We take website headaches off your plate.

At the end of any contract with Zachry Digital, you own the website and your Domain (even if we reserved the Domain for you).

We are not sure what digital services will be appropriate for you then, or what technological changes will have happened, but we hope that if you have continuing needs that we would be able to continue our relationship with you. We will discuss this with you and if called for, provide you a new agreement to consider before your contract ends.

The monthly connection makes Zachry Digital always available. Also, it avoids a large, upfront payment. You receive continual support, such as 30 days of continual site backup; hosting and site management; keeping your site up (without crashes). It covers any software licensing, as well as technical updates to your platform; technical updates to maintain site-speed; continual security changes (we average 14-18 security updates annually). You have a local team on call. Otherwise, you have to worry that your original developer may have other priorities — or have left town or changed jobs (happens a lot) – which leaves you high and dry. As you know, technology changes at blinding speeds and your site needs constant attention or it will begin getting stale almost immediately.

The perfect setup is a company that combines both, like Zachry Digital. The experience is an absolute necessity, without which your site will flounder. Being local is icing on the cake, as you can have a face to face conversation if you need one. With some companies, you talk to a local salesperson, but design and technical work is done far away –and things get lost in translation. One-person companies can’t supply all the design, photography, copywriting, programming and technical support – and meet the tide of constant changes.

The Better Business Bureau has had no complaints about us in 48 years of Zachry companies dealing with all kinds of companies.

The safest route is to employ someone you can trust to handle all the details correctly – so website concerns are headaches that are off your plate. We will take care of you.

Not true. It cannot be done automatically. A programmer has to find the search words used relative to your business and apply them appropriately to your website. And the programmer has to periodically update the information.

Yes. Don’t let someone else own them. If you separate with the supplier later, they could always become less friendly – and you lose all your investment to date. If you find yourself already being held “hostage,” all is not lost. Zachry Digital has helped several clients start from zero and quickly surpass the company’s original Google-search ranking.

It is like having insurance. It helps keep a problem from becoming a disaster. A good website helps ward off bad times. Our world is changing to digital at sound barrier speed. On top of that, 25% of the population is moving every year. More strangers will have to become your customers, and your website will be the sign they will read. Research shows that 75% of buyers check websites before they visit. So, a website may not be a screaming need. But for your business to have a future, you may want a good one, and now.

Business erosion is constant. You are always losing customers. Some move away, some die. So, if you want to stay the size you are you have to replace the losses, or you wind up with a smaller business. Then your cost-per-transaction gets higher. Your profits get lower. Times get harder. A good website keeps your name out there. Having a good website, even when you don’t want to grow, is preparing to regain what you are going to lose.

Cheap websites look cheap. People can sense a non-professional job. Your website will introduce more people to your company than anything else, so if your site is slammed together, it is not going to tell your company’s story well. After all, that is why you have a website – to make a good company presentation 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
You can probably find a website online for only $30 per month. With programming and design services selling from $150 to $300 per hour, how much effort do you think goes into a $30 website? In websites, that means frequent crashes, no security updates, no maintenance, no upgrading, no corrections when technologies change, poor Google rankings. The wrong website is an expensive decision. It seems like you’ll pay for a cheap web site once a month, but you’ll actually pay for it every day.

There can be serious drawbacks to no-cost hosting, including:

• Sometimes you are allocated less server space (where your pages are stored) than you may need. The size of your site (pages) and the elements (video, audio, images, etc.) may not fit into your free space, so there could be an upcharge.
• In the fine print, some no-cost hosts require you to run ads they place on your site.
• If your site gets a lot of traffic, bandwidth limits might be too restrictive. Some hosts turn your site off if you exceed your monthly limit.
• Ecommerce of any kind is usually not allowed.
• Some hosting providers tack on maintenance and renewal fees to their “free” accounts.

We all like a free deal, but our experience is that you usually get what you pay for.