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What To Look For In A Web Design Company

With 1,000's of web design companies to choose from, how do you know the best ones to go for?
You should ensure that they have been trading for some time, there are many so called web design companies that are just individuals trying their hand at it for a while, although these can be quite cheap, you do get what you pay for. The majority of these type of "freelance" designers will not be there in 12 months time, so if you need some changes or alterations doing to your site, which you probably will, it means going through the whole process again.

Make sure you have a look at previous work they have produced, please also check that these are real sites and that they are still live and trading, again new "companies" produce example sites that are not actual sites at all. Always as for the web address of sites so you can have a good look for yourself.

So, you have found a few companies that have experience and have shown you some examples of their work, what else should you look for? Well ongoing support is vital, what happens if your site goes down, or you have a problem a few weeks or months after the designer has done his or her work, who will fix it for you and at what price? A good web design company will offer free basic support to cover such eventualities.

What if you need to make some changes? check their hourly rate for such things, if you are going to have a site that will need updating from time to time, will your designer do this for you and at what cost.

There are a few companies that offer pay per month sites, one of them is The New Media Company www.thenewmediacompany.co.uk, they offer a full design and hosting service with unlimited updates and search engine optomisation all inclusive of their monthly fee, which starts around 40GBP per month.
This sort of thing is perfect if you know you will be adding content or extra pages in the near future, it is also a good idea to keep your site updated regularly as this helps with search engine rankings and keeps your web site fresh.

What if you want to expand your site at some point and need ecommerce facilities, has your web designer got good knowledge of ecommerce and have they produced online shops before? again ask for web addresses of sites they have built.

I hope this article will prove useful to you and you are able to obtain the services of a good web design company.

Author Resource:- web site design, ecommerce
Submitted 2010-09-18 05:51:39
By: Albert Baker 99 or more times read
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