What a cidery website needs to do
A cidery website should show the ciders you make, the taproom hours and any food or events. A current taplist and a clear map beat a long story, and a short page on how you make your cider gives people a reason to remember you.
Many visits come from out of town or from groups. Say whether you take reservations for groups, whether children and dogs are welcome and where to park, so people plan the trip without calling.
People searching for a cidery usually decide in seconds. Your site should answer the questions below before they have to ask.
See the taplist
Ciders on now
Visit the taproom
Hours, map and parking
Plan a group visit
Parties and events
Find our cider
Stockists and cans
Timing matters. Fall apple season and summer weekends bring the most visitors, so keep seasonal releases and hours current.
The pages a cidery website needs
A cidery site does not need dozens of pages. It needs the right few, each doing one job:
- ✓Home with hours and taplist
- ✓Our ciders — what you make
- ✓Taproom and events
- ✓Where to buy
- ✓About us — orchard and process
- ✓Contact
Need a page for every service or town you cover? The larger packages give you room to grow.
Mistakes we see on cidery websites
- ✓Taplist out of date — guests arrive for something that is gone
- ✓No group information — parties choose elsewhere
- ✓Hours unclear — guests arrive to a closed door
- ✓Nothing on how it is made — no reason to remember you
Getting found: SEO basics for a cidery
- ✓Name the town and the style — "cidery in your town"
- ✓Taproom page — hours and what to expect
- ✓Short FAQ — groups, dogs and food
Cheap Cheap Websites sets up the essentials on every build, and Monthly SEO adds new pages every month when you are ready.
Sample sites that could be yours
These are real samples we designed. Yours is built around your business, your photos and your words.
What a cidery website costs
Most cideries fit Launch Website: $399 one-time for up to 5 pages, because they need a home page, a ciders page, a taproom and events page, a where to buy page and a contact form. Websites are priced one-time, plus Website Care at $30/month for hosting, HTTPS, backups, weekly checks and A/B testing. Every package includes a consultation, mobile-friendly design, copy we write for you, a contact form, essential search setup and 10 revision rounds.
Optional add-ons, billed separately
The prices above are for your website. These two are separate monthly products you can add now or later. Neither is part of the website price.
Monthly SEO, from $50/month: new pages published on your site every month. See Monthly SEO →
Business Spotlight, from $30/month: articles about your business, labeled as paid, published on The Company Chronicle. See Business Spotlight →
What we ask a cidery for
We will ask for your ciders and tasting notes, taproom hours, event details, photos you own and where your cider is sold.
How it works
1. Consultation
We learn your services, customers and goals, in English or Spanish.
2. We write and design
We draft the words and build the site around your business.
3. 10 revision rounds
You review and request changes until it is right.
4. Launch and care
We launch, then Website Care keeps it hosted, backed up, checked weekly and A/B tested.
Websites for related businesses
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