A corporate website is your company's digital headquarters: it is where customers, job candidates, suppliers and investors form their first impression of you. This guide explains which pages a corporate site should have, what each page should contain, and how long it takes and what it costs.
Corporate site vs. brochure site
The two are often confused, but they do different jobs:
| Brochure site | Corporate site | |
|---|---|---|
| Purpose | To say "we are online" | To build trust, support sales and attract candidates |
| Number of pages | 3–5 | 8–20 |
| Content | Short introductory copy | Service details, case studies, references, company information |
| Management | Usually none | Content management panel |
| Updates | Rarely | Regularly (news, references, careers) |
| When it is enough | Sole traders, local shops | Companies with a team that sell to corporate clients |
The deciding criterion is this: does anyone research you during your sales process? If you sell to corporate clients, the purchasing manager at the company you quote will definitely look at your website. What they see there determines whether your quote is taken seriously.
Pages a corporate site must have
Home page
It needs to answer three questions in the first 5 seconds: what you do, who you do it for and why you should be trusted. Not a slogan, but a concrete sentence. "Pioneer of digital transformation" says nothing; "We build websites, e-commerce and custom software for tourism and retail businesses across Turkey" says something.
Service pages
A separate page for each service. Listing six services on one page is weak for both users and search engines. Each service page should include: scope, process steps, delivery time, price or price range, frequently asked questions and a related reference.
About us
Although it is the second most visited page, it is the most neglected. It should include: the year the company was founded, the team, how you work and real photos. Stock photos and phrases like "with our customer-focused vision" create distance instead of trust.
References and projects
The page that works best in corporate sales. For each project: the client, the problem, the work done and the result. Numbers where possible. Simply lining up logos does not persuade anyone.
Contact
Address, phone, email, map, opening hours and a form. In Turkey, a WhatsApp link is the single element that increases conversions the most.
Company and legal pages
In Turkey, the trade name, MERSİS number (the central company registration number), trade registry number, tax office and tax number must be shown on the site (Turkish Commercial Code art. 1524 and E-Commerce Law No. 6563). On top of that come the KVKK notice (under Turkey's personal data protection law), the privacy policy, the cookie policy and the terms of use.
These pages do not bring SEO, but they make a difference in audits and in the eyes of corporate clients. Publishing template text without filling in the company details is worse than not having the pages at all.
Blog / content area
Only open one if you can publish regularly. A blog that has not been updated for six months leaves a worse impression than not having one.
Technical requirements
Speed
On corporate sites, speed directly affects business results. According to Google's research, when page load time goes from 1 second to 3 seconds, the probability of a bounce increases by 32% (Google / SOASTA Research). Targets: LCP under 2.5 seconds, CLS under 0.1.
Images are the most frequent culprit. Converting them to WebP and serving them at the right size gets most sites to the target on its own. Details: Core Web Vitals optimization.
Mobile
Most traffic comes from mobile. Mobile responsiveness is not a "we'll look at it later" item; the design has to start from mobile.
Technical SEO
A separate title and description for every page, a correct heading hierarchy, canonical tags, a sitemap and structured data (Organization, LocalBusiness, FAQPage). When these are done during the build, the extra cost is low; adding them later is 2–3 times more expensive.
Admin panel
You need to be able to update the content yourself. On a site without a panel, every text change goes back to the agency, small corrections take weeks and the site gradually becomes outdated.
Multiple languages
Necessary if you sell abroad or are located in a tourist region. Each extra language multiplies the number of pages; machine translation, meanwhile, damages the corporate impression. If it is going to be done, it should be done properly; if not, it should not be started at all.
Timeline and cost
If the content is ready, a corporate site can be delivered in 7–14 days. If copywriting and a photo shoot are included, 3–5 weeks is realistic. Most delays come not from development but from waiting for content.
Our corporate website package is 25,000 TL + VAT (KDV, Turkey's value-added tax): custom-coded design, mobile responsiveness, a content management panel and technical SEO included, delivered in 7–14 days. We explained item by item what changes the price in the article website design prices.
What to look for when choosing an agency
- Portfolio: Have they done work at a similar scale, and do the live examples open?
- Technology: Is it a modern, scalable foundation or a ready-made theme?
- Technical SEO and speed: Can they show the Core Web Vitals results of sites they have delivered?
- Admin panel: Can you update the content yourself?
- Content: Who will write the copy, and is it included in the quote?
- Maintenance: Are the length and scope of post-launch support written down?
- Source code and domain: Will they be registered in your name?
The last point is not negotiable. If the domain and source code are not yours, your site is not fully yours either.
Common mistakes
- Trying to create a corporate impression with a ready-made template
- Thinking about mobile responsiveness as an afterthought
- Building "nice-looking" pages without a content strategy
- Copying legal pages from a template without changing the company details
- Depending on the agency for every update because there is no admin panel
- Only lining up logos on the references page without explaining what was done
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the difference between a corporate website and a brochure site?
A corporate site focuses on trust and continuity, with a design specific to the brand identity, manageable content, service details and technical SEO. Brochure sites have a more limited scope and do not support the sales process.
Is an admin panel essential?
Yes, if you will update your content even a few times a year. The maintenance cost of a site without a panel exceeds the cost of the panel within the first year.
How many pages should it have?
It depends on the number of services. A typical corporate site has 8–12 pages: home, about us, one page for each service, references, contact and legal pages.
How often should I renew my site?
Technically, a well-maintained site lasts 5+ years. The decision to renew is driven not by age but by three signs: the mobile experience has deteriorated, speed targets are not being met, or your business model has changed and the page structure no longer fits.
To get started
Send us your list of services and the content you already have; we will map out the page structure and delivery plan free of charge.
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