Why use a freelance website designer as opposed to an agency?
Whether you’re a self-employed entrepreneur or the owner of a business or charity, there’s going to come a time whereby you’re going to need to get a website set up. And so, when that time does arrive, you’re going to have two main choices of where to go to get this website created. The first choice is a web design agency or a freelance website designer. There are hundreds of both scattered across Birmingham however today we’re going to look at why it is the latter you should be going for.
First and foremost, if you’re going to go for a web design agency, they’ll typically have more overheads such as premise and utility bills to pay for and therefore will compensate for these added costs by increasing their prices for their websites. Whereas a freelance web designer doesn’t have any of these overheads and therefore will be able to offer you a much more competitive of a price. Also, because they work in their own offices, you’re not going to get much time to spend with them face to face discussing the project unless you go to them. Whereas freelance web designers are mobile and can come to you at a moment’s notice should you want to discuss the website?
If you need something changing to the website at short notice the chances of having this done promptly or out of hours are heavily decreased should you have gone with an agency? This is typical because they’ll only be available to work during business hours. However, if you go with hiring a freelance website designer in Birmingham, they may be able to perform the repairs or changes necessary remotely a lot faster.
If you’re working with a freelance website designer, he/she is your single point of contact, this means if you want an update, you know exactly who to go to. However, a website design agency might have different departments for different areas of the design such as an SEO department and a front-end department. So, if you want to know more about the SEO campaign, do you go straight to them or to their manager? It can all get a little confusing and will stop you getting the answer you want as soon as you want.
Hopefully, by now, you’ve been convinced that hiring a freelance website designer is by far the more preferable choice over choosing an agency. And so if that is the case, look no further. We have a team of skilled and experienced freelance website designers who have worked for a variety of clients nationwide. From small companies to large organisations across a diverse range of sectors. We’re confident that we will be able to produce something for you that ticks all the boxes.