Is Zarla a web design agency?
No. Zarla is AI. It does the design part of an agency's job, the layout, words, pages and forms, from a one-sentence brief. There's no designer on the other end. If you want a person for marketing or SEO, Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who work on Zarla sites.
How much does medical website design cost?
Web designers who publish prices for medical practice sites charge from $149 a month at a healthcare marketing agency, $1,999 to $3,999 setup plus $89 a month at a practice website company, and from $1,850 one-time at a local studio; the practice website platform quotes after a call. A healthcare agency's cost guide puts a build at $2,000 to $10,000+, and a cost-estimate guide puts a solo practice site at $5,000 to $12,000. Designing and previewing on Zarla is free; you choose a Premium or Business plan when you publish.
What should a medical practice website have?
Whether you're taking new patients and the plans you accept in the first screen, a way to request a visit that your front desk confirms, a page for each kind of visit, your doctors with their board certification and the languages they speak, a self-pay price for the common visits, your hours, parking and after-hours line, a link to your patient portal and your reviews. In the US, physicians are licensed by each state's medical or osteopathic board, and a website form that collects symptoms, medical history or insurance details is health information under HIPAA, which needs a provider that signs a business associate agreement, and Zarla doesn't sign one: keep the website's form to a name, contact details and the kind of visit, keep intake and results in your patient portal, and check with your state medical board and your compliance advisor for what a practice website must display. Zarla adds visit and town pages from your brief, up to your plan's page limit. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself.
How long does a medical practice website take?
Web designers who publish timelines for medical practice sites quote 4–6 weeks for a 12–20 page site (8–10 for a multi-location practice) at a local studio and 4–6 weeks or more at a healthcare marketing agency; the practice website company and the practice website platform don't publish one; a healthcare agency's cost guide says 2–4 weeks on a pre-built theme and 4–12 weeks for a custom build, and a cost-estimate guide says 8–14 weeks for a small practice. Zarla's first design takes about 30 seconds; after your changes, you can publish the same day on a paid plan.
Can new patients book a visit online?
Yes. Customers book appointments or service calls from your website; bookings sync to Google Calendar, and you can take a deposit or full payment through your own Stripe account. Open new-patient and physical slots per doctor, keep the booking to a name, contact details and a time, and keep intake in your portal.
Is the save-your-spot form private?
Use it for first contact. Zarla's forms take a name, a phone number, the kind of visit and a preferred time, and every submission lands in your inbox and your leads list; keep symptoms, medical history and insurance details for the intake forms in your patient portal. In the US, a form that collects health information needs a business associate agreement under HIPAA, and Zarla doesn't sign one, so Zarla's forms are not a patient records system and make no HIPAA claim; confirm the details with your compliance advisor.
I already have a medical practice website. Can I move it?
Yes. Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.