Web Design Altrincham, Manchester

Hi, I’m Ginny and I’ve been building websites for over 20 years and pride myself on offering reasonable prices that include everything you need to get your website designed, built and online.

At HIA Web Design, I specialise in creating stunning web designs that engage with your audience and help you achieve your business goals. From sleek and modern designs to more traditional layouts, I can work with your ideas and bring your vision to life.

My web design process is collaborative and flexible. I begin every project by meeting with you (either in person or remotely) to understand your brand, target audience, and messaging goals. I then translate this information into a design that captures your company’s unique personality and strengths.

I work hard to make sure each design is visually appealing, user-friendly, and optimised for search engines. I test each site on multiple devices to ensure it looks and functions great no matter how visitors find it.

Over 50% of my clients are from personal recommendations and all of my Google reviews are 5*.   I specialise in websites for small to medium businesses and sole traders.

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Web Design Altrincham, Manchester

Hi, I’m Ginny and I’ve been building websites for over 20 years and pride myself on offering reasonable prices that include everything you need to get your website designed, built and online.

At HIA Web Design, I specialise in creating stunning web designs that engage with your audience and help you achieve your business goals. From sleek and modern designs to more traditional layouts, I can work with your ideas and bring your vision to life.

My web design process is collaborative and flexible. I begin every project by meeting with you (either in person or remotely) to understand your brand, target audience, and messaging goals. I then translate this information into a design that captures your company’s unique personality and strengths.

I work hard to make sure each design is visually appealing, user-friendly, and optimised for search engines. I test each site on multiple devices to ensure it looks and functions great no matter how visitors find it.

Over 50% of my clients are from personal recommendations and all of my Google reviews are 5*.   I specialise in websites for small to medium businesses and sole traders.

GET A BESPOKE WEBSITE QUOTE VIEW OUR STARTER WEBSITES

Web Design Altrincham, Manchester

Hi, I’m Ginny and I’ve been building websites for over 20 years and pride myself on offering reasonable prices that include everything you need to get your website designed, built and online.

At HIA Web Design, I specialise in creating stunning web designs that engage with your audience and help you achieve your business goals. From sleek and modern designs to more traditional layouts, I can work with your ideas and bring your vision to life.

My web design process is collaborative and flexible. I begin every project by meeting with you (either in person or remotely) to understand your brand, target audience, and messaging goals. I then translate this information into a design that captures your company’s unique personality and strengths.

I work hard to make sure each design is visually appealing, user-friendly, and optimised for search engines. I test each site on multiple devices to ensure it looks and functions great no matter how visitors find it.

Over 50% of my clients are from personal recommendations and all of my Google reviews are 5*.   I specialise in websites for small to medium businesses and sole traders.

GET A BESPOKE WEBSITE QUOTE VIEW OUR STARTER WEBSITES

How can I help your Altrincham, Manchester business?

I offer a complete solution for all your online business needs, from website hosting, website design (both bespoke and starter packages), website maintenance, e-commerce websites and SEO search engine optimisation for your website.

Custom web design: Stand out from competitors with a unique design tailored to your brand. Responsive design: Ensure your site is accessible across all devices with a responsive design that adjusts to different screen sizes. E-commerce design: If you sell products online, my e-commerce design services can help you create an online store that’s easy for customers to use and navigate. Web development: I can turn the design into a functional website that visitors will enjoy using. Maintenance and updates: I also offer ongoing website maintenance and updates to keep your site secure, up-to-date and optimised.

Find out more about each of our services below:

How can I help your Altrincham, Manchester business?

If you’ve come to the conclusion that ‘I need a website designer’, I offer a complete solution for all your online business needs, from website hosting, website design (both bespoke and starter packages), website maintenance, e-commerce websites and SEO search engine optimisation for your website.

Custom web design: Stand out from competitors with a unique design tailored to your brand. Responsive design: Ensure your site is accessible across all devices with a responsive design that adjusts to different screen sizes. E-commerce design: If you sell products online, my e-commerce design services can help you create an online store that’s easy for customers to use and navigate. Web development: I can turn the design into a functional website that visitors will enjoy using. Maintenance and updates: I also offer ongoing website maintenance and updates to keep your site secure, up-to-date and optimised.

Find out more about each of our services below:

How can I help your Altrincham, Manchester business?

If you’ve come to the conclusion that ‘I need a website designer’, I offer a complete solution for all your online business needs, from website hosting, website design (both bespoke and starter packages), website maintenance, e-commerce websites and SEO search engine optimisation for your website.

Custom web design: Stand out from competitors with a unique design tailored to your brand. Responsive design: Ensure your site is accessible across all devices with a responsive design that adjusts to different screen sizes. E-commerce design: If you sell products online, my e-commerce design services can help you create an online store that’s easy for customers to use and navigate. Web development: I can turn the design into a functional website that visitors will enjoy using. Maintenance and updates: I also offer ongoing website maintenance and updates to keep your site secure, up-to-date and optimised.

