Lately, I have had a few interested meetings with clients, managers and co-operators. Some thoughts appeared after these meetings that might be helpful for us.
I cannot help myself thinking that for some people, saving money means to spend as little money as possible for services (that suppose to be good – well done). And after that, these people are searching for somebody that correct the previous services for as low as possible price – again. This is hardly possible, because someone, who has to correct the job previous damaged by the others, has to put much more effort to the job to make it really well done – therefore it is not a point to search for the cheapest services, because cheap & quickly done services don’t mean well done services. And after all the disappointments, people lose twice as much instead of saving money.
I'd like to compare the situation described above with leaking pipe in your bathroom. You are searching for a plumber that charges as little for his services as possible. The plumber came, repaired the leaking pipe, you paid for the service, and everything looked good for a while... After next few days pipe was leaking again. So, you asked the other plumber (let's call him No. 2) – this one, who had had a lot of experience, and had received good feedback from customers, charged more for the services, however he focused on details. So, he repaired the pipe correctly, and made sure that everything had been done correctly, and would have lasted for as long as it should. Problem solved. If you had chosen the plumber No. 2 at first, you would have been able to save money, time and trouble.
Therefore, before you choose any services – here are some advice:
- Take your time and think for a while. Ask yourself some questions, that you'd like to know the answers to, and do some research.
- Always allow the people who have knowledge and skills to design & develop your website – check them (because some of people do this job as a hobby, without professional knowledge!), check professionals as well – read 'About Us/Me' page on their website and the testimonials.
- Firstly, do some research – described above, and also ask e.g. your family, friends and neighbours, if they know any good professional designer?
- Check other websites you like, call the owners of the websites, and ask them their opinion regarding their web designer. Are they good and worth to co-operate?
- Try to arrange a few meetings – if possible – with potential designers of your choice, talk with them, ask as much questions as come up to your mind, ask about estimated prices, and what it's included in?
- Take your time, consider all advantages and disadvantages – make a proper decision.
Do your bit to avoid disappointments!
There are always options to choose from:
Option 1: Correctly coded and glowing performed website will always need much more contribution of work and as a result some more time to be very well created. Though you may pay some more for it, it’s a making money long-term-investment for your business.
Option 2: Though of course, the website might also be done fast and cheap, it will mostly be badly coded, poorly performed, and not tested. In the end, you lose your time, money and clients.
