Web developer in Barrackpore for long-established firms
For a firm looking for a web developer in Barrackpore after years without a site, the first job is a list. I write down what the firm already has, even if that's only an old logo and a phone number. The site is built from that list, and it sets out what the firm makes or supplies in plain words.
Overview
What goes on the first screen?
Barrackpore is an old riverside town, and its long-established firms are known to the people who already deal with them. The site is for everybody else.
Every claim on the site should match the firm's own records, so a buyer who asks for a document finds the same words in it.
I'd put what the firm makes on the first screen, ahead of its history, since a product is what a buyer comes looking for. The history can follow.
What gets built here
Starting from nothing written down
You can start with no photographs and no copy. Each gap has a plain next step.
You don't need to sort any of it before we talk. It's listed, and then it's done in order.
- The old domain — if nobody at the firm can get into it, we find out who holds it before planning anything around it.
- What you make or supply, in plain words — named the way your buyers name it, with no trade shorthand they'd have to guess at.
- Pictures of the premises and of the work itself — taken or gathered early, since several pages wait on them.
- Email on the firm's own domain — set up alongside the site, so buyers write to an address carrying the firm's name.
Where this comes from
Who builds it, and where the record sits
I've been building for clients for 9+ years. A share of that is public, on the project page, with each site live to open.
Each project is led by me and built by my team, part of it in the Kolkata, India office and part of it working remotely.
What moves the number
What the first build is priced on
The first build grows or shrinks on these lines.
- Whether the firm needs email on its own name set up as well
- How much material exists, and how much has to be written or photographed
- How many products or services need a page each, or one page between them
- Whether the firm's history is a separate page, or a paragraph on the home page
What a scope from me looks like
The first scope for an established supplier
Included
- A written scope: every page and feature as its own line, agreed before work starts
- Design to build, reviewed on a staging URL that stays open the whole project
- Mobile first — checked on a real phone
- Domain, hosting and every account created in your name from day one
- Basic on-page SEO: titles, descriptions, headings, sitemap, Search Console connected
- A runbook at handover: how to edit it, what renews and when
Phase two
- A product or service list with enquiry
- A second language, if your buyers ask for one
- Ongoing SEO once the site has traffic to read
- A maintenance plan once the site is live
- Logo and brand design, quoted separately from the build
Not doing
- Guaranteed rankings
- Contacting the old domain's registrar for you — that request has to come from the domain's owner
Every page is named in the scope before work starts on it. If new material turns up partway through, it's added as a new line, and you see the change before it's built.
Nearby
Around this part of the district
Basirhat and Barasat are both in this district, while my desk is in Kolkata, India.
FAQ
Starting now, with what exists
Plain answers, before any scope is drawn up.
Why build a website after trading for years without one?
- A website lets a long-established firm be found by buyers outside its own circle. Word of mouth only travels among people who already know the name. The site sets out what the firm makes for everyone else.
Can a domain nobody can log into be recovered?
- Recovery is possible when the request comes from whoever owns the domain, and registering a fresh one is the fallback. We'll decide which before planning anything around it.
What does the first conversation cover?
- The first conversation covers what the firm makes and who buys it. I draft the scope from your answers and send it over, so you can check it line by line.
Does the firm's history belong on the site?
- The firm's history belongs on the site, placed after what it makes. A paragraph on the home page suits some firms, and others have enough for a page of its own. That choice goes into the scope as one line, decided before any writing starts.
Can buyers enquire about a product from the site?
- A product list with an enquiry button is a phase-two line in the scope. The first version names what the firm makes in plain words, and a buyer rings or writes from there. The list is added when you want it.
Who writes the words on the site?
- I can write the copy, since content writing is one of my services. What the firm makes, and its history, are facts I'll take from you and from the firm's own records.
Next step
Talk it through first
Start with a call about what the firm makes. The scope comes after it, in writing, for you to check.
Old brochures, a visiting card or a price list all help.
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