Hiring A Web Designer: The Questions To Ask So You Aren’t Ripped Off!
So, you’re going to hire a designer or design company to build a website for you.
You’ve made the right choice (but since I’m a designer I would say that wouldn’t I) – however like most trades, there are a lot of so-called “professionals” out there who are far from it.
Some simply don’t have the technical knowledge to back up their design skills, most don’t have any type of marketing expertise – they’ll build you a website that looks fantastic, but won’t bring in a red cent because it takes 10 minutes to load that bandwidth-sucking Flash animation they did for you.
By that time your visitor (who’s on dialup) has decided they’re not going to wait and have left your site.
There are some “web designers” who’ll take your money and not complete the project because they don’t have the expertise or the time/inclination – or worse, just blatantly rip you off and not do the work at all, quickly changing their phone number so you can’t get in contact with them.
And worst of all … some designers work is just plain crap.
Sorry for being blunt … but it’s true!
So, how can you protect yourself when hiring a web designer or company?
When it comes to web design, qualifications aren’t worth diddly squat!
There are no recognized industry-standard qualifications in web design. If someone wanted to go into the computer support/networking field they know they need to aim for becoming a Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE) or a Cisco Certified Network Administrator (CCNA).
