Tuscaloosa Web Design Services

Our Tuscaloosa Web Services

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

1.) Template-Based Web Developments

Looking for an affordable website? Your Tuscaloosa small business might be interested in a template site!

Rather than creating design mockups and building a custom template 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 template for us to install on your development site.

From there, we'll customize the theme to match your color scheme and then set up your web pages.

The starting cost for a template-based web development is $3,750, and it can be completed in as little as a few weeks. For template-based ecommerce developments, the cost and turnaround will be higher.

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2.) Custom Web Developments

As a custom web design company, we like to start every Tuscaloosa website 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.

Following your approval of the design mockup, our web 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 site speed and usability, since it was created exclusively for your Tuscaloosa business.

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

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

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Tuscaloosa web maintenance firms, including:

• Making sure your website's platform is up to date.
• Installing app, theme or plugin updates.
• Adding new web pages as you release new products or services.
• Writing new blog content to help you stay fresh.
• Rearranging your Tuscaloosa website's navigation menu.
• Improve your page speed to pass Google Core Web Vitals.
• Making backups of your website's files and databases.
• Changing the look and feel of your website.
• Troubleshooting Google Search Console coverage glitches.
• Adding structured data, open graph tags, etc.
• Investigating and solving any other website issue.
• Importing / exporting ecommerce product data.

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Set Goals for Your Tuscaloosa, AL Website

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

1. To build a website or online store for a new business in Tuscaloosa.
2. To redo an existing website or storefront with a modern, professional look and feel.
3. To improve UX, bounce rates, and/or conversion metrics.
4. To increase site performance for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To fix website accessibility concerns, or perhaps receive a web accessibility certificate.
6. To improve lead generation from the website.
7. To get more sales from their ecommerce store.

Let us help plan your Tuscaloosa web development project!

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Picking a Platform for Your Tuscaloosa, AL Website

The foundation of your Tuscaloosa website is the content management system you choose for the design project. While our top web designers and ecommerce 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 Tuscaloosa and the greater Alabama area.

We specialize in WordPress not just because it's the most popular CMS platform in Tuscaloosa, but just because it's the best for a customized web development service. While there are dozens of content management systems to consider, we've found WordPress to be the most scalable platform for designing websites.

• WordPress has thousands of third-party plugins available that can provide additional functionality for your website.
• WordPress has a large community of contributors helping to improve the platform's functionality, stability, and security.
• With WordPress, you should easily be able to find a local Tuscaloosa website designer to help you with your project.

2.) WooCommerce

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

Here's why our ecommerce website designers love WooCommerce:

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Tuscaloosa website 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.
• If your Tuscaloosa small 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 redesigning that website just to add ecommerce?
• WooCommerce is a great open-source option for Tuscaloosa businesses. There are no monthly fees to use WordPress or WooCommerce. Alternatively, Shopify has monthly fees to use the platform and their apps are often more expensive than WordPress or WooCommerce plugins.
• We also recommend WooCommerce for those in an industry not accepted by Shopify.

3.) Shopify

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

Our Shopify developers have experience designing websites for online companies in and around Alabama.

Here are some reasons our ecommerce web developers like Shopify:

• Tuscaloosa merchants looking for a hosted ecommerce platform should check out Shopify. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Tuscaloosa without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Tuscaloosa web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. It's typically more expensive to develop custom functionality in Shopify than WordPress. Additionally, Shopify apps often have monthly fees versus WooCommerce plugins that are more affordable.
• Shopify is a great option for Tuscaloosa ecommerce businesses that need fast turnaround times for marketing and development. It is often faster with Shopify to test out new products, themes, apps, or ideas.

Questions to Ask a Tuscaloosa, AL Website Designer

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

• Does the website designer outsource the work? We do not outsource custom web development or ecommerce development projects for Tuscaloosa small businesses. We have our own internal team of USA web developers.
• Will the website designers create 301 redirects to help search rankings? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Tuscaloosa SEO.
• Does the website developer plan to create a mockup, or provide theme samples, before starting the website? We create design mockups for Tuscaloosa companies that choose a custom web development service, and provide template samples for clients that choose a template-based web development service.
• What CMS platforms is your Tuscaloosa website designer experienced in? Because of its scalability, ease of use, and popularity, we prefer WordPress. For ecommerce sites, we recommend WooCommerce or Shopify.
• How fast can your Tuscaloosa website design team turn things around? Most of our custom web 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 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 Tuscaloosa, AL Website

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

• Writing Content: Don't feel comfortable writing about yourself or your company? Let our content writers help your Tuscaloosa business write web page or blog content to describe your company and its products or services.
• Search Engine Optimization Tactics: Do you want to improve organic traffic in Tuscaloosa, or elsewhere? We have our own team of search engine optimization experts to help with off-page, technical, and on-page SEO.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: Looking to boost the conversion rates for your lead forms? Allow our custom web designers and digital advertisers to team up and create an improved, higher converting landing pages for your organic and paid advertising traffic.
• Website Maintenance: After your template or custom Tuscaloosa website goes live, do you want to make edits? We can help you install updates or make changes to your website.
• ADA Website Accessibility: Not sure whether your Tuscaloosa, AL website needs to be accessible? Our solutions use artificial intelligence to fix accessibility issues on your website.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Tuscaloosa, but still need a logo? Let our graphic designers come up with logo concepts for your small business.
• Web Hosting: Need somewhere to host your site after it launches? Our server administration and web design team work together to ensure fast WordPress hosting services!

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

Why Choose Us for Your Tuscaloosa, AL 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! We'll take care of your professional web design quickly and efficiently.

• We do not outsource Tuscaloosa 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 have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• We are highly experienced in SEO, user experience, and page speed.
• We have free website design tools like color scheme pickers and password generators.
• Our digital marketing team is highly experienced in Tuscaloosa local search engine optimization services to help you rank higher in search results.
• Our website designers are knowledgeable within WooCommerce and Shopify for any Tuscaloosa ecommerce website design project you need completed.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with routine Tuscaloosa website maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• To really expand upon your website advertising, we can offer Tuscaloosa paid ads management and Tuscaloosa social media management to help you target potential customers outside of organic search results.

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