# Web design company in Kolkata Fast, mobile-first websites built around one question: will this visitor pick up the phone, fill in the form or send a message? [Get a free consultation](https://thedigitalmagic.com/get-a-quote/) [See development services](https://thedigitalmagic.com/service/website-development-services/) **Built on:** WordPress, so you can maintain it yourself **Designed for:** Mobile first, because most local traffic is **Handover includes:** Training and editable content ## What makes a business website work? A business website works when it loads quickly on a phone, makes clear within seconds what the business does and who it serves, and gives the visitor an obvious way to make contact. Visual polish matters far less than speed, clarity and a conversion path. Most sites that fail do so because they are slow, vague, or difficult to act on. Design in this context is not decoration. It is the arrangement of information so that a person who arrived from a search, on a phone, with limited patience, understands quickly enough to stay. Beautiful sites that take six seconds to load lose to plain ones that take two. ## What we design ### Business websites Brochure and service sites for firms whose website needs to explain, reassure and generate enquiries. ### Ecommerce websites WooCommerce stores designed around browsing, comparing and checking out without friction. ### Website redesign Rebuilding an existing site while protecting the search visibility it has already earned. ### Landing pages Single-purpose pages for campaigns, where every element serves one conversion. ### Responsive design Layouts designed for the phone first, then adapted upward, rather than shrunk down. ### WordPress design Built so your team can update content without needing a developer for every change. ## How we work ### Understand before designing Who the site is for, what they need to know before making contact, what objections stop them, and what a successful visit looks like. Sites designed without this end up describing the business to itself. ### Structure and content first Page structure and copy come before visual design, because a layout designed around placeholder text falls apart the moment real content arrives. ### Design mobile first Most local search traffic in Kolkata arrives on a phone, often on a mobile connection. If the design only works on a wide screen it does not work. ### Build for speed Compressed and correctly sized images, minimal scripts, restrained plugin use. Speed is a design constraint, not something optimised afterwards. ### Make it accessible Readable contrast, keyboard navigation, labelled forms, pinch zoom left enabled and proper heading structure. This helps real users and it helps search engines read the page. ### Hand it over properly Training, documentation and a site you can actually edit. You should not need to pay us to change a phone number. ## Cost and timeline Cost is driven by the number of unique page templates, whether ecommerce is involved, how much content has to be written rather than supplied, and whether the design is bespoke or built on a well-chosen framework. A small service business site is a modest project. A store with custom functionality is not. Typical timelines run from a few weeks for a straightforward brochure site to a couple of months for larger builds. The most common cause of delay is content, not design, so we agree who is writing what before starting. If you are replacing an existing site, insist on a redirect plan. Rebuilding without one is the single most common way businesses lose years of accumulated search visibility overnight. ## Frequently asked questions ### How much does website design cost in Kolkata? It depends on the number of unique page templates, whether ecommerce is involved, and how much content has to be written rather than supplied. A straightforward service business site is a modest project; a store with custom functionality is considerably more. We quote after scoping rather than publishing package prices that would not fit your situation. ### How long does it take to build a website? Typically a few weeks for a straightforward brochure site and up to a couple of months for larger builds. The most common cause of delay is content rather than design, so we agree at the start who is writing what and by when. ### Will I be able to update the website myself? Yes. We build on WordPress and hand over with training and documentation, so your team can change text, images, prices and contact details without calling a developer. You should never have to pay someone to update a phone number. ### Will redesigning my website affect my Google rankings? It can, badly, if URLs change without redirects. This is the single most common way businesses lose years of search visibility overnight. Every rebuild we do includes a complete URL inventory, a mapped set of 301 redirects, and verification after launch. ### Do you use templates or design from scratch? Both, depending on budget and requirements. A well-chosen framework customised properly gives most SMEs a better result for the money than a fully bespoke build. What we avoid is an unmodified template that leaves your site looking identical to a thousand others.