| Affordable Web Design - Does It Really Exist? | | | | design studios charge. Why am I telling you this? I'm |
| Having a website designed by a professional web | | | | an honest person. Having worked both for a website |
| designer needn't be difficult, nor expensive. Website | | | | design studio and on my own as a freelance web |
| design is actually quite affordable - if you know | | | | designer, I've witnessed first hand the processes |
| where to look. With that said, there are a lot of | | | | taken to determine how much studios decide to |
| design studios and web designers to choose from, | | | | charge - and it doesn't always have anything to do |
| aren't there? A quick search for 'web designer' using | | | | with the work involved. Most of the time it's a |
| Google will give you over 46 million results to sort | | | | calculated decision based solely around what the |
| through. It's understandable that most people don't | | | | design studio thinks that you will pay. Some people |
| have the time to look at more than a handful of | | | | will say that that's business, I on the other hand, |
| portfolios (let alone 46 million) before settling with a | | | | think that it's exploitation. I design websites because |
| design studio or freelancer that claims to offer | | | | it is what I love to do, not necessarily to make |
| affordable web design services or simply 'appears to | | | | money - though I must admit, we all need money to |
| be good'. | | | | live. |
| Website Costs and Confusion | | | | Affordable Web Design Explained |
| Some of these design studios and freelance | | | | With the insane number of businesses spouting |
| designers that 'appear to be good' or advertise | | | | promises of affordable web design, have you ever |
| affordable web design services actually charge | | | | stopped to wonder why it is that the cost of these |
| exorbitant amounts to design, build and host a | | | | said services differ so much? The level of a designers |
| website and they will often provide you with a list of | | | | experience is usually taken into account however half |
| bells and whistles you'll be getting to justify that price | | | | the time you will find that the expenses of website |
| - or even confuse you with technical jargon to make | | | | design usually only come into play when design |
| you believe the cost is worth it. | | | | studios are trying to cover the salaries of all of their |
| Affordable Vs. Ridiculous | | | | employees as well as their advertising and marketing |
| I know that it's hard to determine if you're being | | | | costs. So, what is the secret to affordable web |
| charged reasonably or not, especially if you do not | | | | design? Steer clear of the large design studios and |
| know what designing and running a website involves, | | | | work with a small team or an individual directly. This is |
| so here's a not so well known fact for you - the | | | | the only way affordable web design can exist. |
| average website isn't worth the figure website | | | | |