What To Look For In A Web Designer

First things first when looking for a web designer: You need to ensure you get along with one another and both have similar ideas. This sounds simple, but building a website is a very personal process if you are just a one-person business.

Of course this is very different if you are a larger company whereby twenty or more people might want input into your website development.

You just have to bear in mind that the more people that are involved in your website design then the longer the process will be. Often a team of around six to seven people is ideal.

Okay so when it comes down to picking a website designer what are you really looking for?

Well the first thing is to pick someone that understands "Speed to market", as if you come up with next Twitter or Face book idea, then development speed is essential. That is not to say a small company will not do the job fast, its just a bigger website design company has more resources to call upon, and as a result they can act faster.

The largest web portal in Europe built for a mobile phone company was done in around 2 weeks at a cost of £12 million, with many staff virtually living in the office during the development phase. So if you need speed to market then you need to factor this in to your choice of supplier.

You also need to look at the level of support provided. In general your website once built should run smoothly, however you need to look at break fix times in the event of your website going down. However you also need to realize that sometimes something can fail and pull your website down that is totally out of the hands of your website designer.

As an example a lot of European website design companies can have servers that are hosted in the USA, and due to the time difference if a server goes down in the USA then you will have to fight against the time difference, and there is very little you can do about this. So some things you will just have to live with, annoying as they are.

Always take up references, in fact it is all the better to take up ones from companies competing in your marketplace. Often they will actually appreciate the competition and you could even find yourself doing business together. If they are out of stock of something maybe you can help and vice versa.

Hopefully this article will see you well on your way to finding a good web designer.

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