Web design and online stores in Perth
A website has one job: turning the right visitors into enquiries or sales. We design and build custom sites and stores on WordPress, Shopify and WooCommerce.
Web design in Perth should start with what the site has to bring in: enquiries or sales. Candour Media Solutions designs custom websites and online stores on WordPress, Shopify and WooCommerce, for phones first and structured for Google, and can maintain them after launch. We’re based in Perth and work Australia-wide.
Ecommerce website design on Shopify and WooCommerce
An online store carries more weight than a brochure site. Stock has to stay accurate, payments have to clear, and a clumsy checkout costs you a sale you’d already won. So we plan a store around how you actually sell, then choose the platform.
We build on Shopify and WooCommerce and take care of the awkward parts, from complex inventory management to payment gateways such as Stripe, Afterpay and PayPal. The platform question usually comes down to how much you want to look after yourself. If you don’t sell online at all, WordPress alone is often the better fit: flexible, widely supported, and a sound base for a service business that needs enquiries.
- Shopify suits a business that wants a hosted platform with less to maintain. Check your payment setup early: Shopify adds transaction fees to third-party gateways.
- WooCommerce suits a business already on WordPress, or one that wants more control and can keep up with updates. Your privacy policy must explain what customer data reaches your payment gateway.
Web design in Perth you can keep building on
Good website design is mostly decisions made before anyone sees the homepage.
Custom design
A visitor should know within moments who you are, who you help and what to do next. The design starts from your brand and the people you want to reach.
Designed for phones
Mobile-first, so it works on any screen. Google uses the mobile version of your site for indexing and ranking, so that’s the version we start from.
Quick to load
We optimise images and code to keep pages moving. Google recommends good Core Web Vitals, its measures of loading, interactivity and visual stability.
Structured for search
We build the bones of the site so Google can find and read it from the start. Ranking for competitive terms is separate work, which is where SEO comes in.
Laid out to convert
Buttons, forms and page layouts are placed around one question: what should this visitor do next? Someone ready to call shouldn’t have to hunt for the number.
Website maintenance
We offer ongoing maintenance to keep your site secure and up to date. WordPress is clear that older versions aren’t maintained with security updates.
What building a site with us involves
Already have a site that mostly works? Start with a website redesign instead.
Pin down the site’s job
Enquiries, bookings or sales. That one decision shapes the pages and the calls to action.
Design around your brand
We create a design that captures your brand’s personality, with the aim of a site that could only be yours.
Build mobile-first
The site is built for phones first, with images and code optimised and a structure search engines can follow.
Connect how you sell
Forms, payment gateways and inventory are set up to suit how your business runs.
Look after it
After launch, maintenance keeps the site secure and up to date, if you’d like us to carry that.
Frequently asked questions
How do you price a website?
Job by job, because “a website” covers everything from a few template pages to a custom store with complex stock. The number of pages, the design, whether you sell online, and how payments and inventory need to work all change the quote.
Should I use WordPress, Shopify or WooCommerce?
WordPress suits service businesses that need enquiries and no checkout. Shopify suits stores that want a hosted platform. WooCommerce adds a store to WordPress and gives you more control, with more upkeep. The deciding question is how much you want to manage yourself.
Should I hire a web designer or use Wix or Squarespace?
Use a builder if you need something simple, you have the time and the site doesn’t carry much of the sales load. Hire a designer when the website has to earn enquiries or sales, when your brand needs to stand apart, or when you’re selling online with real stock and payments to manage.
How long does it take to build a website?
It depends on the size of the site and how quickly content and decisions arrive. We plan timing with you once the scope is clear, because a date quoted before that is only a guess.
Will a new website rank on Google?
Not by itself. We build the structure Google needs to find and read your site, but rankings also depend on content, links, competition and time, and nobody can guarantee them.
Does a website need ongoing maintenance?
Yes, if it runs on software that keeps changing, as WordPress and WooCommerce do. WordPress recommends backing up before updates, so a problem can be rolled back. We offer ongoing maintenance to keep your site secure and up to date.
Pick the job your site has to do
More calls, more bookings, more sales. Start with the one you care about and the design follows from there.