What Type of Website Should You Build for Your Business?

It depends on what your business does. If you sell products online, choose Shopify — it's built for ecommerce and the easiest for you to manage. If you need a professional online presence to showcase services, choose WordPress — it's cost-effective and easy to update. If you need custom functionality like a web app, booking system, or portal, choose React for unlimited flexibility.

Shopify is purpose-built for ecommerce. It handles secure payments, inventory, shipping, taxes, and order management out of the box — no plugin maintenance headaches like WooCommerce. More importantly, it's the easiest platform for non-technical clients to manage day-to-day. You can add products, fulfill orders, and run promotions without ever calling your developer.

For a standard business website, WordPress is the most cost-effective option. You get a powerful CMS, easy content editing, blogging, and SEO tools without paying for custom development. It also has a massive ecosystem of themes and plugins, so we can launch your site in 2 – 3 weeks at a fraction of the cost of a custom build.

Choose React when your needs go beyond what a CMS or ecommerce platform can do. Examples: a customer portal where clients log in to see their data, a multi-step quote calculator, a real-time booking system, a custom SaaS product, or any web app with complex business logic. React is also a great choice when performance and a modern, app-like user experience matter.

Yes — but it usually requires a rebuild rather than a migration, because each platform stores content and data differently. That's why we spend time at the start helping you choose the right platform for where your business is headed in the next 3 – 5 years, not just today.

WordPress is typically the cheapest for a simple brochure website. Shopify is mid-range — you pay a monthly Shopify subscription but save on development time. React is the most expensive upfront because every feature is custom-built, but it has the lowest long-term per-feature cost for complex sites.

Shopify is the easiest by a wide margin for ecommerce. For non-ecommerce sites, WordPress is very manageable once we hand off training. React sites can be made easy to update by building a custom admin panel — we do this for clients who want full control without learning code.

These three platforms cover about 95% of business website needs, but we also work with WooCommerce, Next.js, Vue, and custom Node.js backends when a project calls for it. We'll recommend the right tool for your specific situation during our free consultation.

WordPress brochure sites typically take 2 – 3 weeks. Shopify stores take 2 – 4 weeks depending on the number of products and customizations. React projects vary widely — a simple custom site might take 4 – 6 weeks, while a full web app can take 8 – 16+ weeks. We give you a firm timeline after our discovery call.

Yes, through WooCommerce — but we generally don't recommend it. WooCommerce sites need more maintenance (plugin updates, security patches, hosting management) than Shopify, and the user experience for managing the store is more complicated. For 95% of ecommerce clients, Shopify is the better choice.