Yes. But we consider it more of an agreement than a "contract". It might be splitting hairs, but the terms outlined in a typical agreement are primarily about ensuring that we're on the "same sheet of music" and prevent "surprises" vs. a tool for legal footing. Complete transparency is a critical business philosophy.

Your domain name is your online brand. It's your web-address. It's how users and search engines will find your website. It's a critical part of an over-all website strategy and should be considered the first item on your short list of to-do's since domains can often be difficult to find and secure registrations. Clearly, the more unique your proposed domain name is, the higher the probability that it's available.

Any website we create and host enjoys free domain registration for the term of the hosting agreement. Otherwise, you can expect to pay about $12-$15 a year. There are a handful of registrars charging $35 a year but unless you owe them a personal favor, there's no reason to pay that much. Note: With many MANY domain registrars opening shops, there is a reason to be cautious.

There are a variety of strategies available to any business owner with the savvy to build and maintain a website. Get your website linked to from another website Ensure your website has unique content that's regularly udpated Include your web address in all of your written material and literature: business cards, letter heads, brochures and so on Paid placements in search engine results: Google AdWords Google Places and Yelp listings Social Networking Sites: Facebook, Instagram or Twitter where you regularly engage with your clients/readers Professional Networking Sites: LinkedIn or ZoomInfo

"If you build it, [they] will come..." It's a great movie (often misquoted) line, but regrettably it doesn't apply to your website marketing strategy. SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is a critical element of any website strategy. A pro-active plan is required to ensure that your website listing is returned in a reasonable and prominent position when users search for your brand or services using a search engine website like Google, Yahoo, and Bing. And to make things even more interesting, the algorithms used by each of the search engines is constantly being tweaked and edited to make SEO a [...]

A down payment of 50% is required prior to any project development. Once the design is approved and ultimately completed to your satisfaction, the project balance will be due.

If you have a product or service that you'd like to market via third party, we can create web-friendly, high impact banner ads to any specification and size. Likewise, an HTML email will always be more effective than a simple, plain text version. Use your brand, images, colors and font treatments and turn up the heat on your marketing emails!

Commerce sites come with a collection of additional challenges and requirements that logically require more time and 'leg-work" to execute. Critical elements like usability and security can't be overlooked and mission critical when it comes to your website success. We don't have an in-house shopping cart solution but rather rely on third-party services like Shopify. There's no need to re-invent the commerce wheel and it keeps development costs down and well under control.