Find out more about each of our services below:

Excellent
Based on 63 reviews
Wesley Hardy
Wesley Hardy
Excellent service, and our web design looks brilliant. Thank you very much!
Shelley Powe
Shelley Powe
Ginny at HIA designed our Try Talking website and continues to support us with prompt and excellent customer service. I would highly recommend.
Kerry Boland
Kerry Boland
Where do I start, working with Ginny was a dream! She listened to my vision and exactly what it was I was hoping to achieve and she delivered 10X over, nothing was too much to ask, she collaborated with our tech team and was on hand for any support needed. I recommend her to everyone and I highly recommend if you are looking for a beautiful site then Ginny is the designer for you! Roll on project number two 🙌🙌 Thanks Ginny! Kerry CEO at The Growth Coaching Collective
Ana Villegas
Ana Villegas
I first contacted Ginny as I was looking for a WooCommerce developer with experience in composite products, who could help us clean up the back-end of our old website. Not only she’s been responsive from day one but also understood exactly what we needed for our website. She made the whole journey very easy, and always implemented what we needed at every step of the way. I cannot recommend Ginny enough, she’s been a pleasure to work with, honest and reliable and always wanting to help. Thank you Ginny for creating a beautiful new website for Abeja Tapas ☺️
Sarah Pickles
Sarah Pickles
Would highly recommend HIA Design. Brilliant experience and very attentive. Nothing is too much trouble and any amendments needed on my website were actioned straight away. Virginia is very experienced in what she does and guided me through anything I wasn't sure about making the whole experience enjoyable!
Nigel Teachen
Nigel Teachen
I couldn't recommend Ginny high enough. I have received the best customer service in a long time. What I really liked was the transparency on providing a quote which was extremely reasonable. I had a problem with my website and got in touch with Ginny for some help. I had a prompt reply and she had a look at it to sort out what went wrong. Not only was it corrected she also made recommendations to make it better. I'm so pleased I found HIA Web Design and will be using it for my web maintainemce from now on. Thank you again for sorting it out!
Julia Franklin
Julia Franklin
Absolutely fantastic experience with HIA Web Design. I needed to move my website across from another hosting company and have it re-designed. I was dreading having to do this, thinking it would be a ton of work, hassle and expense. It was none of those things! Ginny made the whole process so simple. Communication was simple, straightforward and very efficient and my website is improved way beyond my expectations and so quickly ... and for a very reasonable cost. I would have no hesitation in recommending this company to anyone who needs a fantastic website at a really reasonable cost.
Samuel Kaye
Samuel Kaye
Would highly recommend, extremely patient and fantastic service. Thank you HIA!
Lisa Smith
Lisa Smith
Ginny at HIA web design set up my first website and I’ve worked with her for over 15 years. She is good at listening to what I need and developing a website that looks professional. When I need her help or advice to make changes she always responds promptly and keeps everything updated.
Dr.Amna Khan
Dr.Amna Khan
Ginny is an amazing website developer. NOTHING and I mean nothing is ever to big ask. She is passionate, knowledgeable and goes over and beyond what is required to deliver excellence. My website is exactly what I wanted and I couldn't be happier. Ginny attention to detail, pride in the finished product is unrivaled. I would highly recommend her to any organisation, individual that wants a outstanding website.

my clients

Why is web design important?

Your website is your window to the world. Its the first place the majority of your customers will look if they want to find out more about your services or products. Your website is all about first impressions – so its important you make a good one!

Don’t just take my word for it… Web design is incredibly powerful – in fact 94%* of first impressions are linked into your website’s design. That’s a pretty huge stat. (*source)

As a result, the visual identity of your site will impact a visitors perception of you on multiple levels. Effective web design could mean the difference between generating sales and building brand awareness, or potential customers looking elsewhere and going to your competitors.

Through the use of strategically placed content, appealing images and well placed calls to actions, you can help build a relationship, foster trust and create a positive experience for your potential client before you’ve even physically made contact with them.

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web design Manchester faqs

Hiring a small web design company is often cheaper than going to an agency because they have less overheads. They are also usually more responsive as the client will always have direct contact with the freelance at all times. A small Web Design company will usually specialise in a few different skillsets and can help you build whatever you are looking for from small brochure sites to full eCommerce builds.

All freelance web designers will charge for projects slightly differently. I charge on a per project basis, so I would ask you to send me a brief outlining your requirements. That way I can see if we’ll be a good fit and if I believe I have the skills needed to bring your project to life.  I do offer starter websites packages which are designed to get you online as quickly as possible with a professional looking website that is easy to find and use.  These packages use a template that I have pre-designed and can be adapted to suit any business.  If you are looking for a unique website to showcase your business click here to find out about our bespoke website design service.

So I usually break the project into two payments. The first 50% is paid upfront as an initial kick off invoice. The remaining 50% is paid when no more changes are required on the development server and the site is ready to go live.

Every Web Design Project will be broken down into various parts with a typical bespoke brochure site taking around 6 – 8 weeks from start to finish. A more complicated build or something e-Commere based could be anywhere from 8 – 20 weeks depending on the size and how complex it is. For a breakdown of an average timeline for my freelance web design projects please see the below table:

Research & Initial Meetings Week 1
Concept / Design stage Weeks 2 – 4
Development Stage Weeks 4 – 5
Testing / QA Stage Weeks 6 – 7
Launch Weeks 8

For the best possible start to your project it’s always best that you have everything you need to hit the ground running. If you don’t have these ready it can just make things take slightly longer.

