There are many customers who think that a custom website design is too expensive for their business, but a custom website design has many advantages such as:
Your own, unique website design
With your own custom website design, created just for you, there is no way you can have the same website as your competition.
Search engine optimised website design
Search engines prefer well-built sites.
The website will be made to your own company requirements
This means you can add to your website later if you can't afford to add all the features you want from the start. This is very difficult with templated websites.
Future technologies should be taken into account when building your business website.
Other points to watch out for if you want custom website design:
Are you planning to maintain your website yourself?
If you want to be able to update your website, it's worth having a content management system. This allows you to update your website as and when you want with new content, special offers, or anything else you want to add. Let's not forget, Google loves to regularly update a website's content.
Website Templates
Website templates are good for:
- Be inspired in layout colours and graphics
- Indicate to the web designer what you like
- If cost limits you from having an internet presence
Disadvantages of website templates.
- The same template will be used by others, especially if it is nice
- Customization of the template will be limited
- Some templates are not made search engine friendly
Custom Web Design or Website Template?
When deciding whether custom web design or whether a template is a better option keep in mind that you want your business to stand out.
Having a website that looks nice is just the beginning stage in developing your website.
