Web design in Washington
Washington was built as a set of villages and numbered districts, which residents navigate easily and everybody else finds baffling.
For a business here, that means the ordinary task of telling people where you are takes more care than it does elsewhere.
- Manufacturing
- Automotive supply
- Logistics
- Trades
- Retail
Selling to Washington
Worth knowing hereWashington's village-based layout means residents identify with their own district, and content that recognises that reads as properly local.
Say where you are in more than one way
A district number means nothing to somebody who does not live here, and a village name alone will not get them to the right industrial estate.
Giving the village, the district, the nearest main road and a recognisable landmark covers every way a customer might be trying to find you.
For businesses on the estates it matters more still, because deliveries and trade customers routinely end up in the wrong place, which costs time on both sides.
Residents identify with their village
People here say which village they live in, and search that way. Naming the ones you cover matches that and reads as genuinely local.
Industrial estates and automotive supply
Washington's manufacturing and automotive supply firms sell to national customers on accreditation and capability rather than location.
Questions people here ask
- How should we describe our location?
- Village, district, nearest main road and a landmark. Any one of them alone leaves some customers unable to find you.
- Does this matter for deliveries?
- Considerably. Trade customers and couriers regularly reach the wrong estate, which wastes time for everybody involved.
- Should we name the villages we cover?
- Yes. Residents identify with their village and search using it rather than the town name.
Sites we have built
Live, working businesses. Visit them and judge the standard yourself.
Tell me about your business.
One message is enough to start. I’ll read it and reply myself, usually with a couple of questions and a clear price.
Liam Tapp, Website Builds