New and Existing Website Development

Is your business in the market for a new website? Do you need help hosting and maintaining your existing website? We work directly with clients to develop, redesign and maintain websites—you’re involved in every step of the process, from design to launch, without having to do any of the heavy lifting.

How Do You Build a Website?

Developing a website for your business isn’t an overnight process. It takes careful planning, building, and testing to ensure you’ll get the best results. When building websites, we function as an extension of your in-house team, focusing on your company’s goals throughout the entire development process.

6-Step Website Development Process

  1. Plan. During the initial phase of the website development process, we work with you to determine your company’s website style, color palette, navigation, features, content, and images. We can also help you select relevant domains if you don’t already have one and determine your hosting requirements.
  2. Build. Once there’s a solid design plan in place, we can start building your website. We develop websites in a secure environment, which allows you to watch the development progress and approve changes. Viewing your website’s development progress in real-time lets you see how the content, layout, navigation, and features function together.
  3. Test. After we finish building your website, we test your website’s responsiveness on mobile and tablet devices. We also test its functionality in all major browsers, including Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
  4. Launch. Once you approve your website, we’ll launch it.
  5. Security and Maintenance. Getting your website launched is half the battle. Keeping it safe, up-to-date, and running is the other half. Website security and maintenance services include website and plugin updates, security scans, malware detection, and endpoint firewall protection.
  6. Analyze. During the build process, we integrate Google Analytics to help you better understand your website traffic. We can consult with you to help you figure out what that data means for your business.

Is It Time To Update Your Website?

Do you need a new website? Generally, businesses seek out website development for two major reasons: their existing website is outdated or they don’t have one. If your business doesn’t have a website, the choice is obvious: you need one. Determining if your current website is out-of-date can be a bit trickier.

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How Much Does a New Website Cost?

If you’re wondering how much a new website will cost, don’t worry, you’re not alone. Estimating the cost of a website can be daunting since every website has unique requirements, and different development companies have varying pricing criteria.

Here are some factors you need to consider when estimating the cost of your new website include:

  • Design. How complex and extensive are your website’s design needs?
  • Size. How many pages will your website have?
  • Features. Do you need a simple brochure-style website, a complex e-commerce platform, or something in-between?
  • Third-Party Tools and Plugins. Will your new website utilize these tools?
  • Content. Will you handle content needs in-house or outsource the work?
  • Hosting. What type of hosting will your website need?
  • Domain Management. Do you need to purchase a new domain, and are there ongoing fees?
  • Maintenance. What’s your plan for ongoing security, technical, and content updates?
  • SEO. Will you need additional services that will contribute to your website’s overall cost?

Website as a Service (WaaS)

A New, Comprehensive Website Service for Your Business

Website as a Service (WaaS) is an all-inclusive alternative to traditional website development. Not only do you get a brand-new website, but also expert professional services to maintain your website’s security, functionality, and design.

Instead of paying one lump sum for your website up-front, then having to pay extra for ongoing maintenance services (or maintain the website and security by yourself), you’ll typically pay a fraction of the total website cost to get started. The included professional services, like hosting, maintenance, and security, are covered in a recurring monthly fee. As part of the service, you’ll also receive a redesign planning session every three years.

What Is WaaS?

WaaS is the total package when it comes to website development and maintenance. As an all-inclusive, monthly recurring service, WaaS includes everything your business needs to own, operate, and maintain its website.

What’s Included in WaaS?

Website Development

Our experienced team of web developers builds a new website or gives your existing website a front- and back-end upgrade.

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Website Security

We include blacklist monitoring and unlimited malware removal as part of our WaaS offering. Also, we actively scan your website’s core files, themes, and plugins for malware, bad URLs, backdoors, SEO spam, malicious redirects, and code injections.

Maintenance

Your website requires ongoing maintenance to stay up-to-date, functional, and secure. As your website’s framework and plugins age, it becomes more susceptible to malicious activity, functionality problems, and compatibility issues. With WaaS, High Touch actively monitors your website to provide ongoing maintenance and updates.

Hosting

We host your newly developed or upgraded website on secure servers, accounting for your website’s storage, bandwidth, SSL certificate, and daily backup needs. Additionally, we can support load balancing, PCI compliance, and advanced hosting configurations as needed.

Domain Management

We’ll handle all the complicated domain management-related tasks for your website, including renewals, transfers, purchases, and consultations.

Additional WaaS Services

Business Listing Management

Make it easier for customers to find your website and business online. Through our Business Listing Management service, we’ll list and manage your company’s address, phone number, website, and other contact information across over 100 websites, search engines, apps, voice assistants, GPS systems, and social networks. More about Business Listing Management.

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Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

With a better understanding of your business’s website goals, we can implement trending SEO tactics to boost organic traffic to your website. SEO add-ons include Google Analytics analysis, Google Ads implementation recommendations, and keyword ranking research and reports. More about SEO.

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Website Changes

Updating content is as easy as sending an email to our Website support team. We offer WaaS clients the option to receive a dedicated bank of change hours for their website. In most cases, we can process small content changes in less than 48 hours.

How Much Does WaaS Cost?

Compared to traditional website development, WaaS can be an affordable option for businesses that would like to pay less upfront for a website, then distribute the remaining cost over three years. With WaaS, the cost of ongoing website support services, such as domain management, hosting, maintenance, and security, are included in the price. Additional services, like Business Listing Management, SEO, and website changes increase the overall cost of WaaS services, but add significant value to your company’s online presence

In most cases, getting started with WaaS will cost somewhere between $4,000 and $8,000. Depending on the options and services you choose to include in your WaaS package, the monthly fee for most companies falls somewhere between $200 and $450 over 36 months. Contact us directly for an estimate and WaaS proposal.

Testimonial – Drop the H Brewing Company

When my husband Mark and I decided to open Drop the H Brewing Company in Pittsburg, Kan. (notice that missing “h”?), we knew we needed a website to help us get the word out. Since we live in Wichita, we wanted to find a local company for ease of coordination and website design.

After meeting with High Touch, we were drawn in by the Web team’s personal touch and positive vibes.

The dedicated support we’ve received through our partnership with High Touch has been outstanding. They’ve provided amazing turnaround service on any website requests we’ve had, including making updates for menu specials and special events. The team always takes the extra time to explain the nuances of website design for us. I appreciate that they’re not afraid to make a recommendation and share the reasoning behind it.

Before we opened our doors at the end of 2019, Pittsburg was the only city in Kansas with a university and no brewpubs! Our Drop the H website has helped us build great awareness and advertising since we introduced craft brews to Pittsburg.

Cathy McClain

Co-Owner
Drop the H Brewing Company

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