  • Branding – I’ll ask you to supply any brand guidelines you have before we begin. If you dont have any that’s not a problem, simply supplying your logo in an SVG format will suffice.
  • Photography – If you have an image library I’ll ask to access to this, again if you don’t have this we can look at sourcing images for you from stock libraries like Shutterstock or Unsplash.
  • Content – If you have already planned out your content with sitemaps and corresponding documents outlining all the content that goes on each page, fantastic! If not, I will ask for a rough content plan so we know what needs to go on each page and then we can fill the pages with placeholder ‘lorem ipsum’ until you have written the content.

It depends on how your current website is built and what access you have to the code / admin section of it.  However, this can be easily worked out, so why not get in touch and I’ll see what I can do for you.

Yes. As a freelance web designer I’m an advocate for content management systems (CMS). Using a CMS like WordPress means that you will be able to easily edit your website yourself with ease, without the need for any programming knowledge, by adding/editing pages and blog posts, etc. A training session will also be offered to make sure that you are comfortable updating your website.

Yes. I always make sure that my websites are search engine friendly and follow all the latest best practices. I also pay close attention to Google’s Core Web Vitals to make sure the website is as fast as possible, this includes modern coding practices like using WebP/SVG imagery and if using a CMS caching plugins will be utilised to again improve the performance.

Yes.  I am able to offer a number of web hosting packages depending on the requirements of your website.

As a freelance web designer I often use WordPress to power the majority of my websites. Clients often like to use this as it’s open source (meaning it doesn’t require an expensive yearly licence to use) and it’s very easy to use.

I often compare this to the Windows vs Mac argument from several years ago where Apple were proudly boasting that “Mac’s don’t get viruses” the reality of this is fairly obvious when you think about it. Windows had a massive market share compared to Apple at the time so the hackers were focusing their efforts on this because they could target a larger audience. Things have changed since then and at the last open tally the latest version of OS has more open vunertabilities than the latest version of windows. So what does this have to do with WordPress? Well WordPress powers approximately 40% of the web and has the largest market share by a huge amount. WordPress itself isn’t inhereintly unsecure, but when you pair things such as weak passwords, bad web hosting and not keeping the plugins/core files up to date then it’s a recipe to get hacked. The truth is that any website that has a database/public facing login is at risk of being hacked if proper security precautions aren’t followed. All websites that are hosted with me are regularly updated with the latest security updates as standard.

I enjoy working with a wide range of companies and individuals, and I bring the same skills to my work for small clients that I do for larger ones. I’m just as interested in working with small businesses in Altrincham as I am are big ones, and because I’m a local Altrincham, Manchester business, I have an edge when it comes to meeting the demands of developing organisations in our community.

frequently asked questions

Below are some answers to common questions I get asked

Having a website is the new front door of your business. Many potential customers now check online prior to choosing who they want to use. Ensuring you have a presence online is essential for customers to be able to find your business.

A well designed website is vitally important for two main purposes. First, it gives visitors a great first impression of your business. Secondly, you want to convert that visitor into a customer. Having an easily to navigate, good looking website, is the perfect way to give you and your business the best chance of securing that customer.

It depends. Websites can come in all different shapes and sizes, from one page brochure websites, to multiple page sites with an integrated online store. There are several stages to complete prior to launching the website, so we will keep you updated throughout the entire build.

When it comes to your website, you want to ensure that it is SEO friendly. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimisation. This is the process of ensuring your website appears in front of your potential customers when they are searching for the services you offer. To continually improve your search performance and keep on top of any algorithm changes we recommend taking out a monthly SEO plan but you can certainly get a head start with an initial SEO boost when the website is first created even if you do not invest in a monthly plan.

With so many people now using a mobile device to view websites online, over 50% in fact, you have to make sure your website is responsive in its design across multiple devices and screen sizes. We create websites that not only look great on a desktop computer, but on tablets and mobiles too.

GET IN TOUCH

When you choose HIA Web Design, you are partnering with an experienced web designer and developer in Altrincham who is dedicated to your success. I prioritise communication and collaboration throughout every project and strive to exceed your expectations in both the design and implementation phases.

Ready to Get Started?

If you’re ready step up your online presence with a beautiful, functional website, I’d love to hear from you. Contact me today to schedule a consultation and learn more about my Altrincham web design services.

  • Do you feel that your current website doesn’t reflect your business?
  • Do you think that it’s not attracting the right customer or client?
  • Is it outdated style or content wise?
  • Do you currently sell on an auction site and are fed up paying fees and want control of your stock and style?
  • Do you currently have one of those ‘free’ or ‘pay monthly’ websites but are looking for something more bespoke and individual?
  • Are you a business start up that’s looking for an online presence but doesn’t know where to start and you’re looking for honest advice with a fixed reasonable price?

IF THE ANSWER TO ANY OF THESE QUESTIONS IS YES, THEN YOU NEED TO TALK TO ME!

Call HIA Web Design Manchester today on  0161 806 0605

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