Web Design in Zurich, Kansas

Affordable web design that starts with Zurich itself

Mining, oil and gas are a real industry here: 15 establishments with employees in the 2023 count, far more than the national share. Field crews need lodging, food and repairs fast. State clearly which areas and job sites you serve, what equipment you run and how to request work.

Zurich in figures

A web designer’s view of Zurich’s businesses

Zurich shares ZIP code 67663 with the surrounding area, where 86 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Here is part of that mix, with what each website should show:

• Full-service restaurants: 6. Their website should show a menu page you can update by email, your hours and a map, plus a contact form for events and large groups.

County-wide, Rooks County counts 165 businesses with employees and 533 self-employed or nonemployer businesses (2023). By number of employer establishments, retail trade leads in Rooks County (13.3%), followed by other services (repair, personal care, organizations) (12.7%) and construction (9.7%). Most of these businesses are small, and the website does the job a front desk would do in a bigger company.

Your service area around Zurich

Around Zurich, the nearest cities and towns are Palco (7 miles), Plainville (7.2 miles), Damar (10 miles) and Stockton (16 miles). A 25-mile radius around Zurich takes in 10 other municipalities. The county seat, Stockton, is 16 miles northeast. Zurich covers 0.2 square miles of land, about 439 residents per square mile. Rooks County Regional Airport (RCP) is 11 miles northeast of Zurich in a straight line. If you serve more than one town, your website can have a service area page that names each of them, so a customer in Stockton or Palco sees right away that you cover them.

The nearest NOAA station with 1991-2020 climate normals, Plainville, is 3 miles from Zurich. It records an average high of 91°F in July and an average low of 17°F in January. About 26 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year, most of it in May. The high reaches 90°F or more on about 57 days a year, and the low falls to freezing or below on about 142 days. Cold winters mean furnace repair, snow removal, roofing and auto service, and the first freeze sends everyone searching at once. Update the homepage before your busy season: send the changes by email a few weeks ahead.

The customers behind the numbers in Zurich

Zurich is one of 6 municipalities in Rooks County, a county of 4,646 people. At the county level, where the estimates are more precise: the median household income is $62,500 and the median age is 45.7. Broadband reaches 83.4% of homes, and 9.5% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 74.3% of households.

Kansas and federal rules for small business websites

Selling or advertising online does not change the rules, but a few apply to many Zurich businesses:

• A federal rule (16 CFR Part 465) makes it unlawful to write, buy or sell fake reviews and testimonials, so the reviews on a business website have to be real. 16 CFR Part 465
• Kansas levies a state sales tax of 6.5% on retail sales of tangible personal property and taxable services, and cities and counties add local sales taxes on top of it. Kansas Department of Revenue

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

A web designer for Zurich businesses, working online

Aria is a web design company from Curitiba, Brazil, working since 2008. We don’t have an office in Zurich: the whole process happens online, and the plan is the same $89 a month in any city.

1. Start with the online sign-up, which takes about 5 minutes, and send your material by email.
2. Within 5 business days the website is ready on a temporary link, and you review it and ask for changes.
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.