If you are looking into developing a brand new website or redesigning your existing site you will of course be dealing with several web design companies to obtain quotes and gather information and ideas for your project. As you enter into these discussions, you will inevitably enter into a discussion about the CMS that will best work for your website.
Once upon a time websites were developed by web developers and whenever a client needed an update or a change the client would have to go back to the developer and pay for the changes and of course hope it would get done in a timely fashion. These days of course, things have changed and it’s rare to know of people with a website that is not on CMS (content management system) that allows them to manage their own website changes.
Building a website seems like a pretty straight forward process so you may be wandering why websites take so long, and in fact what we are doing while you wait?
Let’s break this down step by step.
1. Firstly the most important part of the whole process – planning.
Everyone’s a web designer, it’s true. The likelihood is that as you are reading this that you either know a web designer directly or a friend of a friend is a web designer/ developer. So this poses the question; why not just use them, save a bucket load of cash and get the site you have always dreamt of?
Well, we need to weigh up the factors that make a great web designer and the factors that lead you to falling victim to becoming part of another horror story!
Picking the right platform for your ecommerce website is without a doubt a crucial decision. There is nothing worse than spending months and months on developing your online store to realise 6 months down the track your website is not scalable and won’t allow you to implement the functionality you need. An e-commerce site is a big deal, you are essentially relying on your website to deliver your income stream, for many shop owners they are 100% online so the website has to work seamlessly.
So you have made your short list, you have comparable quotes for your website project. Or do you?
How is it possible to compare quotes with 3 different web design companies that seem to offer the same product yet have completely different price points? How can all these website companies be offering “custom web design” at such different pricing? Below is a guide to help you differentiate between the quotes.