LavaBlast strives to create usable software but we also understand the importance of clean and attractive graphics on the Internet. We help franchisors find the unique look they need to distinguish themselves from the competition.  LavaBlast works with experienced graphic artists to help you serve your customers with a unique online experience. Our partners help us produce everything from print work to complex Flash presentations while respecting the guidelines of the franchise brand.

LavaBlast designed Teddy Mountain franchise web site.  Teddy Mountain is a teddy bear stuffing franchise mainly operating in the United States and Europe.  The goal of the web design is to attract new franchisees but also to nurture retail customers by replicating the same atmosphere found in the brick and mortar stores. Although we could use an open source e-commerce engine to process orders, there are various strategic reasons why a tailor-made, industry specific e-commerce engine is required. The online store is available in multiple language and currencie and each country is sourced from a particular warehouse, which is managed directly on FranchiseBlast. Furthermore, by replicating the teddy bear stuffing experience online, LavaBlast puts Teddy Mountain in a cutting edge position as a market innovator. Finally, the Teddy Mountain Franchise also offers wholesale plush and teddy bear stuffing machines via its sister site, Teddy Zoo, also managed on FranchiseBlast.

Flash Animations

When appropriate, we can create Flash animations to be included in website templates. For an example, click on the following image and enjoy the landing page animation we made for the Teddy Mountain Teddy Bear Stuffing Franchise.

How is a design made?

It is interesting to see how a web design template is made, from start to finish. Click on the following picture to see the different steps involved in designing a complete web page for your franchise idea.

We work closely with web design firms to ensure a consistent look and feel throughout our applications. Choosing LavaBlast for web design and web development ensures you have a creative team that can also produce high quality software. While choosing a web design firm for your franchise, you need know if the company who is currently supporting your website will be able to help you grow your business in the long run or if their skills are limited to graphic design. We're very interested in working with franchisors to create stylish websites as we know it is a low-risk way to start doing business with our company. Proving ourselves with a beautiful website is a great way to get to know each other and plan future projects.

We also designed and developed the Pickle Bob's Ice Cream website. We love creating websites with a whimsical, graphically intense experience. New to franchising, the owners of Pickle Bob's are not ready for full-scale franchise software. However, we'll be here when the franchise system has grown enough to require our franchisee/franchisor collaboration platform.

For a complete look at how LavaBlast improved Teddy Mountain offerings with web designs and other tools, see Teddy Mountain case study.

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