Richmond Web Design Services

Our Richmond Web Services

We are a complete website development agency with a large staff of internal website designers and ecommerce web designers. Our web design team is separated into two groups, each focusing on either template or custom website design services.

1.) Template-Based Web Developments

Searching for an affordable website option? Your Richmond small 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.

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 theme to use your color scheme and then add in your web pages.

The starting cost for a template web development is around $3,750, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For template ecommerce web designs, the price and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Website Developments

As a custom web design company, we love to begin every Richmond web development 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. In addition, these mockups can undergo tweaks until you're pleased with the design concept, enabling you to advance with certainty.

Once you've given your approval for the design mockup, our web development team will merge it into a custom template. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better site performance and usability since it was developed specifically for your Richmond business.

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

Web maintenance is a reactive support service that connects you with a website developer or ecommerce website designer on our team who can fix nearly any website issue.

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Richmond website support firms, including:

• Updating your website platform.
• Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging your Richmond site's navigation menu.
• Making your pages faster to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Backing up your website's files and databases.
• Modifying the look and feel of your website's design.
• Fixing website scan glitches or Google Search Console coverage errors.
• 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.

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Set Goals for Your Richmond, VA Website

To choose the best template or custom web development agency for your Richmond business, you need to know what your goals are. The most common goals we've seen for Richmond website design and ecommerce development projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Richmond.
2. To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
4. To increase site speed 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 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 Richmond web development project!

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

Picking a Platform for Your Richmond, VA Website

A content management system, or CMS, is what powers your Richmond website. 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 Virginia and the rest of the country are powered by WordPress.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Richmond, but just because it's the best for a customized website design service. 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 site through third-party WordPress plugins. Not everything has to be built from scratch!
• WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
• WordPress is popular among professional web design companies and freelance website developers, making it possible to find a local Richmond web designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Richmond 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.
• If your Richmond business website runs on WordPress, we typically recommend WooCommerce. If you are happy with the look and feel of your content-based website, why invest the time and money into remaking that website just to add ecommerce?
• Most small businesses in Richmond who prefer open-source software use WooCommerce. 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 SaaS ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website using Shopify, you'll need a Shopify web designer in Richmond.

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

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

• For Richmond 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 Richmond web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. 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 Richmond 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 Richmond, VA Website Developer

You should ask your prospective Richmond web design or ecommerce website development firm several questions before you get started. Let's go over 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 project? Because we've got our own team of USA website designers and ecommerce website designers, we don't outsource.
• Will the website developers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Richmond SEO.
• Does the website designer plan to create a mockup, or provide theme samples, before building the site? We always start with a design mockup for Richmond custom web design projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the website. However, if you choose a theme-based web design service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
• Which CMS platform does your Richmond web designer plan to use on your website project? Due to its popularity, scalability, and ease of use, we love WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Richmond web design team turn things around? Most of our custom website design 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 development agency have examples of 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 Richmond, VA Website

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

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Richmond site or blog.
• Search Engine Optimization Services: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Richmond, or elsewhere? We have our own team of search engine optimization consultants to help with on-page, off-page, and technical search engine optimization.
• Optimizing Conversion Rates: Are you trying to boost the conversion rate of 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 Richmond website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance plans.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Richmond, VA website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility problems on your website.
• Logo Creation: Have you decided on a logo for your new Richmond organization yet? Allow our graphic designers to provide you with logo design concepts 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!

Whatever your business needs from its website, our comprehensive website development agency has your solution!

Why Choose Us for Your Richmond, VA Web Services

Because we love the City of Richmond! There are so many exciting places to visit in Richmond, like American Civil War Museum, Belle Isle, Ardent Craft Ales, and others. For more ideas around Richmond, check out this helpful website!

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 only 991.3 miles away, to handle your professional website design quickly and efficiently.

• You won't find us outsourcing Richmond web development projects. Head over to our web design portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
• We've got our own team of leading web designers.
• Among the CSS frameworks we've worked with are Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• Our team is highly experienced in search engine optimization, UX, and website speed.
• We've made free website tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our digital marketing team is experienced in Richmond search engine optimization services to help you improve search placements and organic traffic.
• Our website designers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Richmond ecommerce website design project you need completed.
• We're easy to reach by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with routine Richmond website maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• To broaden your website advertising service, we can include our Richmond paid ads management and Richmond social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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