Website Design

E-commerce websites allow internet users to buy and sell products and services online. Whether a large scale business or a mom and pop shop, Ink Refuge caters to budgets both large and small, while offering the finest in e-commerce solutions. With the advent of our own proprietary content management system (CMS), known as Gorilla Tools™, we can offer the customized look and feel you need to set you apart from the competition. Gorilla Tools™ allows you the ability to control the main content of your website and is as easy to use a Facebook.

For actual e-commerce purposes, Ink Refuge proudly uses a third party solution known as the Pinnacle Cart Shopping Cart system. The Pinnacle Cart system offers all the bells and whistles that any company would ever need to fulfill and manage online orders as well as track inventory and shipments. With a Pinnacle Cart integration into your Gorilla Tools website, your clients can feel comfortable that they are not only getting the very best in online service, but their privacy and security will remain safe as well since Pinnacle Cart is PA-DSS compliant.

Micro sites are simplified, one to seven page websites designed to focus on one unique area of interest, such as an event or wedding. Planning a recurring event like a tradeshow, anniversary event or sale? Continue to grow your mailing list by keeping a micro site live all year round. With a wedding micro site, you can promote gift registries & pre-wedding events such as showers and parties, send and receive online RSVPs, share images and even have a clock countdown to the big event. Micro sites are also an excellent way for franchises such as restaurant chains to increase their "local search" presence. Most chains have a corporate website that isn't beneficial to a specific location in terms search engine ranking. If you're not showing up on the first page of Google for a local search for your type of business, then a micro site is an absolute must to set you apart from the competition!

How important is a mobile website presence? Let us put it to you this way, by the year 2012 it is projected that over half of all internet access will be via a mobile device such as a Smart Phone or tablet!

Mobile websites offer a simplified, streamlined version of your main website, allowing mobile internet users quick and easy access to the most important aspects of you business such as one-touch contact, quick directions via Smart Phone GPS systems, mobile specials, services, signup forms, online ordering and more, while also offering incredible advantages in terms of search engine ranking as well.

Mobile sites are also an excellent and inexpensive means of supplementing your mobile presence if your current website is built in flash, which cannot be viewed on iPhones or iPads. Equally important is the advent of mobi tags and QR codes that interact with tag reader applications. By scanning these codes from print collateral (fliers, signs, posters, etc) with a mobile device, potential clients can link directly to your website from any location.

In today's business world the fact remains that everyone needs an online presence. The age of the phone book is being obsolete and has been replace by Search Engines to provide desired results.