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The Website Relaunch Agency

Especially in the age of AI, a website is the strategic heart of a company—serving as the central source from which search engines, generative engines, and potential customers alike draw their information. If it no longer aligns with your goals, brand, or business model, it’s time for a relaunch. We support you strategically, technically, and creatively—from the initial idea through to ongoing development after the site goes live. For greater visibility and more efficient processes.

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Trusted by over 500 companies—from small and medium-sized businesses to market leaders.

When does it make sense to relaunch a website?

Lack of sustainability

AI readiness, GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), and modern automation solutions are either missing or are difficult to integrate without a clean data foundation.

Outdated system and
increasing complexity

Design, technology, and structures are no longer up to date. What has evolved over time is now holding back development and efficiency.

New brand positioning

Your brand image no longer aligns with your current or desired identity; it fails to effectively convey what your brand stands for.

A changed business model or strong growth

Your website is no longer keeping pace with your business. It does not adequately reflect your offerings, target audiences, or processes.

Poor internal usability

Complex editorial processes and high maintenance requirements take up time, make updates difficult, and tie up internal resources.

Poor performance

When there is a lack of reliable data for analysis and optimization, traffic, leads, conversions, and revenue often fall noticeably short of targets. The website is not reaching its full potential.

Inadequate digital
experience

The website does not offer any compelling features or relevant services that provide lasting value. It no longer aligns with the brand and does not meet the expectations of a modern digital platform.

Website relaunch: benefits & potential

More leads & conversions

A website that makes a strong impression builds trust and turns interest into a decision.

Refined positioning

A strategically developed brand identity clearly conveys what your brand stands for and what makes it unique.

Increasing visibility

With SEA, SEO, and GEO, you can reach your target audiences on both traditional and AI-based search engines.

Attracting talent

An authentic website showcases your company culture and attracts the right talent.

Automate processes

Smart features and integrated workflows reduce manual effort and lighten the load on your teams.

Staying competitive

A future-proof website uses automated processes to lighten your team’s workload and provides clean data that serves as the foundation for better decisions—and thus lays the groundwork for sustainable growth.
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Relaunch consulting: free initial consultation

Are you considering whether—or to what extent—a website relaunch makes sense? Let’s talk: with no obligation and at no cost. For particularly complex requirements, we also offer website relaunch workshops as a strategic agency. Together, we’ll define the next steps as well as the project scope, budget, and timeline.

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Feinkost Käfer GmbH

“The new e-commerce platform fits perfectly into our technical infrastructure. It’s intelligently structured and makes our day-to-day work so much easier.

As a Munich-based company, we naturally preferred to work with a Munich-based agency. And it was
well worth it: Since I was often on-site with the project team, working with schalk&friends has been so productive, motivating, and enjoyable.”

Véronique Grübl, Head of eCommerce and Digital Marketing

Fonds Finanz

“We are delighted: our new website is finally online! With its clear design, intuitive usability and efficient work processes, it will make our daily work much easier.”

Brainlab

“schalk&friends has managed to adapt Brainlab’s DAM system perfectly to the complex requirements and approval processes in medical technology. We now have a central image data management system that can be used optimally not only across departments but also across countries.”

Tobias Schalkhauser, Executive Vice President Marketing & Digital

SupplyOn

“Our new website is live! Innovative, user-friendly, groundbreaking – just like our #supplychain solutions.”

Scout24

“As part of a pitch process for the relaunch of our corporate website, we decided to work with the schalk&friends team last year. The great success of the project despite the corona crisis showed us that we had made the right decision and found the right partner for us. As a modern tech company, we have been relying on digital communication channels for years and are delighted to have gained a partner at eye level in schalk&friends.”

Alexander Hauser, Head of Marketing Communication bei ImmoScout24

Aktion Kleinkind Ernährung

“schalk&friends has had overall responsibility for the concept and implementation of the campaign right from the start. The collaboration with schalk&friends has always run smoothly and to our complete satisfaction in recent years. We are very pleased to see how the portal and the user numbers are developing from year to year – the data speaks for itself.”

Norbert Pahne, Managing Director DIÄTVERBAND e.V.

Our relaunch process

Anyone looking to have a new website built needs both guidance and flexibility. We tailor the scope of our services to each project based on its size and requirements. However, it’s not always necessary to go through every step in its entirety. Even a streamlined, focused relaunch can yield significant improvements.

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Strategy & Goals

What are the pain points of your current website, and what new requirements do you have? As part of our website relaunch consultation, we’ll define your goals, target audiences, the desired customer journey, and brand positioning.

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Technology & Requirements

What should your new website be capable of? What should be different, better, or simpler in the future? We analyze your technical infrastructure, recommend the right CMS in a technology-neutral way, and develop a clear roadmap for implementation. In the process, we also assess the AI readiness of your architecture, data, and interfaces—to ensure your website is future-proof.

