Samsun’s exports in the first 11 months of 2025 — imports stayed at USD 974m, so the city bought less than it sold
TÜİK foreign trade statistics (via Habertürk Yerel Haberler)THE MARKET BEHIND THE PORT
Web design agencies
in Samsun.
The Black Sea’s export gateway.
GUIDE / SAMSUN
Choosing a web design agency in Samsun comes down to three checks: has the team worked with exporters, can they present your product in your buyer’s language, and can they put your after-sales service network online. Samsun exported USD 1.54bn in 11 months and sold more than it bought.
Discuss your projectSAMSUN IN NUMBERS/01
Slow growth,
distant buyers.
The port grew fourfold.
Samsun’s export volume is not growing fast, but the city sells more than it buys and its buyers reach from Japan to Russia. That means the website’s job is not more visitors but the right buyer from the right country. The figures below come from TÜİK, Samsunport and the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.
Samsunport’s annual cargo handling capacity — reached after USD 60m of investment over 16 years
Ekonomim — Samsunport investment and capacity dataSamsun’s 2025 seafood exports (19,493 tonnes across 858 shipments) — Japan and Russia are the standout buyers
Samsun Gazetesi — Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry dataWhere a rice and hazelnut machinery maker in Terme, Samsun exports — it runs warehouses and service in 12 countries
Taka Gazete — Samsun machinery manufacturingSECTOR BY SECTOR/02
What does a producer
behind the port actually need?
Different profiles in Samsun use the same port but need different things: one has to explain itself in Japanese, one has to show service coverage in 12 countries, one has to be findable in its own district. This table maps the profiles we see against verified export data.
| Business profile in Samsun | Typical digital requirement |
|---|---|
| Seafood producer and processor (Turkish salmon, trout) | Product and certification presentation in the buyer’s language (Japan, Russia), cold chain and shipping information, export document archive |
| Agricultural machinery and equipment manufacturer | Product catalogue and technical documents, spare-part request flow, a structure that shows warehouses and service in 12 countries |
| Logistics, freight and port services | Route and service presentation, capacity pages, quote workflow, local search visibility for exporters |
| Food and agricultural processing (rice, hazelnut, tobacco) | Multilingual product catalogue, certification and analysis archive, wholesaler and dealer portal, SEO for target-country queries |
| Construction, renovation and building services (Revizyon Yapı 55) | Local search visibility, completed-work gallery, survey and quote form, Google Business Profile management |
| SME starting to export | Multilingual corporate site, SEO/GEO for target-country queries, measurement and conversion tracking setup |
BEFORE YOU DECIDE/03
Look at the process
before the price.
Then at what lasts.
A cheap quote in Samsun can turn into extra cost a few months after launch. In a market where local manufacturers compete for export buyers, the difference between a brochure site and a working sales channel is decided here:
Can write in the buyer’s language
Samsun sells across a wide region, from Japan to Russia, and buyers there search in their own language rather than in English. Verify that the team can produce and maintain multilingual content over time.
Can show the after-sales service network
Machinery manufacturers in Samsun compete internationally with warehouses and service networks abroad. Showing that coverage country by country matters as much as the product itself.
Can explain the port and logistics link
Samsunport has raised its capacity to 10 million tonnes. For a buyer, shipping time and port connectivity are technical purchasing criteria, so the site has to state them clearly.
Command of ministry and state-sourced data
In seafood and agricultural exports, certification, quotas and permits decide whether a deal moves forward. Ask how the team follows that regulation from official sources and reflects it accurately in the content.
States the limits of remote work openly
Samsun is far from Izmir. The team should say in writing which work happens remotely and which on site; a surprise expectation of site visits delays the project.
HOW WE WORK/04
Remote by default,
on site when it counts.
Samsun is roughly 1,000 km from Izmir by road. Most of the work runs online, and we travel to Samsun on a planned basis for discovery, facility photography and presentations. The flow below sets that out from the start.
