So you have a few questions before you can get started? No problem! We've gathered a collection of Frequently Asked Questions here to help you understand what Sharp Designs is all about and how we operate. If you have additional questions, please contact us!
Frequently Asked Questions about Sharp Designs
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I think I might need a website, but I'm not sure where to start?
How do you price your services?
Do you offer Hosting?
Do I really need a Web site?
Will my site be listed in the search engines?
Who decides on the design of my Web site?
How long will it take to build my Web site?
What if I don't like my Web site?
I think I might need a website, but I'm not sure where to start?
Well, you've already made the right first step, since you are here. Just send us some details of what you'd like to do or call us toll-free and we will work with you to help determine the scope and cost of your project.
At Sharp Designs we work with a prospective client to determine the scope, features, scale, timeframe, and other details pertaining to a particular project. We then generate a proposal itemizing the work to be done, the time required to complete the work and the cost associated. This cost represents our experienced estimate of the amount of work required.
Absolutely! For more information on our hosting services, just visit Sharp Hosting. The link is the red button on the left. We offer a complete range of price-competitive hosting services.
If you want to make your business available 24 hrs a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year a Web site can help. If you want to promote your services, sell more products and attract new customers, a Web site can help. Web sites are also a great advertising tool with a world wide audience... just think of the possibilities for growth of your business! Sharp Designs can help you get your business online for the first time or help you rebuild your online presence.
Yes! As part of the Web site creation process, your site will be submitted to all the major search engines and directory listing services. This submission service will be included in the overall Web site design proposal, but can be opted out, if you'd rather handle your own marketing or use a 3rd party marketing firm/service.
You do! After all, once finished, it is your Web site. We begin by determining what your needs are, if you have a current brochure or catalog you would like to use as a model, a logo from letterhead or if we simply start from scratch. From your input we create a design template, color scheme and navigation process for your approval. Once a design has been agreed upon we post it to our private development area, or to your new but unlaunched hosting account. You will then be able to track the creative process via the Internet as the site is being built. We believe this is a most important step in the design process as it gives you a real-time view of the work in progress and allows you to give us your input and allows us to make immediate changes as part of the ongoing development process.
Ah, the question of questions. Two to four weeks is a safe estimate providing that you are an active participant in the process. The biggest obstacle Web design companies encounter when trying to create a Web site is client input. After all, who knows your business better than you do? Much like going to your printer and asking him/her to create a catalog/brochure for your business, we also need the content to put on your site. After all, a Web site is basically an online catalog/brochure of your business with many more interesting and interactive options. The more complicated or feature-rich your Web site will be, the longer the development process. If your new Web site is e-commerce enabled, the development time will most likely be a bit longer. When we generate a proposal for your new Web site, we will include time estimates which will better reflect the time required to complete your site.
By including you in the step-by-step Web creation process, your approval is ongoing throughout the Web creation lifecycle. You oversee the building of the site as daily updates are being added. That way if you don't like what you see, you request that changes be made. You, the client, are in control of what the finished product will be and Sharp Designs will assist you online! Of course, if you decide at any point to change the main direction, design or focus of the site, we will need to renegotiate the project costs to accomodate the changes.
I think I might need a website, but I'm not sure where to start?
