Web Design in Hundred, West Virginia

The town of Hundred in numbers

Your service area around Hundred

Around Hundred, the nearest cities and towns are Cameron (12 miles, pop. 818), Mannington (12 miles, pop. 1,910), Fairview (13 miles, pop. 367) and Blacksville (13 miles, pop. 119). The county seat, New Martinsville, is 22 miles west. The nearest large city is Pittsburgh, PA, 58 miles to the northeast. A 25-mile radius around Hundred takes in 24 other municipalities. For flights, Greene County Airport (WAY) lies 23 miles away. If you serve more than one town, your website can have a service area page that names each of them, so a customer in Mannington or Fairview sees right away that you cover them.

Who your website talks to in Hundred

Hundred is one of 5 municipalities in Wetzel County, a county of 13,734 people. Census estimates for a town this size carry a wide margin of error, so the county is the better guide: households have a median income of $56,836, and half the residents are older than 45.3. Broadband reaches 81.4% of homes, and 9.7% of households are online only through a phone plan. 83.2% of households own their home.

Which Hundred businesses need a small business website

Some of the business types in Wetzel County, from the 2023 County Business Patterns:

• 5 funeral homes: your services explained with care, contact information and directions.
• 5 hotels and motels: rooms, photos, location and a contact form, so travelers can compare you outside the booking apps.
• 13 quick-service restaurants: today’s hours, the menu and photos that look like what customers get.
• 6 auto repair shops: certifications, warranty terms in plain words and a contact form for estimates.
• 6 insurance agencies: the lines of insurance you write, the carriers you represent and a quote form.

Wetzel County as a whole had 308 employer establishments in 2023 and another 501 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. Retail trade accounts for 19.8% of the county’s employer establishments, ahead of health care and social assistance (15.6%) and other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (15.3%). Every one of them is a search away from a customer in Hundred.

Weather in Hundred: plan the website around it

Climate normals for 1991-2020 from Mannington, 9.7 miles away, put the July average high at 84°F and the January average low at 19°F. Precipitation totals about 51 inches a year, with July the wettest month. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 144 times a year. Winter changes what people need: plowing and heating in winter, landscaping and outdoor work the rest of the year. If you offer emergency or same-week service in bad weather, say so in plain words and keep the contact form short.

Small business website, start to finish

Based in Curitiba, Brazil, Aria has been building business websites since 2008. We work with businesses remotely, so a company in Hundred gets the same plan, at $89 a month, without meetings or visits.

1. The sign-up at cadastro.ariaserv.com/en takes about 5 minutes; your logo and photos go by email.
2. Within 5 business days you get a temporary link with the whole website, built with your logo, colors and photos.
3. Approve it, pay the first month, and the website goes live on your domain together with your business email.

Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.

West Virginia rules to know before your website goes live

These are some of the West Virginia and federal rules a small business with a website runs into:

• West Virginia’s state sales and use tax rate is 6%, and a municipality may add up to 1% more. West Virginia Tax Division
• A business that uses a name other than the one it was formed under registers a trade name (DBA) with the West Virginia Secretary of State, online through the One Stop Business Portal or on paper. A sole proprietorship or general partnership checks name availability with the State Tax Department first. Official source

This is general information, not legal advice. Your county, your town hall or an attorney can confirm what applies to you.