Web design & development · Watkinsville, GA
Make your website useful at the moment a customer needs it.
A well-planned site helps a visitor understand what you do, decide whether it fits, and take a clear next step. We work with Watkinsville-area owners to shape the right scope—whether that means a new WordPress site, a careful redesign, an online store, or a separate application.
Start with the customer journey
A new site is one option—not the automatic answer.
Before recommending a build, we look at the job your website needs to do. Can a first-time visitor find the service, understand the next step, and contact the right person? Are staff spending time answering questions the site could address? Those are more useful starting points than a list of design trends.
For some businesses, a focused three-page site—such as home, services, and contact—is enough to establish a clear path. Other projects need additional service pages, resources, booking, or sales functions. Our WordPress website design work is planned around the pages and editing responsibilities that fit your team.
We agree who supplies copy, photos, and approvals. The handoff can include a practical walkthrough of agreed WordPress editing tasks and access to the accounts your team needs to manage its content.
A careful redesign begins with an inventory
Keep what still works. Change what gets in the way.
A redesign can improve the experience without treating the old site as disposable. We first identify the content and functionality worth preserving, then agree what should be revised, retired, or rebuilt. The inventory also helps expose dependencies—forms routed to staff, analytics tags, or links used in print and email.
Before committing to a rebuild, check:
- URLs and useful content: list current pages, downloads, and pages customers still use; note their links and search value.
- Customer tasks: identify the calls, quote requests, bookings, or answers that should remain easy to find.
- Forms and tracking: document recipients, confirmation messages, spam controls, analytics, advertising tags, and consent requirements.
- Launch and recovery: confirm who can access hosting and domain accounts, arrange a backup, and agree a review and launch checklist.
- URL changes: map redirects only where a page address actually changes, then test important old links after launch.
- Post-launch checks: test navigation, forms, mobile layouts, redirects, and key tracking events on the live site.
Keep the domain you own. A redesign does not by itself require a new domain. We can plan a migration around the existing address, hosting, email, and access arrangements; those are separate decisions from the visual design.
If your priorities are primarily an existing website’s structure, content, and migration, see our website redesign service. A first review can help distinguish a targeted repair from a full replacement.
Choose the right level of functionality
When a website needs a store—or a custom application.
An online shop adds product information, options, stock, checkout, payment, shipping, and order-management decisions. A custom application goes further: it may need roles, permissions, saved records, integrations, or a workflow that standard pages and plugins do not cover. Each changes the scope, testing, and ongoing responsibilities.
01 / CONTENT SITE
Explain and invite
Service pages, useful answers, and a well-routed enquiry form. A three-page website starts at $995; added pages or functionality are scoped separately.
02 / ONLINE STORE
Help customers choose and buy
WooCommerce development can cover product catalogs and purchasing flows, but a complete store is quoted separately from the $995 starting offer.
03 / BUSINESS APPLICATION
Support a defined workflow
Applications with accounts, permissions, data, or integrations need a requirements review and custom scope. Explore custom application development.
04 / IMPROVE WHAT EXISTS
Protect continuity
Inventory content, URLs, forms, and tracking before redesign or migration; agree launch checks and a recovery plan.
For examples of different project needs, Fully Loaded Pizza is a published website project, while Curb Ramp shows a WooCommerce storefront and product-guidance work. Curb Ramp and Web Design Pros share common ownership. See more client projects.
Budget, access, and ongoing care
Know what the estimate includes—and what remains optional.
Three-page websites start at $995. The final scope depends on content readiness, page count, design requirements, integrations, and functionality. A store, custom application, or migration with significant technical dependencies is estimated separately. Read the website pricing guide as a starting point, then compare the estimate with the actual deliverables.
There is no required monthly maintenance plan. Hosting, updates, maintenance, and SEO support can be arranged optionally. Domain registration, hosting, paid extensions, and payment-provider charges may have their own costs. Ask who owns each account, who can edit content, what handoff is included, and what support is available after launch.
Web Design Pros is an Athens-based family business serving Watkinsville and nearby communities. Browse selected client work and the communities we serve.
See our web design and development services for an overview of website project options.
Watkinsville website questions
Good questions to settle before a project starts.
Can I keep my current domain name?
Usually, a redesign can use the domain you already own. Confirm registrar and hosting access, email dependencies, DNS changes, backups, and who will coordinate the launch. If page URLs change, plan and test appropriate redirects.
Will I be able to edit my WordPress website?
WordPress is intended for content management, and an agreed handoff can show your team how to make common edits. Editing access, training, custom functionality, and third-party tools should be described in the project scope so everyone understands what is manageable in-house.
What does a three-page website starting at $995 include?
The $995 starting price is for a three-page website scope. Added pages, content preparation, stores, custom applications, substantial migrations, integrations, and ongoing services are scoped separately according to the project requirements.
Can I add a store or application later?
We can discuss likely future needs while planning the initial site. A later store or application would have its own requirements review, compatibility check, scope, and estimate.
Do I have to buy monthly maintenance?
No. Hosting, maintenance, and SEO support are optional. Domains, hosting providers, paid extensions, and transaction services may have separate costs.
Who supplies the website copy and images?
That is agreed during scoping. You can supply approved materials, or discuss content support as part of the project. Confirm who drafts, checks facts, selects images, and gives final approval before build-out.
Explore more
Keep researching your options
Compare the right next step for your website.
WordPress websites ↗WooCommerce stores ↗Redesigns ↗Custom apps ↗Pricing guide ↗
For local discovery and search strategy, see digital marketing and SEO in Watkinsville.
A practical first conversation
Bring the questions your website should answer.
Tell us what customers need to do, what you already have, and what is still uncertain. We can help outline a sensible project scope.