Professional website design is absolutely essential for any serious Gold Coast business. Luckily for business owners, there are plenty of companies out there willing to design websites for Gold Coast businesses. However, some of these are more interested in just taking your money than delivering a high quality product. It is therefore essential to know how to spot reputable Gold Coast website designers like ICT Web Design and separate them from the bad ones. But how can this be done? There are a few key things that you should be looking for to ensure that you’re getting the best quality web design for your Gold Coast business and avoid getting ripped off.
Reputation
Whenever possible, look for a business with a good reputation and high ratings from many of its previous customers. Don’t just rely on the company’s “customer testimonial” page, but really do your research and check on online review websites, or even ask the company if you could get into contact with some of their former clients. If they seem to get defensive at this prospect, it’s probably best to look for a different company. You could also try asking around in your own network to see if you can find anyone who has had work done by the company, or else know someone who has. These people will be invaluable in helping you understand what kind of treatment and work to expect from the company.
Price
When it comes to price, you may be best off pretending to be Goldilocks. Avoid companies whose services are priced well below the going market value. You can bet that the work will be correspondingly below average. Although you may be tempted to pump a lot of money into the project to make sure that you get what you pay for, keep in mind that that is not always true. A lot of the time you will end up overpaying for average quality work. Look for companies with prices that are middle-of-the-range or “just right”. This should help guard you against subpar quality work as well as avoiding throwing away a lot of money on work that is not worth it.
Work Samples
Take a good look through each company’s portfolio. You want to make sure that they do high quality work for their other clients and also that they are capable of doing the style that you are looking for your specific website. If a company does extremely high quality work in a totally different style than what you have in mind, you may end up being disappointed with the quality of the work when it’s translated into that style. Many artists and designers have their own unique strengths and aesthetic preferences, so you’ll want to find one who shares your own, and is good at it. Whether your style is a more traditional one, monochromatic, colorful, interactive, or extremely futuristic and experimental, you will need to find a design firm that is capable of pulling off that style well.