06 Questions to Ask a Website Design Agency (Before Hiring Them)

Just ask your proposed Website Design Agency these questions and learn from them.

#1 How Will the Website  Make Money for my business?’.

To any business, the number one goal of all investments is to make sales. Before you go any further ask your Website Design agency how this intended project will make money for your business. This question will help you to get a clear picture of the level of understanding the Website Design Agency/company has toward your project. He/She has to show you which web pages you need and why to have such pages. In general, your Website designer has to show you a complete sales journey from when website visitors land on your Website until checking out.

#2  How Much Time and Cost incur for the project.

The shorter the time the more advantage to you. Timeframes for your tour website design and development have a crucial impact on your business. Before you begin with a Proposed website Design Agency/ company, make sure you understand the timeframe and the milestone of the project. Milestone referred to which activities to start and which ones to end up. Don’t forget to ask about the cost of the project in advance.

The best way to achieve this is to have a written plan which will show up all activities, the time needed and the cost involved in each phase. This document will help to have a common understanding of both parties.

#3 What Is Included In The Package?.

To understand the inclusion of your package is very important. Make sure you know every service that you are going to get after you pay for the asked amount. At a minimum, these are some of the Services which any Website Design Agency/company has to offer:-

• Content Writing  
• Third-party website integration  like Social media integration etc 
• Payment gateways
• SEO
• Email marketing systems……….. etc 

A written document is very crucial here as it can act as your checklist in the future. On the part of Website Designer Company, this document will show the level of commitment as well as their guideline in the project execution.

#4. Which  Website platform to be used for your Website?.

There is a wide range of platforms that can be used for website creation. Start from Free open sources like WordPress and Joomla to paid ones such as  Squarespace and Wix, to custom frameworks like AngularJS or Laravel. Each developing platform has dos and cons so allow your Website Designer company /  Agency to explain the reasons why it has to opt on his option. 

But keep in mind that some platforms are more popular like WordPress than others. By choosing the most known ones gives you flexibility in terms of website maintenance and upgrading in the near future. 

#5 Know about the  Ownership of Credentials .

During the process of building up your website, there are a lot of  USER names and Passwords are going to be registered and created eg. Username and Password for Domain, for  Hosting, for email marketing services provider, for online paid services, etc. All of these credentials have to be known in advance, who is going to own and manage them. This is very crucial for the ongoing maintenance of your website even if you wound up the contract with your Website Designer company/developer, your website has to continue serving you.

Please and please make sure you have a document that includes all URLs, User names, and passwords of all accounts which have been opened for your website. 

#6 Understanding all about your website

The most essential thing is that a website is your Shop to your Business. In order for it to deliver what you want to invest in you must have a common understanding. 

I  mean the website design company you choose and you as a website owner you must have a clear picture of the website’s requirements which are needed to meet your business goals.