The modern approach to website creation often involves downloading Wordpress, a free template, adding a couple of articles, and calling it done. But then comes the harsh awakening when the site fails to attract clients, is exploited for XML-RPC attacks, gets infected, and only brings embarrassment.
We have been involved in website development since 2001. Over the years, Web development has undergone an incredible evolution, making it essential to create websites using the latest technologies and quickly. The website must exude energy, be easy to navigate, and generate organic traffic even without significant investments in PPC advertising. Most importantly, the site must be stable and highly secure!
Buying a professional graphic template and applying it to a well-built Joomla site is a good solution, but you need to know how to do it correctly. All the websites we create are built on the OpenSource CMS Joomla, and e-commerce sites are built on the Prestashop platform. We use pre-designed graphic templates, which we then customize according to the client's wishes. This approach allows us to offer significantly lower prices for website creation, which can be easily expanded and managed by you without programming knowledge.
BUT
Every programmer should recognize when it's feasible to build a site using WordPress or Joomla and when it's not. We frequently encounter people whose complex WordPress sites were created by a student and remained unfinished even after a year. Yes, the cost was tens of thousands, but what use is that when the site doesn’t work? In such cases, we start over and do it right. We conduct a technical analysis, define the business model, set the price, and determine the completion date. The cost is higher, but the project is completed on time.
BUT BEWARE!
Website creation is not just about building a site; it's about ongoing maintenance. When you are successful and growing, you must also expand and innovate the website. If the creator hands over the site and then disappears, you are back at square one and must find someone to manage it or recreate the site from scratch. It’s astonishing how many such cases we take over from low-quality developers. A small tip: Redesigning a website after two years can increase conversion rates by 20-40% ;-)
Recent Cases:
(Original Creator => Our Solution)
- E-shop on Drupal for 60,000 CZK => Recreated e-shop on Prestashop for 9,000 CZK
- Rented e-shop with 21% VAT; creator couldn’t change VAT from 20% for a year => New Prestashop e-shop, turnover increased 10x
- Portal on WordPress, incomplete after 3 years => Custom-built portal, completed in one month
- Crowdfunding portal on WordPress, broke after migration to a new server; creator unreachable => New custom-built portal
- Large number of infected Joomla websites => Migrated to us, cleaned, and secured
- Incomplete corporate website on Joomla for 50,000 CZK => Recreated website on new Joomla for 5,000 CZK
- Incomplete corporate website in English on Joomla for 40,000 CZK => Recreated multilingual website on Joomla for 9,000 CZK
- Purchased TV ads; creator didn’t provide even a preview of the e-shop the evening before the ad launch => Recreated Prestashop e-shop + filled in by the next morning
- Custom e-shop for 1.2 million CZK, turnover decline => Recreated Prestashop e-shop for 22,000 CZK, integrated online marketing features, increased turnover
- Website on WordPress for 20,000 CZK, not updated => Recreated super cheap site on Joomla, increased turnover
- Complex web application for 50 million CZK, developed in Russia, already outdated by the time of development => New web application created in the Czech Republic for 2.5 million CZK
- Factory product catalog without IT or creator => Recreated multilingual catalog for 18,000 CZK
- Presentation website for an international distributor without a creator => Recreated multilingual catalog on Joomla for 16,000 CZK
- Rented e-shop, toys, turnover 250,000 CZK per year => New Prestashop e-shop, online marketing, turnover 25 million CZK per year
- Hotel, facing bankruptcy => New Joomla website, online marketing, turnover 1 million CZK per year
- Rented e-shop, 1,200 UIP/month => New Prestashop e-shop, online marketing, traffic 240,000 UIP/month, own VPS server, multi-level cache, CDN
- Rented e-shop, zero turnover => New Prestashop e-shop, online marketing, turnover 320,000 CZK
- Product catalog without a CMS from 1998, without a creator => New Prestashop catalog