Web Design in Smithfield, West Virginia

Who your website talks to in Smithfield

Smithfield is one of 5 municipalities in Wetzel County, a county of 13,734 people. At the county level, where the estimates are more precise: the median household income is $56,836 and the median age is 45.3. 81.4% of households have broadband and 9.7% rely on a cellphone data plan alone. Homeowners are 83.2% of households.

The roads, towns and places around Smithfield

Around Smithfield, the nearest cities and towns are Pine Grove (8.2 miles northwest), Mannington (12 miles east) and Lumberport (14 miles southeast). For big-city shopping and services, Pittsburgh, PA (307,632 residents) is 72 miles away. New Martinsville, seat of Wetzel County, lies 19 miles to the northwest. For flights, North Central West Virginia Airport (CKB) lies 22 miles away. Smithfield covers 0.3 square miles of land, about 329 residents per square mile. A 25-mile radius around Smithfield takes in 29 other municipalities. Customers in Mannington and Lumberport will ask the same thing: do you work here? A service area page answers before they have to.

Small business websites in Smithfield: the local business mix

Wetzel County has, among its employer businesses:

• 5 funeral homes: your services explained with care, contact information and directions.
• 13 quick-service restaurants: the menu with prices, hours and the closest cross streets.
• 6 auto repair shops: a page per service (brakes, A/C, diagnostics), the shop’s location and a quick contact form.
• 5 hotels and motels: rooms, photos, location and a contact form, so travelers can compare you outside the booking apps.
• 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. Wetzel County has about five times the national share of nursing and residential care facilities: 17 of them in the 2023 count. In that line of work, families research care for a relative, so the website should show levels of care, photos of the facility, licensing information and how to arrange a visit.

How big is the Smithfield market?

Smithfield weather and a seasonal business

Climate normals for 1991-2020 from Mannington, 6.1 miles away, put the July average high at 84°F and the January average low at 19°F. About 51 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a normal year. About 17 days a year hit 90°F or more. Cold winters bring furnace repair, snow removal, roofing and auto service, and the first freeze sends everyone searching at once. Seasonal updates helps: winter hours, summer specials, storm-season notices, sent by email and included in the monthly fee.

Small business website, start to finish

The team behind this page works from Curitiba, Brazil, and has built websites for small businesses since 2008. There are no visits or meetings in Smithfield: material and questions travel by email, and you approve the website on a temporary link.

1. Fill in the sign-up form (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: the first monthly fee is issued and your domain starts showing the new site.

Later on, you send changes by email (a new price, a new photo, a new service) and the team makes them, with no extra charge.

What West Virginia asks of a business with a website

Some homework before launch:

• West Virginia’s state sales and use tax rate is 6%, and a municipality may add up to 1% more. West Virginia Tax Division
• Under ADA Title III, a business open to the public should make its website usable by people with disabilities, according to the Justice Department’s guidance. ADA.gov guidance

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