FAQ

A: Never fear, that’s why we are here. You can learn about our time proven process in our process section.

A: The cost of a website can vary depending on various factors, just like the cost of a house may vary. Though our website projects generally start in the $5,000 range for basic business sites and range upward depending on your unique needs.

A: The project starts with a 50% deposit. After design sign off and before we move into programming, we collect 25%. Once we have completed and fulfilled our scope, the final 25% is collected and your website is then scheduled for launch.

A: We work with a broad range of company types [small start-ups, large corporations, nonprofits, B2B, B2C and more] across many business industries [technology, food, apparel, health + beauty, camps, travel, finance, arts, fair trade, and more.]
Over the years, we’ve helped businesses improve customer service, market their products, and attract customers. Functionality requests range from basic to advance. Our team takes the time to get to know your industry, organization, and competitors to ensure your site supports all of your goals.

A: Our standard websites take approximately 120 days to create. Our E-commerce (online store) websites take approximately 160 days to create. This time will vary from project to project.

A: We build all of our websites on the open-source Content Management System (CMS) platform called MODX.

A: No. We are exclusively a WORDPRESS CMS firm. In choosing to build with one platform over the past 6 years, we have become experts in WORDPRESS and can create extremely custom solutions for our clients.

A: No. We only support websites that we have fully built. We have this policy so that we can 100% stand behind everything that we craft. There are issues of liability of multiple programmers touching the same code over time.

A: Yes. We include copy writing and editing in all of our proposals. We also build your sitemap and help structure the foundation of your website in the planning stages.

A: Yes. We will help you source stock photos from sites such as www.crestock.com and www.istock.com. We also have photographers and videographers available to produce custom photography and videos for your website.

A: YES! Everything that we build will be 100% owned by you. Most of our clients stay with us for the life of the website. Our team is just irresistible that way. But if for any reason you decide you want to take your site to another hosting service and get another company to service the site, we will happily assist you in making the transition as effortlessly and efficiently as possible. The website is yours after all, and we want you to take it wherever you go.

A: All websites that flickertech Web created must live in our servers. However, if at any time you wish to move to a new web firm + web host, we will package up your site at no cost to send to the new firm. Though at that time, we will no longer be able to support your site. The company we use for web hosting is a datacenter called www.singlehop.com. We are housed in the Chicago Data Center. On top of that flickertechWeb also has a 3rd party 24/7/365 security and monitoring team, so even when we are all sleeping, your server is being watched over.

A: flickertech Web houses all of our clients on a single dedicated server that we continually upgrade on a yearly basis at our datacenter in Chicago with Singlehop and no other companies are sharing with us.

A: flickertech.com Web backs up all of our client’s websites daily, weekly and monthly on rotation to a 3rd party secure server out of the location of our web server. Our CMS we use called MODX also includes version control that saves a restore point of a page every time it is saved. If a site is needed to be fully restored, there is no cost to the client.

A: We have simplified are packages for hosting down to two options. Non E-Commerce: $800 per year and E-commerce: $800 to $1,000 per year. All of our hosting packages are un-metered meaning that you will never be charged extra for going over a “limit.” There are occasionally instances though if a site creates so much traffic that it may need to live on it’s own server. We can help facilitate this if needed, but is extremely rare. Our yearly package also includes the cost of upgraded your site and patching with security fixes when needed as well as occasional and small web site content changes and phone support.

A: Yes and at no cost! You 100% own everything that flickertech.com Web creates for you and if requested we will provide a one-time full backup of your website. If additional backups are needed there is a minimal cost of generally $50 for 60 minutes of labor.

A: Unfortunately we do not offer refunds on our web hosting accounts.