So, your about to start a new business? Or, alternatively you may have had your website for some time now, it’s just its starting look, well a bit dated and needs replacing?
And now you want a new website, yet you don’t know which option to go for- that’s to say do you want a WordPress website, a bespoke website or a website that you’ve built yourself?
Well sure, there’s loads of companies to choose from when you search for “Cardiff website designers”- there’s quite literally hundreds to choose from.
However, with that said, which website do you need? Well you may be confused. So to help you know a bit more about the various options that are available to you, we’ve written this rather handy article.
Bespoke
Okay, so let’s say your launching a new brand, and you’ve designed say a new range of luxurious candles.
So, you don’t want a website that looks like anybody else’s website, you may have even scribbled down what you would like your new website to look like?
Perhaps you want for say a video that loads on the homepage, this video then shows all the candles that you have to offer.
Well, therefore you may need a bespoke website, we can offer this for you.
WordPress
Alternatively, you may want a WordPress website, we think WordPress is great, we think this because it makes it super simple for you to make certain changes and improvements to your website later on yourself.
For example, most of our clients add blog posts themselves, plus if you change address, phone number, well, often it’s a piece of cake for you to make those changes, that’s to say you don’t need us.
Low cost
There are loads of website design companies that offer super low-cost websites, however you have to remember the old saying, you do get what you pay for.
So, if the websites super basic, plus it makes it very hard for your SEO agency at a later stage to implement SEO, well, what’s the point?
You may end up thinking, well I wish I had spent a bit more, that’s to say if the websites better designed, and allows SEO to be implemented more easily, well surely its better to spend on a better-quality website?
Have to think will the website meet your company’s requirements?
Okay, so you may well be a start-up business right now, but do you want to stay a sole trader say in 5 years’ time?
Well, no you may have ambitious targets that you want to reach, so could investing in a cheap website now be a bad decision? That’s to say you may deem it a better idea to say hire a Cardiff website designer, and get a quality website built, using say WordPress?
Easy to update?
Okay, so you’ve chosen which type of website that you want, and you may have even found the Cardiff website design agency that you wish to hire, but what you have to think about is the website easy to update?
That’s to say will a member of your staff be able to add new blog posts / news articles about your business easily?
Or, has the business designed the website so it doesn’t have a dashboard? These are all questions that you should ask.
Have you thought about the other costs?
Okay, so most businesses recognise that they need a website, they also understand that the website needs to be responsive as well, i.e work on mobiles and tablets, so some businesses splash out a small fortune on a new website.
But do you need to spend so much? That’s to say will you be spending so much money, that you will be leaving nothing else for you to spend on advertising for your business?
Don’t fall into this trap, as new businesses often needs to consider other marketing costs, which are often separate from the cost of getting a new website built.
So, have you considered the cost of:
SEO
You may have just got your new website built, and it may look great, but what use is it if it ranks on say page 11 of Google’s results?
That’s to say, let’s say you run a construction business here in Cardiff, South Wales, and you spend all of your marketing budget on a fancy new website for your business, well, what good is that website if it doesn’t rank high on Google?
So, what’s the solution? Well, your business may require SEO, so do budget for this.
Website hosting costs?
Now for some companies the cost may be relatively small, but lets say you run an e-commerce business, and you sell many thousands of products, well the cost could be much higher, perhaps hundreds if not thousands per month, so do think about the cost of hosting your website.
Domain name renewal?
How much will it cost to renew your websites domain?
How we can help:
If you run a business here in Cardiff, and you require a new website, SEO or help with setting up and running your businesses social media accounts, such as Facebook and Twitter, well, why not call CF24 for a quote?