If you’re working on a new website for your business, then you need a company that offers you professional corporate web design services. The problem is that some businesses look to engage an offshore provider to save money, but in most instances, it can end up costing even more money in the long run (and give you ulcers as well!).
A highly professional touch is needed to create corporate web designs, and sufficient experience to know what does and doesn’t work. If you pay some guy in India $10 an hour to design your website, instead of a professional in Australia who charges (say) $100 an hour, you could be buying a whole lot of trouble.
Here at GO Creative, we have a long standing reputation for professional corporate website design, and therefore we charge a lot more than $10 an hour to our clients for this service. However, if you’re considering outsourcing your corporate web design services overseas, here are three important considerations:
1. How much experience do they have?
Many offshore providers aren’t qualified or experienced in any form of design, let alone corporate website design, which means that even if the work is cheaper and faster, it isn’t going to be high quality. You may have checked out their online folio or read their testimonials, but you normally can’t speak to them over the phone or check their references.
2. How efficient are they?
A lot if so-called “web developers” overseas will hire workers off the street and provide only basic training. So when you give them a task that should really only take 30 minutes, they might blow 3 hours on it, and do it poorly at the same time. Then you’re paying a premium price for low quality work. Not to mention, a common frustration is that offshore developers have an extremely low level of attention to detail, so you end up wasting your own time going back over the same instructions.
3. What support do they offer?
The language barrier can be a real issue during both the design stage and afterwards when you need ongoing support. You may even find that they may not offer ongoing support or even a warranty on their services and even worse, many of these providers actually disappear without warning, leaving you in the lurch with a half-finished website and no way to get in touch with them at all. Unfortunately, that’s a pretty common scenario.
In the end, it all comes down to quality, communication and support, which we provide to our clients in spades. Creating attractive, functional and results-oriented corporate websites is our bread and butter, so if you want a professional website from a reputable provider, call us on 07 3333 2932 or get an instant quote online.
