Web Design · Scottsdale, AZ
Scottsdale web design for January through April, and the eight months after.
Barrett-Jackson, the WM Phoenix Open, the Arabian Horse Show, and the Giants all land in the same few months. A Scottsdale site has to carry that crowd and still sell in July.
Between January and March, Scottsdale hosts the Barrett-Jackson auction at WestWorld, the WM Phoenix Open at TPC Scottsdale — usually around half a million people over five days — the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show, and Giants spring training downtown. Many of the people searching for a table, a tee time, a facial, or a gallery in those weeks are from somewhere else. They don't know Old Town from the Airpark. The site has to tell them, quickly, what you are, where you are, and how to book.
The rest of the year belongs to residents, and they are a demanding audience: a median age of 49, more than a quarter of residents 65 or older, a median home value near $790,000. They read carefully and notice sloppy work. Scottsdale once counted more destination spas per capita than any other U.S. city, and spa customers shop with their eyes. Design here means restraint — generous type, real photography of the real space, copy that sounds like the owner, and a booking path with no dead ends. We build every site by hand, which is the only way it ends up looking like your business instead of somebody's theme.
Packages are fixed price, from $1,500 for up to 10 pages to $5,750 for 51–70, and each includes the writing, online booking, and lead capture. See pricing, or the med spa web design page if that's your line of work.
What web design has to get right in Scottsdale
- A visitor path above the fold: what you are, which part of Scottsdale you're in, how to book.
- Homepage offers you can switch for Barrett-Jackson, Open week, and spring training without a developer.
- Photography of the actual space, because this audience can tell stock from real.
- Readable type and contrast for a city where more than a quarter of residents are 65 or older.
- Booking that works on a phone for someone standing on Scottsdale Road.
Websites from $1,500
Fixed prices by page count, 0% financing with 25% down, most sites live in 7–10 days.
Scottsdale by the numbers
Businesses online
About one-third of U.S. small business owners do not have a business website, and 41% lean on a social media presence instead (Small Business Majority, surveys from October 2022 to April 2024). That is a national figure, and it is hard to square with a Scottsdale customer who reads the whole site before booking.
Small Business Majority, August 2024What runs Scottsdale
Major employers
HonorHealth · Vanguard · General Dynamics Mission Systems · City of Scottsdale · Mayo Clinic · Axon
The Scottsdale calendar
- JanuaryBarrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction at WestWorldThe collector-car company's flagship auction; it has been held at WestWorld every year since 1989.
- Early FebruaryWM Phoenix Open at TPC ScottsdaleFive-day attendance usually runs around half a million, which makes it the best-attended event in golf.
- FebruaryScottsdale Arabian Horse Show at WestWorldRunning since 1955 and billed as the world's largest Arabian horse show.
- February–MarchSan Francisco Giants spring training at Scottsdale StadiumThe Giants have trained in Scottsdale since 1984.
- AprilScottsdale Culinary FestivalA week of events concentrated downtown.
- NovemberScottsdale Fashion WeekHeld annually since 2007.
Local color
Home teams
San Francisco Giants (spring training, Scottsdale Stadium) · Scottsdale Scorpions (Arizona Fall League, Scottsdale Stadium) · Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies (spring training at Salt River Fields at Talking Stick, on Scottsdale's eastern border)
Hometown names
- Emma Stone — Academy Award-winning actress, born in Scottsdale
- Auston Matthews — NHL star who grew up in Scottsdale
- Frank Lloyd Wright — built Taliesin West, his winter home and studio, in the desert here in the 1930s
- Winfield Scott — the retired Army chaplain the city is named for
Did you know? Scottsdale is described as the largest American city that has never had a rail line — and its Parada del Sol parade is billed as the world's largest horse-drawn parade.
Sources for the facts on this page
- Census Reporter — Scottsdale, AZ (ACS 2020–2024 5-year)
- Wikipedia — Scottsdale, Arizona (employers from the 2022 ACFR; events; history)
- Wikipedia — WM Phoenix Open
- Wikipedia — Barrett-Jackson
- Wikipedia — Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show
- Wikipedia — Scottsdale Stadium
- Wikipedia — Emma Stone
- Wikipedia — Auston Matthews
- Small Business Majority — website and AI research, August 2024
Web Design for Scottsdale businesses
See your number in about a minute.
Pick what you need and the price appears on the spot. The developer follows up by phone, text or email — whichever you choose, whenever suits you.
Prefer to talk? (480) 525-7582
How many pages should the site have?
We recommend 51 to 70 pages for the best initial organic SEO rankings: it gives the site proper page depth.
Also need? (pick any, quoted on top)
Rather talk? (480) 525-7582. 0% financing on any project, 25% down. See all pricing
Web Design in Scottsdale: questions we hear.
Can we change the homepage for Open week ourselves?
Yes. Seasonal banners, offers, and hours are built as editable content, so swapping them takes minutes. Seasonal messaging that needs a developer never gets updated, which is why we don't build it that way.
Many of our customers are visiting from out of state. What should the site say to them?
The basics a local takes for granted: where you are relative to Old Town or their resort, parking, hours, how far ahead to book, and what it costs. Put that on the page and the visitor books instead of asking the concierge.
Do we need professional photography?
For a Scottsdale audience, real photos of your space and work matter more than almost anything else on the page. If yours are good, we use them. If they aren't, we'll say so plainly before launch rather than dress them up.
Web Design for Scottsdale, priced in the open.
Fifteen minutes with the developer, a straight answer, and a number in writing.