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Website Design & Development

Research by Stanford has shown that 75% of people form judgments about a company’s credibility based on its website. (Potential) clients will visit your website when they are interested in your services. Therefore, it is essential to ensure your website effectively serves its purpose and supports your business goals 24/7. Together, we will create a stunning website that positions you as an authority and clearly communicates why you are the right person to solve your ideal clients’ problems. A website that builds trust and generates leads and discovery calls from high-value ideal clients. Imagine you have a website that:

  • Positions you as an authority in your industry
  • Makes it very clear why your ideal clients need you
  • Exudes professionalism which establishes trust
  • Builds a connection and increases perceived value
  • Helps generate leads 24/7, fostering business growth
  • Helps convert your leads into high-value ideal clients
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01. The Essential Suite

The Essential Suite offers a strategically and beautifully designed Squarespace website. This is ideal for service providers who want to move fast and achieve an effective, elevated website without the cost of a fully bespoke Webflow website. Together, we will create a website that positions you effectively, informs, fosters trust, and generates leads and inquiries. Your website will be fully responsive, ensuring a seamless experience across all devices. You will have full control to make updates effortlessly, allowing you to keep your services and content relevant at any time. Basic SEO will be implemented to support your website in ranking on search engines, making it easier for potential clients to discover your services. In summary, this service ensures you will have a beautiful and professional website that informs, builds trust, and helps generate valuable leads and inquiries.

Investment: Starts at €5,000
Timeline: 2 - 5 weeks (depending on the scope)

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02. The Bespoke Suite

This is not your average website. The Bespoke Suite is for service providers who truly want to stand out and position themselves as an elite brand offering high-value services and transformative experiences. This service includes a Bespoke and Sophisticated Website Design and Webflow Development. You will have a custom, strategic, and stunning website that immediately sets you apart from the competition, builds trust, and enhances credibility. Your website will reflect your brand and the quality of your services. It will position you effectively, help generate leads, and elevate perceived value, ultimately driving sales. Your website will provide a seamless experience across all devices and elegant interactions will ensure an engaging user experience. SEO will be implemented to help your ideal clients discover your business. In summary, you will have a unique and stunning website that instantly sets you apart and supports your business goals.

Investment: Starts at €10,000
Timeline: 1 - 2 months (depending on the scope)

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03. The Design-Only Suite

This service offers a fully bespoke website design without web development. It is perfect for service providers who desire a stunning and effective website design but prefer to manage the development themselves or collaborate with an existing website partner. You will receive a fully bespoke, strategic, and stunning website design that seamlessly aligns with your brand and effectively supports your business goals.

Investment: Starts at €4,000
Timeline: 2 - 5 weeks (depending on the scope)

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What is included?

Research 

In order to create an effective website, research is essential. It all starts with asking you questions. We will discuss what it is that you need, who your target audience is, and what you are trying to accomplish with your website. This will be followed by me analyzing the market and your competitors.

Strategy, Sitemap, and Wireframes
After the research phase, I will create a strategy and a sitemap and wireframes that map out the main elements of your new website. This will give a clear idea of your website's layout, functionality, navigation, and customer journey.

Custom Web Design
I will create a fully custom design for your website inside Figma. I will design a website that is beautiful, functional, user-friendly, in line with your brand’s personality, and leading to the actions you want your website visitors to take.

Website Development
After your design approval, I will develop your website inside Webflow. Webflow is a CMS and hosting platform. I will add subtle and elegant animations which will make your website interactive and engaging.

User-friendly and Responsive
Your website will be fully responsive and easy to navigate across all devices and screen sizes.

Basic SEO

Your website will have basic on-page SEO, meaning: page titles, meta descriptions, and ALT text for photos.

Launch Support
You will receive a video tutorial in which I show you how you can manage your website after the launch. For example, how to make changes and add new blog posts.

The Process

STEP 1: Inquire
If you are interested in my branding and/or website services, please inquire here. Your answers will give me an idea of your current business status, what you are looking for, and what your timeline is.

STEP 2: Discovery Call
After reviewing your form, I will send you an email with a link so that you can schedule a discovery call. During the call, we will discuss your business in more detail so that I understand exactly what you want and need. After the call, I will send you a proposal.

STEP 3: Secure Your Spot
After you have approved the proposal, signed the contract, and paid your 50% deposit, your website design project is locked in and will be scheduled.

STEP 4: Content
Before starting your project, you will need to provide all the content for your website. Meaning, I need to receive all the copy, images, and videos for each page.

STEP 5: Research‍
I will provide you with an online questionnaire about your website. If required, we will follow up with a conversation. I will proceed with market and competitor research.

STEP 6: Strategy, Sitemap, and Wire-framing
Based on your answers in the questionnaire, our conversation, my research, and your website content, I will develop a strategy and create a sitemap and wireframes for your website.

STEP 7: Web Design
After receiving your sitemap and wireframe approval, I will design your website inside Figma. This is a very exciting part as your website design will visually come to life.

STEP 8: Refine

You will receive the design for your website and I await your feedback and make adjustments accordingly. Two alteration rounds are included.

STEP 9: Web Development
After receiving your final design approval, I will start developing your website inside Webflow. This part takes up most of the time.

STEP 10: Website launch
It is time to celebrate! After receiving your final payment, your website is ready to go live. You will receive a video tutorial in which I explain how you can maintain your website.

Investment

Custom web design and Webflow development starts at: € 4.900 (21% VAT not included).