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User Experience & User Interface Design

From wireframes, navigation, and information architecture to user testing, screen design, visual style, and icons: When redesigning a website, we develop intuitive page structures that combine clear user flows with a conversion-optimized interface.

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SEO & Content

Following an SEO or GEO audit, we conduct a thorough keyword analysis to serve as the foundation for relevant content. Texts and content are categorized, optimized for search engines, and—when necessary—tailored to align with your brand and appeal to your target audiences.

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Technical Implementation & Launch

We develop both front-end and back-end components, focus on responsive design, and incorporate tracking considerations from the very beginning. To ensure a website that’s fully optimized for performance, we use tools like GA4 and Clarity, which specifically identify areas for improvement and provide insights into real customer experiences.

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Support & Professional Development

Even after the launch, the website continues to evolve. Together, we analyze processes and data to continuously improve the website from a strategic, technical, and content perspective.

The right CMS for your strategy

Strategy drives technology. Not the other way around. While we specialize in many popular content management systems—including relevant certifications—we’re also happy to provide consulting services beyond our portfolio. After all, your CMS should be a perfect fit for your existing system landscape, your goals, and your requirements—not for your agency’s tech stack.

WordPress relaunch

The flexible, all-around CMS for corporate websites of all sizes: proven, customizable, and featuring a versatile plugin ecosystem.

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Kirby relaunch

The streamlined, developer-friendly CMS for custom, high-performance websites—focused, flexible, and free of unnecessary technical overhead.

More about Kirby
Shopify online store relaunch

The scalable e-commerce platform for building high-performance online stores. With a strong focus on user experience and conversion.

More about Shopify
Pimcore relaunch

The integrated solution for companies that want to combine content and product data management in a powerful system.

More about Pimcore
TYPO3 relaunch

The enterprise CMS for complex, multilingual, and highly structured websites with stringent security and scalability requirements.

With a plan and structure: how to guarantee a successful relaunch

schalk&friends:

Your agency for website relaunches

25+ years of experience

We know what works. And what will work tomorrow. With more than 500 successful digital projects, we’re setting the course for the future.

Strategy defines technology

Which marketing technology is right for your business? We start by analyzing what you’re already using and what you really need. Based on that, we develop a customized digital mar- tech roadmap for you.

B2B and B2C expertise

From small and medium-sized businesses to market leaders: We understand a wide variety of business models, target audiences, and digital challenges.

60+ experts

Certifications for platforms such as Kirby, Shopify, and accessibility demonstrate the depth of our expertise. What matters most, however, is that we bring this knowledge together in an interdisciplinary way—to create comprehensive solutions.

Everything from a single source

From concept to launch: With us, there’s no coordination chaos. Our team in Munich thinks holistically, works across disciplines, and collaborates closely with your marketing team.

Long-term partnership

After the go-live comes optimization. We’ll support you during ongoing operations and continue to develop your website.

How much does a website, a car or a house cost? This always depends on many factors, so a blanket answer would be unreliable. What we can say, however, is that the costs are linked, amongst other things, to your existing website, your objectives, the desired scope of services and your choice of CMS. During the initial consultation, we’ll clarify the key factors and lay a solid foundation for the quotation.

A relaunch is more than just a new design. It involves the strategic, technical and creative reorientation of your website – with the aim of bringing about lasting improvements to its performance, user experience, discoverability and contribution to your business objectives.

Here are two real-life examples:

For the sake of clarity:

  • Redesign: Refreshing the visual appearance without making fundamental changes to the technology or structure.
  • Rebranding: A reorientation of the brand, which may prompt a relaunch.
  • Conversion optimisation: Targeted improvements to individual pages or elements.

A focused relaunch can usually be completed in around three to four months. More complex projects involving extensive content, bespoke technology or an international focus may take six to twelve months. Feedback, approvals and content on your end will also affect the timeline.

A relaunch is a joint project. Clear objectives, a realistic timetable and a dedicated point of contact on your side lay the foundations for an efficient process.

We need the following from you:

  • A designated point of contact for coordination and approvals
  • Access to the website, CMS, hosting, analytics and domain
  • Information about your brand, your target audiences, your competitors and your business objectives
  • Existing content or a willingness to develop new content collaboratively

It’s very straightforward: we’ll start with a no-obligation initial consultation. We’ll listen to you, get to grips with your current situation and clarify whether and how we can support you. If you wish, we’ll then work with you to draw up an initial brief setting out objectives, requirements and a rough scope.

No, not automatically. We first assess what your existing system is capable of and what requirements it will need to meet in future. Whether an upgrade or a change is the right course of action depends on your strategy – not on the system.

As an experienced website relaunch agency, we incorporate SEO right from the start. We carefully consider URL structures, redirects, rankings and technical SEO factorsto ensure that no visibility is lost. We take over, revise or develop new content – tailored to your target audience, brand and search intent. This turns the relaunch into an opportunity to improve your visibility in the long term.