Showcase website design for small businesses in Corsica
A showcase website presents your business and makes people want to call you. We build it around real use: fast and clear on a phone, well placed in local searches in Corsica, easy to extend. One person looks after you from the first meeting through to maintenance.
What a showcase website includes
A showcase website, sometimes called a brochure site, sells nothing online. Its job is to bring you calls and messages, and customers who walk through the door. Here is what you receive:
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Pages that each have a role
Home, services, about, past work, contact. Each page answers one question your customer is asking, and ideally only one.
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A design that looks like you
A visual identity that fits your trade, with mock-ups you sign off before a single line of code. Not a stock template repainted in your colours.
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Getting in touch, without effort
A number you call with one tap, a short form, directions, your opening hours. And a booking link if you need one.
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The basics of SEO
Page titles, descriptions, markup, a sitemap. On top of that comes structured data, meaning your business, address or hours described in a format Google reads directly.
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Editing within your reach
A CMS, the admin screen where you change text and photos without any technical knowledge. We set it up for what you will genuinely edit.
Corsican businesses that need a proper small business website
It suits any business that lives on its reputation and on word of mouth. For example:
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Tradespeople and builders
Show finished jobs, say how far you travel, and receive quote requests that already contain what you need to know.
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Restaurants, hotels, tourism businesses
The menu, the rooms, recent photos, directions, this season's hours. Plus an English, Italian or German version for visitors.
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Independent professionals
Lawyers, medical practices, architects, accountants. You set out your areas of work soberly, within the rules of your profession, and put people at ease before the first appointment.
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Neighbourhood shops
Get the shop known, along with the brands you stock and your events. Then give people a reason to drop in.
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Associations, public bodies
Publish news and make the information readable by every audience.
Building your showcase website, step by step
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1. Understand
We talk about your business and your customers, and about what you expect from the site. Budget too, and the calendar. Every enquiry gets a reply within 48 hours, followed by a quote that someone outside the trade can read.
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2. Design
We propose the site structure and an outline of the copy, then mock-ups. Nothing gets built until you agree, which avoids surprises on delivery day.
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3. Build
We build it and test it on a computer, a tablet, a phone. On a working version, you follow progress and send feedback as it comes.
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4. Launch, then what follows
The site goes live and we submit it to Google. We show you round the admin area, and afterwards we can keep the hosting and maintenance.
What makes a good showcase website
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Speed
A slow page loses visitors before they have read a line. We aim for good Core Web Vitals scores, Google's indicators for how fast and steady a page is, with well-compressed images and light code.
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Phone before desktop
People look you up on a phone, parked by the roadside or between two appointments. So the site is designed for a small screen first.
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Local SEO
Pages that clearly name your town and the area you cover, details that match your Google profile, structured data. That puts you in nearby searches, in Bastia as in the rest of Haute-Corse.
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Accessibility
Enough contrast, alt text on every image, navigation that works from the keyboard. An accessible site serves everyone. Search engines tend to read it better too.
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GDPR respected
The GDPR, the EU regulation on personal data, applies as soon as a form asks for a name or an email address. We collect the bare minimum and publish a privacy page. The cookie banner only shows up if trackers require one.
Mistakes we often see on showcase websites
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Pretty, but nowhere to be found
A handsome design with no work on the copy or the structure stays invisible on Google, which is why SEO gets prepared alongside the mock-ups and not afterwards.
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One-size-fits-all copy
'Quality, know-how, a listening ear.' Everyone writes it, so nobody reads it any more. Visitors want to know what you do, where, for whom. And how to reach you.
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A domain in the provider's name
Your web address should be registered to your company. Otherwise, the day you want to change provider, everything gets harder.
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The overloaded theme
Heavy animations, plugins piled on plugins, a video in the background. The site slows down. It breaks more easily too, and costs more to look after.
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Delivered, then forgotten
With no updates or backups, a site ages fast and ends up attracting attacks. Think about what comes next from the start.
What changes the price of a showcase website
Every project is priced on a quote, after a first conversation. A headline price would fit nobody. Here instead is what moves the budget:
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Pages and layouts
A few pages built on one template need less work than a richer site where the layout changes from one section to the next.
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Copy and photos
Text to write or rework, photos to take, translations. What you bring and what has to be produced both weigh on the estimate.
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Extra features
Online booking, a gallery, a blog, several languages, a link to the tools you already use. Each one is priced separately so you can choose.
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A design to create, or to adapt
Either you already have a visual identity and we work from it, or the art direction starts from a blank page.
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After delivery
Hosting and maintenance, like any future changes, sit on separate lines. You know what you are paying for, and why.
Hosting and maintenance for your website
Going live is one step among others. A site has to be hosted, which means stored on a server that keeps it reachable day and night, then backed up regularly and kept current on security. Otherwise it decays without anyone noticing.
We can keep the hosting and maintenance, watch how your pages do on Google, and grow the site along with the business. A new service, another language, online booking added before the season starts.
Technologies and methods
- Next.js
- React
- TypeScript
- CMS
- Local SEO
- Accessibility
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a showcase website and an e-commerce site?
A showcase website presents your business and brings you enquiries (calls, messages, visits to the shop). An e-commerce site also lets people buy online, with a basket and payment, plus order management. A well-built showcase site can move into online sales later.
How many pages does a showcase website need?
As many as your customers have real questions, and no more. Often that means one page per main service. Add an about page, a contact page, somewhere to show past work. We settle the structure together during design.
Do I have to supply the copy and photos?
Not necessarily. We can write from your notes, old documents or a simple interview. For photos, real pictures of your work are worth more than stock images, and we tell you what to plan for.
Is a website really worth it for a tradesperson or small business?
Yes, because that is often where the decision gets made. Someone who heard your name through word of mouth, or found you on Google, looks at your site before calling. They are looking for past work, the area you cover, signs that you are serious. Next to a competitor with no website at all, a clear site kept up to date counts for a lot.
Can my website be in several languages?
Yes. For a tourism business, an English, Italian or German version often makes sense. Each language has its own pages, properly flagged to Google. Look after the translations. Machine translation that nobody has checked does more harm than good.