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FAQ

Can I book your website design service if I don't have branding?
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In order to create a strong website, I recommend having a completely finished visual brand identity prior to starting your website design. Learn more about my brand identity package here.

I do not want to change platforms, can you still design my website?
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Yes! I work with Squarespace and Webflow. If you want a new website but prefer to keep your existing platform, such as Showit or WordPress, I have a solution for you. The website design package without web development is ideal, offering only website design without web development. You will receive a strategic and stunning new website design that you or your developer can implement.

If you have questions or concerns, feel free to send me an email:
‍frances@signature-atelier.com or inquire here.

In what systems will you design and build my website?
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I create websites in Squarespace and Webflow. Fully bespoke websites I design in Figma and develop in Webflow. Figma is a fantastic design tool to create, share, and test designs for websites, mobile apps, and other digital products and experiences. Webflow is a web development platform that enables me to build fully custom and responsive websites. Webflow offers an excellent content management system (CMS) which will enable you to manage and add content, such as blog posts, easily and efficiently.  

Did you create this website in Webflow?
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Yes, I custom designed this website (signature-atelier.com) in Figma and I then built it in Webflow. Figma is a fantastic design tool to create, share, and test designs for websites, mobile apps, and other digital products and experiences. Webflow is a web development platform that enables me to build fully custom and responsive websites.

Why should I hire a professional to create my website?
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You don't need to hire a professional to create your website, there are many platforms that enable you to create a website yourself and this could totally work for you and your business. However, many entrepreneurs do not want to figure out how those platforms work, feel uncertain about the information they should provide, and they find crafting an effective design overwhelming and challenging. Sometimes entrepreneurs did create a website themselves and are not happy with the result and/or the website is not effective. With already so many tasks demanding their attention, they prefer to invest in an expert who is specialized in crafting an effective and well-designed website. They see it as a crucial investment, as it not only saves time and minimizes stress but also often ensures a significant return on investment in the future.

I don't know what I need on my website, is a that a problem?
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That is not a problem at all. You are in a judgement-free zone. Together we will determine what you are trying to accomplish with your website and how we can make that happen in the most beautiful and effective way. We will create a website that positions you effectively, builds trust, and leads your website visitor to the action you want them to take.

When do I need to book by?
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I schedule projects in advance so I recommend reaching out as soon as possible.

Can you add interactions to my website?
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Yes, I can add elegant and subtle animations that make your website interesting, interactive, and engaging.

Who will design and develop my website?
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I (the founder, Frances Ibink) do all branding projects and I design and develop all websites. You will have direct contact with me about your project from the beginning until the end.

Do you offer payment plans?
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Yes. To get started, you will need to pay a 50% deposit. The remaining 50% will need to be paid before launching your website.

What happens if I need more than 2 revision rounds?
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That is not a problem. There are 2 alteration rounds included in the website package. Each additional revision round is 500 Euro per round (VAT not included).

Do you create the content for my website?
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No, I do not create the content for your website. I design and develop your website, you will need to provide the text for each page and the images and videos you would like to use.

I don't have professional photos for my website, is that a problem?
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In order to create a stunning, professional, and captivating website, professional photos are absolutely essential. Depending on your type of business, I highly recommend doing a professional photoshoot and/or selecting stunning stock images. We can discuss this further during our call.

Do I need video for my website?
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Videos for your website are not essential. However, depending on your type of business, it can be highly effective. Video has the ability to evoke strong emotions, it can captivate, connect, and build trust and credibility. That being said, it is not necessary as strong copy and beautiful photos can create a highly effective website.

Do I need to hire a copy writer for the text on my website?
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It depends on your own skills and approach. Hiring a copy writer can be highly effective. However, if you are capable of doing it yourself, then you obviously don't need to do that.

How do I make sure my website will be found in the search engines?
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Search engine optimization (SEO) is a set of methods aimed at improving the ranking of a website in search engines such as Google. It helps you organically attain visibility for search queries. For example, if you are an interior designer in NYC, you want to make sure that you are on the top of the search results (ideally in the top 3) when someone Googles the keyword "Interior Designer NYC". Ranking on top of the search results enables you to get more traffic to your website and thus creates more opportunities to convert leads into clients. I will add basic on-page SEO to your website so that search engines will be able to index and rank your web pages. I recommend hiring an SEO expert that can help you rank highly in search results for keywords that are relevant for your business.

Can you maintain my website after the website launch?
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I will provide a website tutorial in which I explain how you can make changes to your website yourself, for example, add a new blog post. However, if you desire bigger changes after launch, I can definitely help with that. I work with an hourly rate.

Do you work with international clients?
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Yes! I speak English and Dutch.

Can I expect any additional cost?
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- Font licensing: licenses for fonts for your website are not included. The pricing varies based on the specific font choices and its intended usage.
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- Extra revision rounds: Two revision rounds are included in the website design and development package. Each additional revision round is 500 Euro (VAT not included).

- Copy writing: Copy writing is not included. You will need to provide all the text for your website.

- Photos and videos: photos and videos for your website are not included. You will need to provide all photos and videos for your website.

- Website domain registration: domain registration is not included. You will need to register and purchase a website domain yourself. For example, via BlueHost or GoDaddy.

- Website hosting: hosting for your new website is not included, you will need to get a monthly Webflow subscription. You can find more information on pricing here.

- Website maintenance: is not included. I will provide a website tutorial in which I explain how you can add and make changes to your website yourself, for example, add a new blog post. However, if you need bigger changes, I can definitely help with that. I work with an hourly rate.