Which platform should I choose — Squarespace, WordPress, or Shopify?

It depends on your business goals. Squarespace is ideal for service-based businesses and creatives who want an elegant, low-maintenance site. WordPress offers the most flexibility and scalability, perfect if you need custom functionality or advanced SEO. Shopify is built for e-commerce and product-based brands. During our discovery phase, we help you choose the platform that fits your needs and technical comfort level.

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Most of our custom website projects range between $2,000 and $5,000, depending on the platform, page count, integrations, and content requirements. Squarespace builds are usually quicker and more affordable, while Shopify or WordPress projects can vary more based on complexity. If you’re unsure what fits your budget, we’ll guide you through options in our discovery call.

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Will my website include SEO setup?

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What’s the process like from start to finish?

1. Discovery Call: We learn about your brand, goals, and target audience. 2. Proposal & Booking: You choose your package, sign the agreement, and make the initial payment. 3. Design & Build: We design your site layout and bring it to life with your content and imagery. 4. Feedback & Revisions: You’ll have review rounds to make refinements. 5. Launch & Training: Once approved, we handle launch and give you a walkthrough so you can manage your site confidently.

Can you redesign my existing website?

Absolutely. Whether it’s a WordPress site that feels outdated, a Squarespace site that needs a refresh, or a Shopify store that’s not converting, we can redesign your website while keeping your content and improving your layout, visuals, and SEO structure.

What if I don’t have branding or photos yet?

No worries — we can design your site using temporary placeholders and update it later once your assets are ready. We also offer brand design and photography add-ons or can connect you with trusted brand photographers and copywriters to round out your visuals and messaging.

Do you offer templates?

Not yet! We’re creating customizable website templates for Squarespace, WordPress, and Shopify — designed for small business owners who want a professional, launch-ready website without the full custom cost. Templates will be available soon through our shop.

Do you offer payment plans?

Yes, we typically split payments into two or three parts — one to start, one during design, and one at launch. We also offer extended plans for template purchases or add-ons, making it easy to get started without a large upfront investment.

What makes working with a professional website designer worth it?

A professional designer brings strategy, structure, and user experience expertise that go beyond just visuals. We focus on how your audience uses your website — what they see first, how they navigate, and what makes them convert. The result is a website that not only looks great but actually grows your business.

Little Panda’s Play Cafe

May 2

Written By Aneet

CUSTOM SQUARESPACE WEBSITE FOR A LOCAL CAFE

CLIENT: LITTLE PANDAS PLAY CAFE, INDOOR PLAY CAFE & FAMILY DESTINATION

PLATFORM: SQUARESPACE

SCOPE: WEBSITE DESIGN & STRATEGY + ACUITY SETUP

OBJECTIVE: BUILD A WEBSITE AS WARM AND WELCOMING AS THE SPACE ITSELF

SERVICES: CUSTOM WEBSITE DESIGN

WEBSITE: https://www.littlepandasplaycafe.com/

Little Pandas Play Cafe is a mom-owned indoor play café in Everett, WA. It’s a bright, joyful space built for kids ages 0–6 and the parents who need a place to sit, sip coffee, and watch them play. We designed their website right as they were starting to grow and wanted to streamline their business.

The goal was simple: give a brand-new business a digital home that felt as warm and inviting as the space itself, while making it effortless for busy parents to find what they needed, day passes, memberships, birthday parties, everything without friction.

We built this site with one goal: let the website feel exactly as welcoming as walking through the door and make it easy for busy parents to book.

Key elements of this project include:

A bright, playful visual experience that captures the energy of the physical space
Clear, simple navigation built around how parents actually make decisions, quickly, and often on their phones
A streamlined path to booking day passes, memberships, and birthday parties
Complete setup in Acuity: Everything from bookings, intake forms, add ons and payments
SEO foundations to help local families discover Little Pandas as they searched for indoor play options nearby

THE OUTCOME

✦ A successful launch that helped establish Little Pandas as a go-to destination for local families
✦ Since opening, Little Pandas has earned Reader's Choice recognition from Seattle's Child in both Favorite Indoor Play Space and Favorite Indoor Birthday Party
✦ A business that's grown enough to open a second location and now with a redesign now underway to match

CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS: THE REDESIGN

Little Pandas is expanding to a second location, and we're back for round two, this time, redesigning the site to support multiple locations and reflect how much the business has grown since opening day.

This case study will be updated once the redesign is live.

If you're a family-focused business ready for a website that grows with you, this is exactly the kind of work we love.

Aneet

Little Panda’s Play Cafe

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