfolio to see past content websites or ecommerce sites we've worked on.
• We have our own in-house team of skilled web designers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We're professionals in SEO, UX, and website speed.
• We have free web development tools like color scheme pickers and password generators.
• Our digital marketing professionals are very familiar with Oshawa SEO services to help you rank higher in Google.
• Our design team is very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify for any Oshawa ecommerce web designs you might be considering.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We have a website team to help with Oshawa website maintenance when you need website updates.
• For an expanded website advertising service, check out our Oshawa PPC management and Oshawa social media services to target a broader audience.

800-796-8263 Email Us