{"id":62903,"date":"2018-02-06T09:05:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:05:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acscreative.com\/?p=62903"},"modified":"2018-02-06T09:05:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T14:05:28","slug":"cheap-web-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/?p=62903","title":{"rendered":"Cheap Web Design Will Cost You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Running a business is expensive. It seems like someone else has their hands in your pocket every time you take a step. Watching dollars fly out the door to your various service providers and vendors can be both painful and discouraging. It\u2019s no wonder some entrepreneurs are enticed by ads offering $29 websites<\/em> or websites in an hour<\/em>. In a world where you get what you pay for, cheap web design<\/strong> will cost you\u2026<\/p>\n

Website Pricing Explained<\/h3>\n

Simply having a website is no longer enough to compete in this business landscape. Customer expectations are extremely high and their patience for anything sub-par is dwindling. Companies that put thought, research, time (and money) into their online presence are at a tremendous advantage over those who do not.<\/p>\n

With that said, what really goes into making a website<\/a>? A professional, thoughtful design takes\u00a0many hours to execute. If you factor in custom development, styling, content migration, testing, revisions, and launch, it\u2019s almost inconceivable for even the most basic project to consume less than 40 hours of labor. Keep that number in mind as you\u2019re considering cheap web design quotes. If the time required is high and the price is low, something has to give\u2013and it\u2019s usually quality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Freelance Falls Short<\/h3>\n

Many of our new clients approach us after choosing an individual<\/strong> to create their website. Often, it\u2019s a family member or acquaintance. Perhaps it was Craigslist kismet that brought them together. No matter how it came to be, one truth is constant\u2013the company took a convenient, inexpensive option and now has to spend more to undo the damage.<\/p>\n

Are individual freelancers capable and talented? Absolutely. Is it likely that the best website designer for your business just happens to be your nephew? Probably not.<\/p>\n

When a business trusts a freelancer to create and manage their online presence, they are at the mercy of that person\u2019s skill set, schedule, and personality. There is a reason you never hear, \u201cyes, we have a guy who does our website, and we\u2019ve been happy with him for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fact is, freelancers aren\u2019t on the line for your ongoing success. They move, change numbers, switch careers, lose interest, join priesthoods, etc. If reliability, accountability, and quality are important to your business, put your project in the hands of an agency<\/strong>\u2013not a person.<\/p>\n

Build Your Own Headache<\/h3>\n

We see television commercials promising websites you can build in minutes without any help. It\u2019s not necessarily a false claim, but a cringeworthy notion regardless.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s suppose you really could drag and drop some photos and words into a template and walk away with a new site in less than an hour. Does that sound like something a successful business would do?<\/p>\n

There\u2019s a reason big companies don\u2019t utilize website-building platforms<\/strong>. Lack of customizability, flexibility, and creative control to name a few. Selecting from dozens of half-hearted, generic page templates can truly narrow your inspiration as well.<\/p>\n

Not to mention, the code that these tools spit out tends to be a real mess (which search engines frown upon). These website builders, as affordable as they may appear,\u00a0make their money from inflated hosting charges and membership plan upgrades, so be wary of hidden costs over time.<\/p>\n

It may seem like there are at least a couple\u00a0cheap web design options these days. Do yourself a favor and carefully consider the undeniable importance of your company\u2019s online presence. Skip the mistake so many clients make before coming to us.<\/p>\n

A website\u00a0is no longer a neat supplemental feature, but instead a marketing engine that can make or break any business of any size in any industry! An effective website is an investment\u2013not an expense. Leave this one to the pros\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a world where you get what you pay for, cheap web design will cost you in the end<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64716,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11],"class_list":["post-62903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-websites","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=62903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=62903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=62903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/acsredux.acscreativedev.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=62903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}