There are a lot of moving parts when creating a new website. So let’s break them down and ease your overwhelm!
Your new Website will be working for you 24/7
We take great pride in the work we produce for our clients. Your end product will be working for you rather than against you. It will gain you visibility in your market, authority in your brand and the traffic you are looking for.
All websites we develop are unique WordPress sites encompassing UX design and SEO best practices.
If that sounds like a lot of techy jargon, don’t worry, we are here to guide you through everything. We aim to make it simple for you and stress-free. Website creation can be frazzling but with the right guidance, it can easy as 1,2 and 3.
This website creation guide shows you the basic steps of a regular custom website build with us.
If your project is a complex build such as a marketplace, WooCommerce store, LMS or membership site, the process is similar with additional steps and lots of Research so everything is planned out prior to development.
New Website Creation Process
Clarity Call
Let’s chat about your needs and wants and dive deeper into your desired digital outcome.
We will discuss your website strategy as well as our current website development timelines.
The Boring Stuff
The Paperwork!
We start with a Proposal and once that has been accepted we do a Contract for your peace of mind.
Our Payment Terms are on our price guide and also listed in your contract.
Pre Development
These are the 4 things we need to start your project. We can assist you with each of these steps but will need to be completed before we move on to development.
Website Domain
Our Recommended Domain Registrar offers the lowest prices and includes free whois privacy (not available with .com.au)
You can read more on their website
Website Hosting
We provide care plans with hosting but if you wish to self-host, that’s fine too.
We include free configuration and migration with our Hosting Partners.
Website Care
Do you want us to care for your website ongoing?
A care plan gives you peace of mind that your website will always be working optimally and looking its best at all times
Your Content
We need all images and website copywriting before we start on your project.
This includes your logo and any branding assets you would like us to use.
If you do not have branding, no worries, we can provide full branding services including a colour palette, logo and other brand assets.
We offer copywriting services for both website copy and blog posts
Pricing starts at $500 per webpage and $300 per blog post.
Our Process for a 1-5 Page Brochure Website
Once pre-development has been completed we can move swiftly and it is possible to have you online within a week or less. We are very transparent in the way we work and you will be able to see the status of your project in your client portal.
If you will be creating your content yourself please please take a look at our website content checklist →
Approve Concept
We use your branding, images, content, questionnaire and our conversation during your clarify call to create a design concept for you to approve.
2 revisions are included
Site Development
After your design concept is approved, we build out the rest of the site pages.
Once complete we come back to you for feedback and ask you for any changes you would like.
2 revisions are included
Configuration & Migration
If you have purchased hosting with one of our recommended hosts, we will configure your DNS, SSL, CDN, caching and anything else the site needs to be awesome.
We do a few little SEO things so that google can find your site and we do a lot of testing to be sure Google will love your site too
The Finishing Touches
Woo Hoo it’s time to launch!
At Lx2, we are obsessed with UX and site speed so not only will your site be gorgeous it will be fast and fabulous too.
We love to promote our client’s new websites but if you do not wish to be promoted that’s absolutely fine too. We don’t add our name to your site nor add your site to our portfolio unless you wish us to.
We will provide you with your website owner’s manual so you can update and maintain your new website. We always include a 1hr 1-1 training and additional hours are available as add-ons for all website packages.