Know your requirements

One of the crucial steps is knowing the goals of creating a website. Is it going to be just informative for visitors to know more about your business and location, or is it gong to be an e-commerce site where customers can buy online.

Once you know the purpose, you then need to plan on the content needed for the website. Content can either be in text, images or even videos. It would be about the company, its products and services, its experience, and so on…

Study their offers

A good web design company will be able to offer all the necessary services which are:

• Domain Name Registration
• Web Design and Development
• Web Hosting
• Web Promotion (SEO)
• Updates and Maintenance

Find out how long they have been in operation

Technology changes fast. This applies to web design as well. A site designed a few years ago is now outdated. An outdated or a non updated site would be left out of search engines and can no longer be found through searches. Having a constantly updated website with fresh content is crucial to its success.

Many freelance web designers fresh out of school can now offer design services at low prices. When the time comes for updates, they are nowhere to be found and you have to source for another designer. More often than not, the new agency would always prefer to design from scratch rather than making changes to an existing website.

Check their prices

This can range from a few hundred to a few thousand. Some web design companies can charge thousands for what other companies only charge hundreds. This is where you have to know what you want, look at their portfolio and make a decision.

Find out about after-sales service

This is where how long they have been in business comes into play. Ask about their charges for updates or changes. Ask about the tools they use to design your website.

A popular software for web designing now is WordPress which is a powerful but user friendly CMS platform. It allows the end user with word editing experience to login and make simple edits on live web pages.