Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve crafted this FAQ page to answer many of your frequently asked questions.

Open Technologies specializes in web design, digital advertising and consulting. We will happily undertake the resposibility to create a web site, mobile apps, a Social Media Marketing campaign or manage your project assinging to the task experienced project managers. You can see the full list of our services here.

Depending on your requirements, our prices vary. Please check out this very handy app that we have created in order to get an estimate of the cost.

This is a question we get asked all the time and unfortunately the answer is one, it varies. Some sites can take months of design and development; others can take a few weeks. Every business has unique requirements and every customer has different objectives. Through meetings, planning and discussion we’ll be able to understand your requirements and then be able to estimate a project. A typical timeframe for a brochure type website for a business will take appoximately 3 to 4 weeks to complete.

We take a very detailed approach with website optimization and on page code optimization. What this means is that we don’t just create attractive websites – we also create websites that have all of the important areas optimized for the search engines ensuring the best start for your website within the search engines.

Yes all of our websites have website and email hosting.

Yes, we can undertake of all the administration of your domain name from purchase through to management and anything else that is related.

A lot of our customers opt for our ongoing maintenance and support which includes general assistance using the content management system, monthly updates of plug-ins and code, security scanning and daily website backups.

Yes all of the websites we create are fully responsive meaning they are mobile and tablet friendly ensuring they look good in any screen size that is used to view your website.

Nowadays most businesses and customers are searching for their services and products via the Internet so if you do not have a website which means you effectively have no advertising within Google and the other search engines you’re potentially missing out on thousands of customers with your competitors being found by potential customers.

Before we start, we will supply you with a questionnaire which once answered and returned to us, will allow us to look at your exact requirements and needs for the website, which then allows us to create a website with as few obstacles as possible.

We’ve been building websites since 2015. You can learn more about our history on our timeline page.

Primarily we use WordPress and Woocommerce for eshops.

Potentially. It’s best to have a chat with us to let us know what you’re currently working with and what your requirements are for this update.

We follow a simple process for all of our websites. You can find out more over on our Services page. If you’ve already done that, the next step is to get in touch and arrange a chat or a meeting with us.

We work with businesses from a broad range of industries, but primarily have experience working with B2B customers in the Touristic, Educational and Cultural sectors.

Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO is the art form of optimizing your website to rank at the top of search engines such as Google. Optimizing your website internally and then building backlinks to your website are some of the key ways to get your website ranking at the top of Google. The idea of SEO, is to get to the top of a search engine and be listed above your competitors so that you get targeted traffic to your website based on the relevant keywords that a person searching has typed in. There are reportedly over 300 ways a websites position in Google is changed and many more tweaks to the Google algorithm each year. We follow SEO best practice guidelines. Read more about the importance of SEO in our relevant article 5+1 Top SEO ranking factors.

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