Frequently Asked Questions

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What exactly is a web site?
Just how big is the internet?
Why should I have a web site built today?
How will my company benefit from having an internet presence?
What do I need to do to get my business on the internet?
Will it cost a fortune to put my business on the web?
So how do I get started building my internet presence?
How long will it take to be my site up and running?

What Exactly Is A Web Site?

Think of a web site as a yellow page ad, only it's interactive and three-dimensional. It's your company's virtual storefront with your goods and/or services available, not just to your area, but also to the entire world. Your virtual storefront is open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, allowing your customers and potential customers access to your business information even when your physical store is closed.

How Big Is The Internet?

There is currently 150 million people from around the world on the Internet and Net traffic is doubling every hundred days.

Why should I Have A Web Site?

Because the Internet is growing so fast, if you jump on now you will be able to grab and hold a large market share in your business before your competition does. Furthermore, domain names (custom web site addresses, like: www.yourcompanyname.com are similar to custom 1-800 numbers that spell out your company name, in the fact that all the good ones are already gone or could be gone by the time your business gets on the Internet. One hundred thousand domains go every month! The longer you wait to put your business on the Internet the tougher your competition gets in your type of business, thus it becomes more difficult to distinguish your company from all the others.

How will my company benefit?

Here are just some of the reasons why your company will benefit from having an Internet presence:

You can sell your goods or services from your site. Usually web surfers are well educated, prosperous people, intrigued by the convenience and the time saved by shopping via the Internet. Only a quarter of the U.S. population has earned a college degree, while 51 percent of all web surfers have college degrees. According to a recent study of 50,000 American households, 10 million PC users shopped online during the first quarter of 1998, compared with 3.7 million the year before.
A web site also offers excellent networking capabilities. If you pass our your business cards locally, then consider your web site as a business card you can pass out globally. Save additional time and money when changes are to be made to your listing information. With a web site, changes can be made instantly.
Save money on long distance telephone calls by corresponding with your customers via-email.
Get customer feedback on your service, goods or site by providing a feedback form, which is e-mailed to you instantly.
Tired of wasting your valuable time? By providing popup pictures and/or virtual tours of your listings, your customers will have an idea what the home has to offer before they contact you.
Is your business small? By establishing an Internet presence, you can give your small business a big business look and compete right along those big businesses!

What Do I Need?

There are three things that are essential to building your Internet presence. First, you must design and build your site. Second, you need a place to host your site, and third, you will need to let people know that you have a web site and where it is located. PG Web Design offers every service you need to have a successful web site. We offer high quality design, several hosting options and marketing services that will build a steady flow of traffic to your site.

What Costs Are Involved?

We have worked with small to large businesses and understand that every company has a different budget in mind when it comes to building its internet presence. For a detailed quote on what it would cost to build your site please click here.

How Do I Get Started?

The first step in getting your business online is to determine what information you want to present to the Internet community and who is your targeted audience. Next, decide how you want your site to look. PG Web Design can help you with this, with our FREE initial consultation.

How Long Will It Take?

The time it will take to get your site up and running really depends on how you supply PG Web Design with your business information and design ideas. Depending on how large your site is, PG Web Design can usually have the entire site completed in 2 weeks or less.