Probably difficult to believe I can be impartial about this since we’re clearly trying to convince prospective clients that we’re a sound choice to be their web development partner…so rather than take too long myself here is an impartial third party’s viewpoint on “Selecting a Web Designer or Developer.”

This is specifically focused on people who are building E-Commerce websites, however the advice does translate pretty well to most situations.  I think at times the pricing discussion goes a bit out of bounds in terms of the upper limits (wouldn’t we love to be charging those rates!?) but the lower to mid-range pricing discussed seems to fit with my view of the web development landscape.

On thing missing in this discussion is the concept of Intellectual Property and who owns the output created by the company you’ve hired.  Always make sure that is stipulated up front in all contracts because the answer to the question is often a surprise to the individual or organization paying the bill.

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