What To Look For When Employing a Website Design Company

There are legions of website design companies out there fighting for your business with a range of offers attempting to persuade you to choose them to build or update your business website. These website special offer packages are mainly focussed around price, and these prices can vary dramatically. Research carried out for website design in the Bury area saw prices range from £99 to over £1000. So what exactly are you getting for these fees and what are the key things to look out for? Read on to find out more details about what you should be looking for when employing the services of a good web design company.

It can be somewhat overwhelming when researching website building companies online, there are so many, each of them seemingly offering a different package at wildly fluctuating prices using jargon that is difficult to understand for the layman. The best place to start when looking for a good web design company is using a word of mouth recommendation. Take a moment to think about your friends, relatives and business contacts... Have any of them recently undertaken a website building or update project? If so, contact them and find out how the job went, if their experience was a good one then get the details of the design company they used. This is one of the most effective ways to find a reliable company to work with.


If you don't know anyone who has used a good website design company the next step is to use the internet. When embarking on a new project there are a number of things to take into consideration, here are a few of the key points to look for in selecting your shortlist of website design companies to contact:

Is their business website well designed? - If you see a web design company with a poor website promoting their services you can strike them off straight away!

Client Portfolio - Take a look at other sites the company has designed for clients to see if you like the look and feel of their design ethos.

Location - The internet gives you access to companies all over the country, but the best way to strike up a productive partnership is to focus on companies in your locality. This way you can easily visit them for face to face meetings if required and it is far easier to build a positive working relationship.

Do they offer a free consultation? - Many web design firms offer some sort of initial consultation. Don't carry out all your correspondence using email. Make sure you can speak with them directly with no obligations. Often, the best way to strike up a good working relationship is by talking with them either face to face or on the telephone.

Pricing - You must have a firm budget in mind from the outset, but don't blinker yourself in going for the cheapest option straight away. Website design is the same as everything else in life; you get what you pay for.

Once you have your shortlist, you can select the firm you feel offer the best value for money together with how you feel you can develop the most positive working relationship going forward.