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Website Design & Development

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Is your business online?

Picture this: a potential customer has heard about your business and how great your product or service is. They jump online to find out more and can’t find any trace of your business. Or, worse still, they find an outdated, poorly designed, slow website. Not ideal, right?
Don’t let this be your business!

Starting a new website can be daunting and overwhelming but we make it easy. We’re here to guide you and we make the process as simple and fuss-free as possible, without all of the confusing technical terms and lingo.

WHAT WE DO

Our website services

With over 10 years experience, Bloom Digital has created every kind of website, from landing pages to large e-commerce stores and everything in between.
We build modern, responsive websites for small to medium businesses which aim to convert your visitors into customers. Whether it’s closing a sale through your online shop, generating service leads, or just making it easy for your customers to contact you – we do it all.

Bloom enjoys working with people who are collaborative and communicative. Our process is simple and easy to understand, and we can support your digital growth after website launch too!

ALL THE BELLS & WHISTLES

Let's launch your website

Sit back and relax while your brand new website works for you, 24/7!
At Bloom Digital, we follow best practice when building your site. Here’s what you get with a website from us.

Easy to use

Simplicity is key. We’ll make sure your website’s navigation and design is fuss-free so customers have no problem finding the information they need.

Responsive

More often than not, your website will be viewed on a mobile so responsive design is top priority during your website build. Mobile, tablet and desktop – sorted.

Secure

Your website data, and that of your visitors, needs to be protected. All Bloom Digital websites feature best practice security measures and an active SSL certificate.

Measure your traffic

Your website will be connected to Google Analytics so you can measure what content your customers are interested in, along with their demographics.

SEO friendly

We want search engines to see your website and, most importantly, index it in their search results. Your website will include on-page SEO and image optimisation.

Ongoing support

We don’t just love you and leave you. You will receive training videos so you can update your website or, if you’re time-poor, we can help with this too.

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Website design & development FAQs

There are no silly questions so please ask if your query is not answered here.
Website hosting is space on a server where your website lives. It is essential to pay for hosting when you own a website. We offer premium and secure WordPress hosting with all of our website care plans.
Yes, you can. While we recommend Bloom Digital’s hosting as it’s very secure, fast and private, you can also choose to set up your own hosting account. After building your website we will package it and send to you for you to upload to your hosting. Please note that you cannot join a website care plan if you are not on our hosting, and you are responsible for the ongoing security and care of the site.
Absolutely! In New Zealand, we recommend securing both .co.nz and .nz domain names.
After your website has launched, we will connect it to Google and install on-page search engine optimisation. You will receive any training videos that you need, if you want to update the content yourself. Your website needs to continue running like a well-oiled machine and that’s where our website care plans come in. We keep all of your software updated as well as maintaining the online security and speed that a modern day website requires.

We can certainly purchase as many email accounts that you need however, you will need to rely on an IT professional to ensure they are set up correctly with your preferred email software. Alternatively, you can use Google Workspace for this. Bloom Digital has trusted partners that we work with so if you need an introduction to an IT whizz, just ask.

Bloom Digital chooses WordPress for a variety of reasons including it’s free (yay!), incredibly flexible in design and functionality, and it’s SEO friendly. Wordpress is open source software which means you are not locked into any plan or contract in order to keep it running. You completely own your website, as opposed to other platforms which require a monthly fee from you. The only ongoing costs with a WordPress website is hosting and keeping your domain name active. Over 40% of the world’s websites use WordPress – that says a lot about how powerful it is!
Because a website can be as small as just one page, or as large as a high traffic online store, the build cost varies just as much. After a quick discovery call to see what your website requirements are, you will receive an estimate based on how long we think your build will take.

A great looking logo and associated branding that accurately represents your business is vital to be seen as professional and trustworthy to your customers. Bloom Digital can connect you with an excellent graphic designer to reach this goal. Let me know if you’d like to be introduced!

The turnaround on an information website is approx. 4-6 weeks with online stores and more complex websites taking longer. However, we cannot start without content and images! To ensure that your website isn’t delayed, these are required at the beginning of the project. It can be daunting to put your website content together, so please ask and we can support you with this.
We prefer to build custom websites so that the design and user flow is unique to your business. If budget is a concern, there are ways to reduce the hours spent on your website and one of those ways is by using a pre-designed template. Contact us to discuss this further.

100% yes! You will be provided with training videos after launch so you can update your website as needed. No time? No problem. We can do this part for you if that’s easier.

Aside from content updates which you can do yourself, your website also needs to be regularly maintained. What does this mean? To keep it in tip-top shape and protected from security breaches, your software must be updated regularly as well as numerous other maintenance tasks. Check out our website care plans for more information.
SEO stands for search engine optimisation and essentially means optimising your website as much as possible to be seen in search engine results. Bloom Digital builds your website using SEO best practice and also installs on-page SEO on your website before launch. Read more about SEO here.
Sorry, no. We can edit and proofread your existing content to make it sound fluid and easy to understand. If you require copywriting from scratch, let us know and we’ll hook you up with one of our trusted copywriting professionals.
Great photography really makes your website stand out from your competitors! We have access to many online image libraries, some free and some paid. They are great to use in a pinch, however you just can’t beat your own photography that is unique to your business. Let us know and we’ll connect you with a professional photographer.

Once you have signed our contract, we require a 50% deposit to book your space in our schedule. We carry out a series of administrative tasks as soon as your space is booked, therefore half of your deposit is non-refundable should the project be abandoned for any reason.

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