Tips for choosing a good website designer

What makes a good website?

Websites should be easy to navigate and create a professional image for your company. ALL websites must meet the current government website accessibility guidelines.

Website Design Tips:

1. Make sure your website development isn’t limited by the web designers capabilities
2. Check the website design company's portfolio
3. Read their testimonials - if they don't have any (on their website) ask why not.
4. Request to speak to their customers
5. It doesn't really matter how long a company has been going but make sure they know what they're doing - ask lots of questions
6. Know your target market and what you want your website to do - this will help the web development process.
7. Your website designers should offer ideas on the function of your website (not just design)
8. Make sure that your website has an integrated Twitter update function (so you can update Twitter instantly) and social bookmarking as standard
9. Ensure the website you get is fully compliant to W3C and WAI requirements
10. Check you can edit all the meta data individually on each page
11. Are their CMS websites scaleable? If you want to add a function like eCommerce, can they do this for you?
12. Are they software developers or do they have to rely on 3rd party template website software like Wordpress/Joomla/Drupal?
13. How long does a CMS website take them to design and build?
14. How long does an eCommerce website take them to design and build, on average? 

Choosing a website designer

A badly designed and badly coded website will cost you more in the long run in lost business and you will most probably have to pay for its redesign and rebuild very soon after its gone live. It’s not worth the money you “saved” by taking short cuts, no matter how nice your ‘friend of a friend’ is – it’s your companys reputation they are playing with – therefore it’s always best to opt for professional website designers who genuinely know what they’re doing and therefore knows what makes a good website work hard for your business…

Website Design

Websites should be designed with the target market in mind and therefore attract those types of customers to the website. To be seen by all Internet users, websites need to be accessible for both search engines and all types of users. 

Website 1st Impressions

Your customers will judge your company by your website within seconds of landing on your site. So make sure they get the right impression as 1st impressions count for websites. The Halo Affect – quickly formed 1st impressions of your website will last.
Learn more about the Halo Effect

How much is a website?

A good website need not cost a lot of money, but always use the services of a professional website design company, such as aprompt. Our web design and development has no hidden costs - see below for prices.

• How much are CMS websites?
• How much are eCommerce websites?
• How much is SEO for my website?

Website grants

There may be grants available from organisations like Business Link or RDA – why not see if they can assist in the purchase of a professional website you can edit? 

Your checklist for choosing website designers

Always consider the following points when choosing web designers. Do they offer:

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