Recommended Providers

Below are people and companies who do work outside of the range of our services. These are either people we've worked with personally or who come highly recommended.

PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHERS

These are Portland-based. If you are outside of Portland, you will likely want to look for a local photographer to work with.

• Teness Herman did the photos for Sasha B. Designs.
• Kim McElroy takes gorgeous product photos.

STOCK PHOTOS

• The best $1-$5 ones: istockphoto, stock.xpert, and fotolia
• A high-quality free stock photo site: stock.xchng
• ibid has striking black and white photos.
• Also check out Veer.

WEB HOSTING

• Our sister company is a web hosting company called Acorn Host.
• If you'd like to work with a larger company, WestHost and DreamHost are both excellent.

E-COMMERCE

• Merchant account that we use and recommend: e-onlinedata
• Integrated payment processing and shopping cart: PayPal
• Hosted shopping cart that we often work with: Mal's E-commerce
• For more complex e-commerce needs: Magento

SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION & MARKETING (SEO, SEM, PPC)

• We haven't worked with him personally, but as far as the local offerings go Scott Hendison is worth a look.
• If you want to learn the basics yourself, Jill Whalen has a great site and newsletter.
• If you want to really get into it, the WebmasterWorld forums are frequented by many industry experts. You might have to dig a little, but there is an amazing amount of information here.

OTHER WEB DESIGNERS

• For complex content sites and non-profits: NetRaising
• For information architecture: RareHeron or White Lotus Design
• For programming and database work: TrueCast Design
• For brochure-type sites: Nedra Rezinas
• For ongoing site maintenance: Andrea Drury
• More great all-around web design firms: Watermelon Web Works and Allure Media Design
• We also run a Portland designer directory

EDUCATION

• If you are in the Portland area and wish to learn HTML, CSS, or search engine optimization, check out Fenix Workshop.