Victoria, BC Web Design Services

Our Victoria Website Services

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

1.) Template-Based Website Designs

Searching for an affordable website option? Your Victoria company 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 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 website design is around $3,750, and it can be finished in as little as a few weeks. For template ecommerce developments, 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 Victoria website design service from scratch.

This approach allows our team to design custom mockups specific to your branding requirements. You'll appreciate seeing the look and feel of your future site before our website designers start building the site. 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 web development team will integrate it into a custom template. There are many benefits to a custom theme, including a simplified codebase that often has better website speed and usability since it was developed specifically for your Victoria organization.

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

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

Here are a few examples of website requests that might require service from Victoria web support agencies, including:

• Upgrading your website platform to the latest version.
• Updating apps, themes, and plugins.
• Adding new web pages as you release new information.
• Freshening your blog with new content.
• Rearranging the navigation menu of your Victoria website.
• Improve your page 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 website scan issues or Google Search Console coverage problems.
• Enhancing technical SEO with 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 Victoria, BC Website

It's important to understand what your goals are before picking a template or custom web development agency for your Victoria small business. The most common goals we've seen for Victoria web development and ecommerce web design projects include:

1. To create a website or online store for a new business in Victoria.
2. To give an old website or storefront a fresh look and feel to improve branding and functionality.
3. To improve UX, reduce bounce rates, and/or improve conversion rates.
4. To increase website speed for a passing score in Google Core Web Vitals.
5. To fix website accessibility issues, or perhaps receive a web accessibility certificate.
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 Victoria web development project!

In addition to designing Victoria-area websites, our agency also provides website design services to those in Vancouver, Surrey, Burnaby, Abbotsford, Kelowna, Nanaimo, and Chilliwack.

Picking a Platform for Your Victoria, BC Website

Your Victoria website is likely powered by a content management system, or CMS. 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 British Columbia and the rest of the country are powered by WordPress.

Our website design firm chooses to specialize in WordPress not only because it is the most popular CMS platform in Victoria, 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.

• WordPress has thousands of third-party plugins available that can provide additional functionality for your website.
• WordPress has a huge community of contributors that work together to improve its security, stability, and functionality.
• WordPress is popular among professional website design firms and freelance web designers, making it possible to find a local Victoria website designer to work with you.

2.) WooCommerce

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

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

• We often recommend WooCommerce for Victoria web development projects that require a custom designed template 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 Victoria small businesses with an existing WordPress website. 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?
• We often recommend WooCommerce for Victoria organizations who prefer open-source software. 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 hosted ecommerce platform. If you want to run an ecommerce website in Victoria, you'll probably need a Shopify website designer.

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

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

• For Victoria merchants interested in a hosted ecommerce system, we often recommend Shopify. Shopify allows you to run an ecommerce business in Victoria without the hassle of hosting configurations or platform updates.
• We often recommend Shopify for Victoria web companies without a lot of custom functionality requirements. It is often more expensive to develop custom functionality within 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 Victoria small businesses 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 Victoria, BC Web Designer

You should ask a few questions of your prospective Victoria website design or ecommerce web design agency before starting a project. Let's go over some of the most common ones we get asked before starting a custom website design or ecommerce website development project:

• Does the website designer outsource the project? Because we've got our own team of skilled website developers and ecommerce web developers, we don't outsource.
• Do the website designers plan to create 301 redirects to help with SEO? We always create 301 redirects because we understand how important they are for Victoria SEO.
• Does the web designer plan to create a mockup, or provide template samples, before starting the website? We always start with a design mockup for Victoria custom web development projects to ensure everyone understands the vision for the website. However, if you choose a theme-based website development service we will instead show you template samples before we begin.
• Which CMS platform does your Victoria 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 quick is the turnaround time for your Victoria web design service? It takes us about 2-3 months to finish custom website development projects, and 3-4 weeks to finish template websites. Ecommerce developments often take longer.
• Does the website design firm provide creative solutions? As a comprehensive web development agency, we love a challenge! Let us know what you have for unique needs and we will be happy to assist!

Other Services for Your Victoria, BC Website

A successful template or custom website development project for your Victoria business is just getting started! Let's explore some additional services, which are completely optional, to help you get the most out of your Victoria website:

• Content Writing: Not sure how to express yourself in writing? Let us write content about your products or services for your Victoria website or blog.
• SEO: Interested in improving organic traffic within Victoria, or beyond? We have our own team of SEO professionals to help with off-page, technical, and on-page search engine optimization.
• Conversion Rate Optimization: Looking to boost the conversion rates for 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 Victoria website after it launches? If you need help updating your website, ask about our website maintenance packages.
• Website Accessibility: Not sure if your Victoria, BC website needs to be accessible to people with disabilities? We offer an affordable solution that continuously scans your website and fixes accessibility concerns.
• Designing Logos: Getting ready to start a business in Victoria, but still need a logo? 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 web designers!

No matter what your business needs for its website, you'll find our comprehensive web development agency to be your solution provider!

Why Choose Us for Your Victoria, BC Web Services

We love Victoria, just like you! There are so many awesome places to visit in Victoria, like Esquimalt Lagoon, Sooke Potholes Regional Park, Driftwood Brewery, and more! For other new ideas in or around Victoria, check out this great website!

We have more than 19 years of experience designing good looking, high-converting websites for small businesses and large corporations! You can trust our specialists, who are only 3346.5 kilometers away, to handle your professional website design quickly and efficiently.

• You won't find us outsourcing Victoria website development projects. Head over to our web design portfolio or ecommerce development portfolio to see example websites we've worked on.
• We have our own in-house team of top website designers.
• We have experience in multiple CSS frameworks, including Bootstrap and Tailwind.
• Our team is highly experienced in SEO, UX, and website speed.
• We've made free site tools like password generators, Hex to RGB converters, and secure password generators.
• Our internet advertising team is experienced in Victoria SEO services to help you improve search rankings and organic traffic.
• Our design team is very familiar with WooCommerce and Shopify for any Victoria ecommerce web developments you might be considering.
• You can reach us by phone, live chat, or email.
• We help with routine Victoria website maintenance services to help you keep your website fresh.
• To broaden your digital marketing service, we can include our Victoria PPC ads management and Victoria social media services to help you target a bigger audience.

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