Web Design in Scranton, North Dakota

Affordable web design that starts with Scranton itself

The city of Scranton has been around since 1907; that is more than a century of local history. In a place with that much history, families tend to stay with the businesses they know, and a newer business has to earn trust one job at a time. Put the year the business started and the names of the people behind it on the About page; a photo of the actual storefront or crew beats any stock image.

Local competition in Scranton

Across Bowman County, County Business Patterns counts, among others:

• Hotels and motels, 5 in the count. What works online: rooms, photos, location and a contact form, so travelers can compare you outside the booking apps.
• Insurance agencies, 5 in the count. What works online: the lines you write (auto, home, business, life), the carriers you work with and a quote request form.

Bowman County as a whole had 148 employer establishments in 2023 and another 273 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. By number of employer establishments, retail trade leads in Bowman County (13.5%), followed by other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (12.8%) and construction (12.2%). Each of these businesses competes for the same search: someone in Scranton typing what they need and picking from the results that look trustworthy.

What the Census counts in Scranton

Scranton on the map

The closest municipalities to Scranton are Gascoyne (3.7 miles), Reeder (10 miles) and Bowman (13 miles). Scranton covers 0.7 square miles of land, about 350 residents per square mile. 5 municipalities lie within 25 miles, each with its own customers. Bowman Regional Airport (BWM) is 7.6 miles west of Scranton in a straight line. Bowman, seat of Bowman County, lies 13 miles to the west. Customers in Bowman and Bucyrus will ask the same thing: do you work here? A service area page answers before they have to.

The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Bowman, is 11 miles from Scranton. It records an average high of 83°F in July and an average low of 6°F in January. Rain adds up to about 17 inches a year, falling on about 42 days with a tenth of an inch or more. Expect about 48 inches of snow in a typical year. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 191 times a year. Winter changes what people need: plowing and heating in winter, yard work and construction once it thaws. Give seasonal work its own page, so the right page is there when the weather turns.

Your Scranton audience

About 7.9% of homes in Scranton are seasonal or vacation properties. Part-time residents look for services before they arrive, so being findable online is how you meet them.

The county around Scranton, Bowman County, counts 2,762 residents and 4 cities and towns. For a city as small as Scranton, the county figures are more reliable: households have a median income of $72,109, and half the residents are older than 42.8. 89.0% of households have broadband and 12.2% rely on a cellphone data plan alone. Homeowners are 83.3% of households.

The legal basics for Scranton businesses online

Before your website goes live, it helps to have the basics of the business in order.

• A contact form collects personal information, and North Dakota has a data breach law with deadlines for notifying the people affected. N.D.C.C. ch. 51-30 (Notice of Security Breach for Personal Information), § 51-30-02
• North Dakota’s state sales tax rate is 5% for most retail sales, and cities and counties may levy their own sales and use taxes on top of it. North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner

This is general information, not legal advice; check with the North Dakota agencies, Bowman County, the city of Scranton or an attorney.

How Aria builds a Scranton website

Aria has built websites since 2008 and is based in Curitiba, Brazil. We don’t have an office in Scranton: the whole process happens online, and the plan is the same $89 a month in any city.

1. Sign up online in about 5 minutes; the logo, photos and texts you already have go by email.
2. Review the website on a temporary link, ready within 5 business days, and request any changes by email.
3. Approve it, pay the first month, and the website goes live on your domain together with your business email.

Changes after launch go by email and are included, and so do quick questions.