Checkmate Productions Web Design - New York Web Design

How much do your websites cost? What factors determine the cost of a site? Do I have to pay upfront or can I pay in installments? Do you offer web hosting? How long will it take to develop our site? What about maintenance and updates after the site goes up? What about e-Commerce? Do you offer Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Promotion services? Can you provide evidence that you'll really achieve a Top 10 Ranking for my site? How do you achieve such great results in the Search Engines? How much do your websites cost? Because sites range widely in scope, complexity, and functionality, we can't provide a fixed answer to this question. For an exact price quote, simply call us toll-free at 1.866.414.4635 for a free project consultation. After hearing your desired specifications and requirements, we will provide you with a written budget and proposal for your project. What factors determine the cost of a site? Factors that affect the cost of a new web site include: Project scope How large is the proposed web site? How many sections or pages? Will there be subsections and subpages? What are the expected production values? Sites that are graphically complex often require the creation of custom illustration and animation. Will the website include products requiring thumbnail images and multiple product views? Is the website's text content already written or will your firm need assistance in writing and editing text for the website? Graphic Design - Logo Does your company already have an acceptable company logo for use in the website? An electronic version is highly preferable (i.e. available in Adobe Illustrator format). If you don't already have a logo, you'll likely need a logo to be created for use in the website (as well as any printed materials such as stationery, envelopes, brochures, catalogs, etc.) Graphic Design - Photographic Assets Do you have high-quality photographic images for use in the website? If not, we can help you find excellent, relevant professional stock images. For most business types, stock images are readily available. Some types of business are highly specialized and may require you to provide photographs relevant to your particular business. Will you need a professional photographer to take digital photographs for you (i.e. product photographs)? Graphic Design - Flash Animation or Video Will the site design include Flash animation or video? If so, how many unique animation files will be required? Many of the sites created by Checkmate Productions Web Design include Flash animation inlays in the homepage and other pages. We generally code sites in HTML and then incorporate Flash animation "inlays" into the page, instead of creating sites entirely in Flash. We find that sites created in HTML perform much better in search engine rankings than those created exclusively in Flash. Search engine optimization and superior search engine performance are critical goals for all of the websites that we create for our clients. E-Commerce Will online sales (e-commerce) and credit card processing be required for your website? What types of products are you selling? Should they be available for immediate download (i.e. intellectual property, e-books, software, music)? Alternatively, will your products require shipping and handling? Should shipping and tracking be integrated via FedEx, UPS, or USPS? Will website sales be integrated into an existing Inventory Control System used at an existing physical store location? Content Management System (CMS) Our CMS is a back-end application that allows our clients to create, edit, manage, search, and publish content to their websites as easily as they would modify a Microsoft Word document. No knowledge of HTML is required. Additional Functionality Are there any other functional requirements that will be included? Password protected area for members? Photo Gallery? Blog? Site search functionality? Sign-up for electronic newsletters? [ return to top ] Do you offer web hosting? Yes. For the convenience of our clients, we offer a variety of web hosting services depending on the needs of our clients. Do I have to pay upfront or can I pay in installments? You can pay in installments. After the budget has been agreed upon, a deposit of only 33% is required for our designers to begin work on your project. When you approve one of the final design concepts for further development, the second payment installment of 33% is due. The last payment is due immediately prior to launch, after all corrections have been completed and approved by you. How long will it take to develop our site? Our site development process takes between three and ten weeks, depending on the size of the project and the complexity of the functional components to be included. We pride ourselves on timely completion of all projects and strict adherence to all timelines and deadlines. What about maintenance and updates after the site goes up? Site information and features should remain current and accurate. Successful sites are regularly updated so that events, calendars, and other information remain up-to-date. We will work with you to continually update your web site. To all of our existing clients, Checkmate Productions offers prompt and affordable site maintenance at hourly rates of only $50 per hour. We also offer an optional Content Management System (CMS) that allows our clients to updated their own sites without any knowledge of HTML. [ return to top ] What about e-Commerce? We offer a variety of e-commerce solutions to securely sell any number of products online. All of our e-commerce sites employ secure SSL encryption, to offer the best online security and protection available on the market today. Please call us at 646.414.4635 to discuss the various e-commerce options that we offer. [ return to top ] Do you offer Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Promotion services? Checkmate Productions specializes in achieving top rankings for all of the web sites we create. We submit all sites to the search engines by hand, and custom code the HTML to achieve top rankings in the search engines. A top listing in the major search engines is an outstanding traffic generator. Each major search engine (i.e. Google, Yahoo!, MSN, etc..) uses different criteria to prioritize web sites in its listings. Our experts specialize in obtaining truly outstanding rankings and, once achieved, in defending and maintaining those positions. [ Return to top ]
Evidence of our Search Engine Success Many web development firms fail to achieve excellent results in the search engines because much of the work required occurs after the site has already been launched (and the firm has already been paid). However, we pride ourselves in obtaining outstanding search engine placement for our clients. As evidence, here are examples of where some of our sites currently appear in Google (one of the most important search engines): [ return to top ]      Click to View Actual Results
(rankings accurate as of 08/30/08) Sample Keyphrases Ranking in Google.com         Site: www.DocStolman.com botox utah # 1 out of   435,000 matching sites botox salt lake city # 1 out of     90,600 restylane utah # 2 out of     64,440       Site: www.RustlerLodge.com alta hotels # 2 out of    276,000 matching sites alta lodging # 2 out of    652,700 alta utah hotels # 6 out of    150,000       Site: www.exaclair.com clairefontaine # 1 out of  2,420,000 matching sites rhodia # 2 out of  1,850,000 g lalo # 1 out of     274,000 More search engine samples gladly provided upon request.
[ Return to top ] How do we achieve such great results in the Search Engines? Search engine algorithms use 55 different criteria to assign web pages a numerical ranking in their listings. The algorithms, like any software product, can be studied and deciphered. By understanding the criteria that the search engines use to assign certain web pages top listings in their rankings, we reverse engineer the HTML code of our clients' web sites to satisfy the maximum number of search engine criteria and attain superior rankings in the search engine results. Most people, and even professional web developers, think that all you must do is include appropriate 'meta-tags' in the HTML code. Meta-tags, which include a Title and Description for each page, as well as a set of Keywords, help somewhat but certainly aren't enough to get you listed on the first page (i.e. a top 10 listing). And it doesn't matter whether you're listed #44 or #121 because very few people scroll that far down the list. So, additional aspects of the HTML code that we customize include: title area keyword frequency, title area word count, link text keyword prominence, link text word count, body text content, image alt text, placing all Javascript and style sheets in external files, use of header tags, and much more. Contact info. Please feel free to call the Manhattan offices of Checkmate Productions toll-free at 1 866 414 4635 for a free, no-obligation consultation about your project. [ Return to top ]