Your Website Provider; Friend or Foe?

Having your own business is important and valuable to you, so should your website. Try not to shortcut yourself in this venture. Whether you’ve hired a website developing company or just a freelancer, it’s important that you make the right decision. It’s like hiring the right employee for your company.

There are pros and cons when it comes to both side of the spectrum. It all depends on how you would look at it but in my opinion, there are a lot of cons when it comes to using freelancers.

Here’s why:

1. Most freelancers doesn’t have major overhead, therefore there’s not a lot of control on their end besides developing the project. So hidden charges may occur.
   
2. Freelancers do it on the side (that’s why they are freelancers) as a supplement income.
   
3. Freelancers maybe cheap or even affordable, but in the long run it isn’t.
   
4. Freelancers aren’t always available since they don’t have normal business hours.
   
5. Most likely a freelancer leaves you, not the other way around.
   
6. Most freelancers doesn’t have contracts therefore, you don’t know what you’re buying.
   
7. Freelancers are not as dependable as a website company would be.
   
8. You may be limited to the freelancers developing abilities, if you don’t fully interview the candidate.
   
9. If your freelancer is an old friend or even a relative, chances are your relationship is no longer business and this could cause you a lot of headaches since it is someone you know.
   
10. Your freelancer can’t grow with you or even help your business grow.
    

Now, I understand there are exceptions to everything. If you happen to find a good freelancer, by all means…congrats! Obviously, the freelancer understands the importance to your business website and fulfilling your needs. Trust me; it’s a rarity so hang on to this freelancer!

I know I’ve talked a lot of cons when it comes to hiring a freelancer, but a lot of it, is the opposite when you go with a website developing company. It’s always better going with a website company that has an office, dedicated servers, and a group of people managing your website. Much like how you want to take your car into an auto service repair center. The same rules apply.

The truth is, I am not saying its perfect when you’re using a website design company however, the likely-hood of you going through what’s been mentioned above is very unlikely.

Wayne
DotTrend, Inc