Finding a Website Designer


There are thousands of website designers on the Internet. They stand as your competitors and as their most important marketing tool they use their own website. Their website design speaks who they are, demonstrates their abilities in making graphical or technical website designs. They also display their client's websites in a portfolio to prove their skills and experience.

When looking for a website designer you have to do more than just search on Google and contact the ones with attractive websites. Website design development demands finance and time commitment. Once you begin to work with a website designer on a new website you are tied up with a contractual agreement.

In most cases the right website designers are those who do not promote their work so actively. This is because they get work with mouth publicity or referrals from their satisfied clients. Unless a small website design development company has set targets of growth, they can grow satisfactorily through Internet marketing and leveraging existing customers. A website design development company offering sales gimmicks may not have a satisfied client base.

There are some ways to find a website designers. This is by speaking to people and doing research in the old fashioned style. Some people with whom you can discuss it are:

  • Family and friends having websites - they will always give an honest opinion you can trust.
  • Companies within your industry - they know about other businesses satisfied with their website designs, or had problems.
  • Search Engine Marketing Company - they work with many designers and so they know who are the right ones to work with.
  • Successful Companies not in your industry – these are business people who have done the research and will share it with you as you are not their competitor.
  • Charities – they have limited budgets hence they are careful whom they choose to hire.


Once you decide on a potential website designer, don't approach them to discuss. First Google their name to find the websites of his clients coming up in results. A website designer's name can be found at the bottom of the homepage. Try to look for some clients who are not on the website designer's portfolio page as they will be a true testimonial.

After a couple of referees checks, if the website designer sounds like the one meeting your criteria, then you approach him for an interview. Have a questionnaire ready to ask the website designer, as if you were hiring a new employee. You also need to have a website design brief so you can discuss specifics with them so they can provide a quote. The more systematic and thorough you are at the selection stage, the smoother the website design development process will be.