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We may not be able to answer your biggest questions about life, but when it comes to websites, we've got you covered.
Website design is crucial because it determines the first impression users have of your business. A well-designed website helps establish credibility, improves user engagement, enhances brand perception, and increases conversion rates.Read more about why a business needs a website.
That entirely depends on your requirements, timeline and available budget. A great place to start is to request a quote - or you can skip this and immediately opt to book a website needs analysis with one of our experienced consultants for an accurate estimation.This will help us determine your needs and the scope of the project. If you are looking for the most affordable option to get online, we suggest you have a look at our Fast Track offer.We also love to chat, so you are welcome to give us a call at +27 21 919 6060 if you have any questions or send an email to info@pathfindmeda.com.
Our payment plan involves a 50% deposit of the once-off invoice upfront, with the balance due the following month. Additionally, the monthly hosting and software fee is payable from the beginning, as we build your website on a staging environment hosted on our server. This allows you to preview the progress via a private link while the site is being developed, even before it's live for the public. The remaining once-off website cost can be settled interest-free over three to six months, providing flexibility in payment.
Based on over 200 collective reviews, we are an award-winning, 5-star rated company on Google, Facebook and Trust Pilot, and we have over a dozen recommendations on LinkedIn.In essence, we don’t have unhappy clients.It comes down to our value proposition that promises to deliver excellently working websites that represent brands well.A key component of this is the time we spend with our clients to plan their websites.You can expect uncompromising personal service at a fair rate, faster than you think, and with less hassle than you care to handle. We often go the extra mile at no additional charge (a testament to this is the clients we have gained due to dissatisfaction with some of our competitors).No one in our business category offers the quality product we deliver within the timeframe provided and at the reasonable rates we charge.
The fantastic thing about living in the 21st century is that we can serve a global client base without compromising service. We have clients all over the country and the world – it does, however, help to be able to liaise in English.
Yes, we do. Have a look at our support services.
You own the website, for sure. Depending on the platform we build on, it will be hosted on either AWS, Zoho or Xneelo's servers and you will have full autonomy over it. We can even give you a tutorial on changing things yourself after we launch.
This depends on several factors, including the size and complexity of your site, the deposit payment and the content delivery (site navigation, copy, visual elements, branding, etc.).Have a look at the four stages (what we like to call peaks) of a typical website project:
Planning
Content
Design
Support
Read more about the details of these peaks.A typical web design project (from initiation to launch) can take two to ten weeks, depending on the scope and the timeous curation of required content (branding, copy and visual elements).We have pulled off an urgent website in one day - so anything is possible - if the project milestones are met within the predetermined timeframes.
We are well-versed in websites and copywriting for websites, just as you are familiar with your own business.We find that the best approach is a collaborative one where you provide the cornerstone copy content for your predetermined website pages, and we curate (refine, edit, amalgamate and optimally layout) the copy, along with the rest of the content (visual elements and branding).We will determine who will be responsible for which content during the discovery workshop.
We encourage you to regularly update and add additional pages to your website as your business grows (this also benefits organic SEO). Your website, as a living and breathing entity on the Internet, can be actively maintained with the help of our optional service retainer hours . These hours can be utilised for various tasks, including:
Additionally, we offer a range of other support services, such as:
Just like a house, a website has a foundation. This basis must be stable to support your online requirements and the site's scalability when accelerating your marketing efforts.In our experience, Drupal, Joomla and WordPress (three of the most popular CMS website builders) do not provide sufficient stability and scalability. In this blog, we detail the disadvantages of building with WordPress. Like true Pathfinders; we build on Webflow and pure, semantic HTML, CSS and Javascript. We put Webflow up against WordPress to see its advantages in this blog: WordPress vs Webflow.In short, we build websites that no longer rely on clunky plugins and themes that need constant updating. We can provide 10x better security and speed regardless of the size of the site.
E-commerce platforms serve as both content management systems (CMS) and commerce engines for websites, enabling the management of purchases, product categorisation, and customer relationships with retailers.We recommend the following platforms:
Zoho Commerce
Ecwid
Shopify
WooCommerce
When considering all aspects, our preferred e-commerce platform is Zoho Commerce. To gain a deeper understanding of why we favour Zoho Commerce, we encourage you to read more about the comparisons between different e-commerce platforms.
You can see the steps we take over on our Home page, navigate to the steps and click on each tab to see the different milestones of the project.
Yes, if you are happy to continue, you can review and sign our onboarding contract here.
