You've probably already guessed...
But if you haven't, we are a web design, development and management company. As a growing business in Manchester we have learnt from our clients that choosing the right design company can be extremely troublesome as there is an abundance of different agencies offering different prices and features.
Where we differ is that we like to think we offer a more personal service than other companies. We won't blind you with buzzwords, sales terms or technological jargon. But what we will do is aim to take the complications normally associated with website implementation out of the picture.
Web design, development, management
Making a website isn't just making a design and publishing it, there's a lot more to it. We break it down into three different steps. The design stage is where we come up with a 'look' for your online presence.
The development stage is where we add in custom web applications such as a member's area or administration section. Finally, we can provide you with aftercare. If you're wanting regular updates, statistics or email changes then our maintenance options areworth serious consideration.
Interest peaked? Whats the cost?
Unlike other companies, we don't have concrete prices for our artwork, design and development. Different projects take different amounts of time and we hope you understand that. For the add-on services price list, look below
We can supply a quotation on demand, just drop us a quick message and specify the important information, and we will get back to you within 2 working days. As with all our customers - we definitely recommend you take a quick look at the Sonassi Brief™ before getting in touch.
Standard Services
If you are wanting pre-made, off the shelf web applications, then you've come to the wrong place.
We are a development team and we take pride in that. When our clients come to us requesting particular features and facilities, we will code the project from the ground up, with no detail spared.
There are benefits to using pre-written applications, after all we're not afraid to admit some applications may be better designed or refined than our own. However given certain situations the ability to customise is paramount and thats where we come in.
When building a house, there are standards and regulations to comply to, its not too dissimilar when building a website. Sticking to these strict codes not only ensures proper rendering across different browsers and platforms, but also helps site performance and aids in improving your sites presence and ranking on search engines.
You might not be aware, but not everyone uses the same browser you do. There are many different browsers, such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari and Opera. We make every effort to ensure your website displays correctly in each one. If you are a Windows user, we do however recommend using Mozilla Firefox for an enhanced web experience.
If the design for our website hasn't impressed you enough, then it might be worth flicking through the portfolio to see what we're capable of.
Be it 2D, 3D, animated or even vector, we'll try our best to produce the best quality scalable graphics for your corporate identity or website.
Whilst our ethos is to provide the highest class websites and sophisticated back end engineering, we have been known to carry out the odd bit of graphic design. In the past we have created restaurant menus, letterheads, business cards, posters and flyers. If this is something you might require, just get in touch.
We have created three distinct packages for those who want off the shelf solutions to web hosting.
Hosted in a Tier 1 data centre located right here in Manchester with 100% network uptime for the past 7 years. We provide business class hosting solutions for your developing web enterprise.
Our hosting packages start just £55 per year, take a look at our web hosting page for more detailed information.
Optional Services
Our optional statistics program is an available extra to allow you to monitor the progress of your website. Once it's set up, we can provide you with a week by week review with information such as:
- Daily number of vistors to your site
- Duration of their stay
- Customer conversion rates
For retail outlets a conversion counter is a invaluable piece of technology. It allows you to see what percentage of customers commit to buy before leaving. With a website, we can go one step further, by monitoring how long their stay is, what pages peak their interest or by what means have they found your site; this is just a start. Without information like this it is difficult to say whether your website is really offering you what it should.
Websites are just like any other major purchase you make, you will need regular maintenance to keep it up to date and in top condition. That is why we offer an appropriate maintenance pack with every website we design.
Essentially, you buy an alloted amount of time to use how you please across the period of a year to help the development and ongoing maintenance of your website. This can work out substantially cheaper than paying us by the hour for updates and removes any confusion for billing.
*All maintenance packs are subject to a 12 month minimum contract. Terms and Conditions apply.
There is always room for improvement for your business and even if you didn't have your website created by us, there is still hope. Our website audit is a formal critique of your current website, anaylising its usability, search engine ranking, flaws, missed features and much more.
By going through your site, we can give recommendations as to how to improve your sites presence on the top search engines, such as Google, MSN and Yahoo. Doing so will increase your sites traffic and more accurately drive customers to the information they seek.
Not to contradict ourself, it's difficult to list design and development pricing because it is so individual to each project. But we are able to list guide pricing for our other elements.
Maintenance Packages
| Hours | Monthly | Yearly | |
| Basic | 12 | £27 | £300 |
| Intermediate | 25 | £50 | £600 |
| Advanced | 90 | £175 | £1800 |
Sonassi Media Services
41-43 Barton Arcade
Barton Square
Manchester
M3 2BW
Sonassi Media Services is the trading name of Sonassi Media LLP.