Online discovery and a target-market map
We map which country, which buyer and which language you sell in. Export documents, certifications and existing catalogue material are collected at this stage.
An on-site visit and shoot
On a planned trip to Samsun we see the production facility, the port connection and the warehouse, and photograph the products and the plant. Those images serve the catalogue for years.
Multilingual content and build
Product and certification content is written for the target languages, the site is built with speed and structured data foundations, and the quote and sample-request flow is connected.
Launch and the first 90 days
After launch we monitor visibility in target-country searches and enquiry conversion, and report which country is asking about which product.
WHY ARGO AJANS/05
One team,
four disciplines.
One point of contact.
Argo Ajans runs corporate web design, e-commerce, custom software, SEO/GEO/AEO and enterprise AI projects under one roof from Izmir, with our UK office supporting international work.
Meet the teamA named, verifiable team
You know who works on your project, because the people behind it are named on our About page. Their profiles are public, so you can check the experience yourself.
SEO, GEO and AEO in one team
A site is not just built to look good — it is built to be found, on Google and in AI-generated answers alike.
We stay involved after launch
After launch we keep managing content, watching measurement and improving what the site needs. You keep the same team, so the work continues rather than ending at handover.
NOT ALONE IN THIS/06
Part of Izmir’s
specialist network.
When a need sits outside our own scope, these are teams from our own group we trust and work alongside — not anonymous names on a list.
Web Tasarım Ofisi
Web design and e-commerce systems.
AI SEO Ajansı
SEO and visibility in AI-assisted search (GEO/AEO).
Manevra Reklam
Advertising and social media management.
YanıtLabs
AI customer replies across WhatsApp, Telegram, your website, Trendyol and Hepsiburada.
01What should I look for in a web design agency in Samsun?
Samsun has a large number of agencies, and a good share of them clone the same ready-made template by swapping in a city name. We suggest three checks: has the team worked with an exporting manufacturer, can they present your product in your buyer’s language, and can they put your after-sales service network online. Always confirm that the reference sites they show you are still live and really belong to that company.
02Which companies have you worked with in Samsun?
In Samsun we have worked with Revizyon Yapı 55 in the construction and renovation sector; we built their corporate site. Projects run from Izmir and we travel to Samsun for discovery and presentations. Because Samsun is far from Izmir, most of the work happens remotely — and we say that up front.
03How much does web design cost in Samsun?
Pricing depends on the number of pages and products, how many languages you publish in, whether you need a catalogue or a quote/order workflow, and whether we connect to your existing ERP or CRM. A corporate introduction site starts small; multilingual export catalogues and integrated projects scale with scope. Share your requirements and we return an itemised written proposal.
04What kind of website does an exporting company need?
For an exporter the website is a sales tool, not a brochure: a product catalogue in the buyer’s language, a technical document and certification archive, shipping and packaging information, a quote-request flow and measurable conversion. Samsun exported USD 1.54bn in the first 11 months of 2025 while imports stayed at USD 974m; here your buyer finds you through search and AI answers in their own country rather than through Google in Turkey. Multilingual SEO and GEO therefore have to be planned together.
05How does a seafood company reach buyers in Japan and Russia?
Samsun’s seafood exports reached USD 80.1m for 19,493 tonnes in 2025, with Japan and Russia standing out among buyers. In those markets the buyer searches in their own language for product size and grade, feeding and harvest schedules, cold chain conditions, certifications (ASC, BAP, halal) and shipping time. Japanese and Russian content plus technical product files therefore matter more than the catalogue itself.
06How does an agency based in Izmir work with a company in Samsun?
Most of the work runs over online meetings, phone and email; design approvals and content collection progress smoothly at a distance. Samsun is roughly 1,000 km from Izmir by road, so frequent site visits are not practical the way they are in Bursa; instead we fly in on a planned basis when discovery, factory photography or a presentation requires it. We settle that at the start of the project so there are no surprises later.