Yes, and no, I’ll explain. Ninety percent of the websites that we build are for small business owners, who prefer to use WordPress to manage their websites. WordPress is a great content management system (arguably the best) that now powers more than 30% of the web. Its huge market share is due to it’s flexibility and ease of use. Every WordPress website begins with a starting theme, whether you choose a starting theme or not. So the answer is “no,” you do not need to pick a theme, however, North Georgia Web designers will simply pick a theme (usually StudioPress) for you to build your website. There are many benefits for you to pick the right theme, ask your designer about the best themes for your business.

Absolutely. Themes are simply a starting place for you and the designers at North Georgia Web. Before the explosion of web templates and themes, getting on the same page with a design team could be a daunting task. Without a theme for a starting pace, clients we’re often tasked to make tedious micro-decisions on every aspect of the design build like: fonts, color schemes, design structure, image placement, spacing, videos and much more. This process made the interview a time consuming chore for both as well as added cost to the overall project.

Fortunately, those days are behind us. North Georgia Web Design is strategically partnered with the world’s largest WordPress template and theme designers and repositories like: Genesis, Studiopress, Divi, Envanto and many more. These partnerships allow us to offer our clients hundreds of unique designs to choose from to speed up and simplify the design process, ultimately, saving our clients time and money.

Yes, it’s perfectly fine to pick a theme now and order the web design service. Before we begin building your website you will have a one on one interview with one of North Georgia We’s designers. During this conversation, it’s quite common for a client to change their mind about the theme they have chosen. So, we suggest, simply pick a theme that you like right now, and address any questions or concerns you may have with the designer when he or she calls or visits. The one caveat being, after the interview process, and during the design process, changing a theme could result in additional charges.

No, but for the most part, yes. The simple truth is: WordPress is the best solution for well over 90% of the clients that we interview. WordPress websites, by far, offer our clients the highest success rates, lowest design costs and the easiest transition into self management. All of the themesdisplayed on the North Georgia Web Design website are for wordpress websites. This being said, North Georgia Web is a full service design company that can do custom builds that are hand-coded using Bootstrap, ColdFusion, Drupal, Joomla, Magento, OpenCart, PrestaShop, Shopify, CS-Cart and more. If you are interested in an alternatively coded website, please call us at 706-972-7737.

Yes, but generally, no. If you look at our web design pricing here you can see an exact list of what each package offers. These pricing tiers and options will cover a large majority of what most business website owners will need. The “additional charges” come in when we are asked to add additional functionality to the website that is not outlined in the pricing structure.

Say for instance you own a barber shop, and we build a website for you and you decide that you would like to add the additional functionality of booking and scheduling customers from your website (where customers can schedule and book appointments). This would require additional coding, as well as possibly incurring monitoring and SMS fees for real-time services and text alerts.

Or perhaps, you would like to build an eCommerce website. eComm websites have a seemingly endless array of distinctions, design styles and options that one could peruse. Most unique eComm websites go over and above our standard web design pricing. The good news is, North Georgia Web is still less expensive than the competition, by far. When we speak with you, prior to building your website, and prior to you being charged, we will discuss, in detail, all of the options and possible additional charges that may apply to your website design / build.

On average we shoot for a three to six week turnaround, however, it’s not unheard of for us to complete a project in six to eight days on entry level jobs. Typically, the pace of any project is set by each client’s needs and how much input the can provide during the initial stages. Your availability with feedback, how soon the content is ready – all this affects the speed of completion. If your website requires additional functionality, beyond what is covered in our pricing tiers, additional time may be required to develop.

Usually it is the client who writes the copy. After all, you are the expert on your business, so it’s usually best if it comes from you. Don’t worry if you’re not a great writer, North Georgia Web is owned by a master librarian, who will edit anything you write to make sure you look and sound like the expert that you are. North Georgia Web also offers copy-writing services for an additional fee.

If your business is in North Georgia, we do business with a hand shake. Meaning, North Georgia Web will build your website and you can pay after the job is finished and you are completely satisfied. For out of area customers, we offer two payment options, a one-time, up-front payment or three automated monthly payments on larger jobs (over $1500). We understand that this is a big investment and want to help you budget for the expense in whatever way possible. You are guaranteed 100% satisfaction with our work, backed by our 100% money-back guarantee. We accept checks, PayPal, and all major credit cards.

Great hosting is super important! That’s why North Georgia Web includes your first year of hosting (on web design bundles), for no charge. You are free to move the website that we build for you at anytime, as it belongs to you; however, we think that you’ll be more than satisfied here with North Georgia Web’s hosting services. After the first year of free hosting is over, you can renew your hosting with us at extremely competitive prices.