Your website is your business online portfolio. It is important for your companys identity and facilitates various purposes for your business. It allows effortless communication across various verticals- lets those interested in your business supplie know about your company/work profile much detail and establish contact if interested/impressed by your portfolio. It solves the communication needs, proves valuable in various brand building exercises and brings more business by the virtue limitlessness of World Wide Web medium.
To establish your business online portfolio, i.e. your website you need a professional company/individual to create your website. While there are various technologies and platforms to build your website through, it is necessary to have basic knowledge about latest trends/technologies to design & develop a website. This will help you in selecting the
website design company.
Rule I The Company Website - A website designing company whose own website is not impressive/aesthetically appealing wont be able to do justice to your website.
Rule II Browse The Portfolio If they are professionals and have been in the trade for a while, theyd highlight few of their remarkable creations. Check them. A decent portfolio says more about the quality of work than anything else could do. In case they dont have portfolio section on their website, dont hesitate in asking for references.
Rule III Prices This is a pretty crucial factor. Companies charge differently for different business websites. In case you have rough idea of number pages in your website, consider that as the basic ground for cost negotiations. Also, this way you can compare between the quotes provided by different companies, nevertheless you should consider the companys credibility and credentials as well before making up your mind.
Rule IV Technologies You can check if the company has/can built customized website applications, use open source website development platforms and embed most complex website structure using latest development technologies (e.g. PHP, .NET, Java, XHTML, MySQL etc.).
Rule V Functionality Design + Interaction. The key criterion of a successful website is decent amalgamation of both design & interactive features. Websites look & feel should be designed to create user involvement and embedded with smart functionality features to let the audience conveniently access all its pages (without practically taking pains to hunt for specific information). Technically each page of the website should be connected with all the others and the design/development company should offer you decent ways of doing that.
Rule VI Timeliness/Deliverable You must check about the team strength and time required to deliver your project. You must prefer the company that seeks due approval/feedback from your side and then move through further stages of website design & development.
Rule VII Website Maintenance In due course of time your website is gradually going to grow and you would need to get few modifications & additions done to it. Inquire how the company is going to address those requirements and how do they charge for the same.
