The ones that truly serve your project. Depending on the complexity and future growth needs, we work with both standard open-source CMS platforms and custom framework-based developments. The choice is never dogmatic; it stems from your actual business needs.
Custom websites, designed for performance
BEFORE A PROSPECT CONTACTS YOU, THEY’VE SPENT TIME ON YOUR SITE. AND THEY’VE FORMED AN OPINION.
No mass-produced templates. Custom-built, designed to last.
At Firstcom, a website is a performance tool, designed to appeal to users, read by Google’s crawlers, utilized by AI agents, and crafted to turn visits into action. Since 1998, we have been designing custom websites for small and medium-sized businesses, mid-market companies, large corporations, and retail chains.
Our Specialties: Complexity Is Our Element
Demanding institutional and corporate websites
Deep architecture, multilingual support, third-party integrations, client portals, complex back-end systems: we build robust, maintainable, and scalable platforms.
Sites for retail chains: a national site, dedicated local sites
This is one of our long-standing specialties. A single central back office manages the entire system, but each point of sale benefits from a true local site with its own content (no duplicate content) and its own local SEO strategy. A demanding balance we’ve been mastering for years.
E-commerce sites
When your site also needs to sell, the stakes change. It’s a profession in its own right, covered on a dedicated page.
Our expertise: a website is the result of a thousand well-made technical decisions
The right CMS or framework for the right project
Depending on the challenges and complexity, we work with both standard open-source CMS platforms and custom framework-based developments. No one-size-fits-all solution imposed on everyone.
Flawless UX
Information architecture, visual hierarchy, conversion flow, mobile usability: every screen is designed to guide without constraining, and to convert without frustrating.
A site optimized for SEO and GEO
SEO isn’t an afterthought. It’s built into the architecture from the start: clean HTML structure, Schema.org, structured data, Core Web Vitals, internal linking. And since 2024, we’ve systematically integrated the GEO dimension.
The right APIs, the right integrations
CRM, ERP, marketing tools, cookie management tools, payment platforms, third-party services: we build the bridges that allow your site to communicate with your ecosystem.
A back office that your teams can manage
A website you can’t update yourself is a website that slowly dies. Our back offices are designed to be used without technical training.
A site that drives acquisition
Conversion funnels, smart forms, and a tagging plan deployed as soon as the site goes live: a Firstcom site is a site that can be measured and managed.
Our method: a proven 6-step process
Listening to you
A genuine conversation to define the scope of the project: challenges, goals, and constraints.
Getting to know you
Your business, market, competitors, and target audience. For a redesign, we analyze the existing site. This is also when the project manager assembles their team.
Proposing a plan
Specifications, choice of CMS or framework, site architecture, UX recommendations, tagging plan. A recommendation that fits your budget, no over-engineering.
Delivering to you
Concept, design, development, testing. We deploy in collaboration with your teams, on schedule.
Delivering results
Site goes live, tagging plan deployed, KPIs defined, dashboards installed.
Support you
Maintenance, cybersecurity, updates, SEO and GEO optimizations: Firstcom stays by your side to help your site grow over time.
Maintenance and Cybersecurity: The Option You Should Never Overlook
A website that goes live is not a finished website. First and foremost, it is a website with a CMS that needs to be maintained. But it is also a website that is constantly exposed to security vulnerabilities and intrusion attempts. And cybercrime is no longer a theoretical risk: no sector is spared, and no company is too small to be of interest to attackers.
Firstcom offers (as an optional but highly recommended service) a maintenance and cybersecurity contract for all delivered websites: updates, vulnerability monitoring, backups, monitoring, and rapid response in the event of an incident.
AI for coding: yes, but with expert oversight
Our developers rely on the most advanced AI tools available to improve speed and quality: code generation, bug detection, and performance optimization. And because the market moves fast, we constantly adapt our toolkit to use the very best tools available at any given moment.
But no line of code is deployed without first being reviewed, validated, and optimized by an experienced developer. A bug in production isn’t debugged with a prompt; it’s debugged with skill and experience.
But no line of code is deployed without first being reviewed, validated, and optimized by an experienced developer. A bug in production isn’t debugged with a prompt; it’s debugged with skill and experience.
AI accelerates. Humans ensure quality.
Your website deserves better than a template.
FAQ: Website Creation by Firstcom
Does Firstcom manage websites for retail chains?
Yes, it’s one of our specialties. A single central back office manages the entire network, while ensuring each store has a truly dedicated local site with its own content (no duplicate content) and its own local SEO strategy.
Does Firstcom use AI to develop its websites?
Yes. Our developers rely on the most advanced AI tools to improve speed and quality. But no line of code is deployed without being reviewed and validated by an experienced developer. AI accelerates, humans guarantee.
Are maintenance and cybersecurity included?
They are offered as optional services, but we strongly recommend them. Updates, vulnerability monitoring, backups, system monitoring, and GDPR compliance: a website that isn’t maintained quickly becomes vulnerable.
Can Firstcom take over an existing site developed by another agency?
Yes. We can audit an existing site, identify its strengths and risks, and then optimize or redesign it based on what best serves your project.