Q. How can I get a custom web design price?

Get a Custom Web Design price using Our comprehensive online quote system. We understand your time is valuable so we created an online automated quote system . If you prefer, call our toll free line 1-800-753-0058. One of our sales associates would be happy to discuss your web design needs and price your project for you.

Q: What is web site hosting?

Web site hosting refers to the system used by which your web site is available to your potential visitors for viewing. Your web site is stored on a remote computer, called a server, with a direct connection to the internet. It is set up to deliver web pages when anyone attempts to link to your site via any computer connected to the internet world wide.

Q: Why can't I host my own web site?

Although you can host your own web site it's often too expensive to do so effectively. It is usually more economical to pay a hosting company a nominal amount monthly. A good hosting company will have technicians available 24 hours a day that can quickly fix any problems that may arise thus mitigating costly down time.

Q: I've noticed that the hosting fees and domain registrar fees you quote are considerably less
qqthan other web site designers. Why so inexpensive?

This is true. You will notice that other web site designers will typically charge $200.00 to $400.00 to cover yearly hosting and domain registrar fees. There are several reasons for this.

Many web site designers build in their charge within their hosting fees. Hosting services are extremely competitive; we have taken the time to research which companies charge the least yet still deliver reliable and fast service.

Web site designers often sell their clients extravagant features that are simply unnecessary for their purposes. These features require more expensive hosting fees to function properly. We design your site with economical hosting options in mind which will provide you with considerable savings in yearly hosting fees.

Q: What level of web design is really necessary to be successful?

This depends on the purpose of your web site, what you want to convey, and what your competition is doing. If you plan to sell products online you have to inspire a level of trust to your visitors before they are willing to input their credit card number on your web site.

On our online quote system, the possible levels of graphic appeal and complexity are none, minimum, basic, average, enhanced, and advanced. If your selling products you should go with the enhanced level, this level will inspire confidence in your potential customers. The majority of established and trusted larger corporations tend to have sites at the "enhanced" level or higher.

A large number of small businesses wish to convey a sense that they are established and no different from their competitors who are already established and trusted. Again, this can be accomplished by utilizing a graphic appeal of "enhanced" or higher. The lower levels are suitable for situations where conveying trust is not as important. You should also consider what level your competition is at. Some industries are known for having a very low level of appeal on their websites, if this is the case you only need to match them to be on par or slightly exceed their level to give you a competitive edge.

Q: What do your developers do differently at the higher levels of graphic appeal?

At the higher levels of graphic appeal, namely "enhanced" and "advanced" our designers utilize and mimic the techniques used by high-end designers. This requires three components, the first being artistic talent. Our graphic designers are very artistic and have experience with the type of style used on high-end web sites. The second component is the software used. The graphic software used is several times more expensive and robust compared to the software used by amateurs.

Software used by amateurs is very limiting and tends to produce less appealing web sites. In addition to the lower level of appeal is the fact that less reputable companies tend to use this software to design their web sites. There is a certain look that is common with less established companies, "fly-by-night" companies, "get-rich-quick" sites, etc., that is simply due to use of cheap web-authoring software. The third component is experience surfing the internet and viewing a variety of different types of companies and graphical components.

Many web developers make the mistake of using free graphics or templates instead of custom making every graphical element of a web site. When free graphical components are used, your site is bound to resemble low-end web sites often used by "fly-by-night" companies. An experienced designer knows to avoid custom designs that resemble the readily available free graphical components. All our high-end graphic designers know to avoid the techniques and styles commonly used in low-end web sites.

Q: Would you ever use a template or suggest the use of a template?

All our sites are custom designed and we would strongly advise against using templates for web design. Apart from the obvious problem with templates being less attractive, there are other legal and marketing issues that need to be considered. When using a template you can easily run into copyright infringement, as you would not actually hold the copyright but rather only a license for limited use of the design.

Eventually when your business starts to grow, an element of your web site could easily become a trademark for your company. Remember a trademark does not have to be registered for it to be considered a trademark of your company; registration of a trademark gives it more protection. However, if you find that part of your web design has become a trademark (unregistered) you may not be able to use that element in any print media or any other media such a signage.

You may also be forced to stop using the "trademark" costing you thousands of dollars. It's always better to go with custom design for your web site, and although custom design has historically been expensive, we provide custom design at very affordable rates.

Q: Are all programming languages equal?

No. There are some common programming languages that require a specific type of server that is less reliable and more expensive to run. We use modern languages such as php to avoid this problem and pass savings on to our clients by means of reduced hosting costs. Also languages such as PHP tend to run faster than out-dated programming languages.

Q: What are the qualifications of your web designers?

Apart from many years of design experience, we only hire designers that have logged thousand of hours of viewing experience. On average our designers have viewed in excess of 50,000 web pages each. This is extremely important for determining the styles of design that are consistent with trusted sites as well as design styles that are consisted with amateur sites.

Our developers avoid any techniques or styles used by amateurs. They all have an artistic background as well and understand the proper blending and balance of color as well as a background in photography.

Q: What is a domain name and do I really need one?

A domain name is your identity on the internet. This is what someone types in to access your web site. It is analogous to a phone number however it can be more meaningful as it can be comprised of words. A domain name is a necessity and we can help you choose an effective name that will help you succeed on the internet.