Questions To Ask When Looking for a Website Development Company (Whether Big-Box or Boutique)
Here are some Helpful Questions To Ask When Looking for a Website Development Company (Whether Big-Box or Boutique)
Here are some questions you may not have considered yet:
- What is customer service like, especially if you need tech support? Do you get to work regularly with the same support person?
- What happens if you want revisions or changes? How many rounds of edits do you get during the process? What happens if you want changes after the project concludes?
- What if you want a functionality or design element that’s not included in the theme you picked?
- How does this web design scale with me? Most themes are one-and-done, requiring that you start over from scratch if you ever want to change the theme design or move to a new platform (like from Wix to WordPress).
- What if you want to add robust functionality later, like ecommerce, courses, podcast, etc?
- What access do you have to troubleshooting your specific questions?
- How much time do you want to spend on your website maintenance each month (updating plugins, checking backups, fixing bugs, optimizing performance, etc.)?
- What additional fees will you incur? Consider email services, hosting fees, domains, premium plugins, SSL, custom changes, etc.
- How often will you want to refresh your entire website? Say you want a new design once a year. How does this website or designer scale with you for these refreshes?
- Will your web developer train you on how to do some things yourself, if you’d like to take over those responsibilities someday and save some money on website fees?
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