You finally decided to put a website up for your business. That’s great!  But your budget is low and you cannot afford choosing the wrong person for the job. So, where can you find good and inexpensive web designers?

If you have no clue where to start, here are some tips to consider when choosing your web designer.

Obviously, you want to know the pricing up front. So don’t hesitate and ask about it first! Even if the price fits to your budget, you still have to do some more research. You need to find out answer for two questions:

• What exactly you get for a price?
• Why this particular designer appears to be cheaper than others?

So, why some of the web designers out there will offer you services for less money than others?

There might be many reasons for that and here are only some possible answers:

• A web designer has no or very little experience and wants to build up in his portfolio quickly before rising his prices.
• A web designer keeps his prices low to win more customers.
• A web designer does provide low quality service.
• A web designer is based outside the UK.

It is very important that you figure out, why your potential web designer gives you such a great deal. Only knowing this you will be able to predict what kind of service you can expect from him.

For example, from a freshly graduated student with no commercial experience, you can expect a nice and high quality website. Simply because this person will work much harder to satisfy your expectations.

From the other hand, you don’t want to go for somebody who provides low quality services even if his prices are extremely attractive! This is why you should take a closer look at previous work examples of this person. Also, keep in mind that sometimes it is better to go for someone who has no work examples in a portfolio. You can judge his skills by judging his own website.  This will be always a better choice than going for a cheap web design company that produces ugly and old fashion websites (even if there are hundreds of them in portfolio!)

Where to find low cost web designers

You have many options really.

The first and the best one is going to contact page and dropping me a line! You have just found your inexpensive web designer:)  My name is Anna and I offer professional and budget web design services for really attractive and fixed prices.

Other option for you is to using a job board like:

• http://www.peopleperhour.com/
• http://www.guru.com/index.aspx
• http://www.elance.com/
• http://www.odesk.com/

By using one of the above platforms, you will actually have the whole world open to your web project! If you are happy to have your website produced remotely, you can significantly cut your costs. Freelancers will “fight” for the opportunity to build it. You will only need to choose the right person for your project.

If you prefer a designer who is available locally, you can search directly through Google search engine. Using online business directories like http://www.thomsonlocal.com is also a good ides. In fact, there are millions of online business directories and you can find them by searching for a phase “business directory + your local area”.

Unfortunately, there is no shortcut. If your budget is tight, you basically need to spend more time on searching for a proper person to do the job.

However, you will be pleased to know, that there are thousands inexpensive web designers out there who will be happy and able to create your website just the way it should be done. So go ahead and hire one!

/photo credit: @kodomut