Hiring A Web Designer
How To Make A Website > Hiring A Web Designer
If you've taken the time to read through some of the pages
on how to make a website I'm sure that you're feeling a bit
overwhelmed. You're probably thinking to yourself, "I should hire a
web designer". Well, don't.
Hiring a web designer can be a very expensive choice
and it's possible that you won't be happy with the final
outcome. Although there are certain reasons to hire a
web designer along with the fact that there are some
very talented and honest web designers, you can do the
same thing with a bit of trial and error plus you'll
save a boatload of money.
DisclaimerI want to take a moment and state that the
information below does not represent all web designers. I actually
have one project that I use a web designer for so I am not saying to
not use a web designer, I'm simply stating certain things to
consider before you invest a bunch of money in a website.Please
look at it this way, my website is about 'How To Make A Website' not
'How To Hire A Web Designer'.
Unfulfilled Expectations
When you hire a web designer you most likely have an idea of what
you'd like your website to look like. Hiring someone else to try and
envision the same website could be difficult. Granted some may offer
a guarantee but eventually they will start to become tired of the
revisions so it becomes difficult to get a project completed.
AffordabilityWhen you hire a web designer they offer you a
quote of even have a series of packages to choose from. The problem
is that you often times change certain aspects of your website and
that's when the fees start to get added.If you simply learned how
to make a website from the start you can make as many revisions to
your website without incurring additional costs.
This leads me to my next point.
Future Updates And Revisions
Okay, you selected a web designer that did a great job without any
extra fees. The job is completed and a month down the road you want
to make changes to say the the color, layout or font of your
website. It's safe to assume that you're web designer isn't going to
do that for free.Throughout this website you'll find pages
related to making changes to basic features like this and you can do
it as often as you'd like for FREE!
Unique Website Design
Another thing to consider is how unique is your website. Many of the
low-cost web designers have a large selection of templates to choose
from and simply re-use that template by modifying the colors,
content and images for your website.If you choose to build your
own website you can create a web design that's unique to you.
Freelance Web DesignersWith everything that I've said above
you may consider a freelance web designer for certain aspects of
your website. Like I mentioned above, I use a freelance web designer
because he's more knowledgeable in certain aspects of web design.
The great thing about freelance web designers is that they are
generally very affordable because they are competing with other
freelance web designers for new projects.A great source for
freelance work is RentACoder.com.
The nice thing is that you're not limited to just web design. If you
have a script that you'd like written to accomplish a certain task
on your website, need to have graphic work done, or simply need
someone to design a logo
RentACoder.com is a great place to look.
Just Do Your ResearchI'm by no means giving you this
information to talk you out of using a web designer to build your
website. Basically I'm trying to give you information on what to
look for and what to expect. With that said, just be sure that you
do your research before plunking down a large sum of money on a web
designer.
Webmaster ForumIf you'd like more
information on web designers I'd suggest that you take a look
through our
webmaster forum. It's a great source for asking questions to
fellow webmasters. You may just find a good web designer there! |
