10 questions you should ask your web designer.

Yesterday I opened the floor to the conversation about web design – and the 10 questions any good web designer should ask. While these are great questions, and extremely important, it is also imperative that you ask your designer questions before you decide to hire them.

These questions will help clarify the scope of the work and eliminate a lot of the stress of working with someone new. Everyone will have their own concerns, but these are the 10 questions I believe everyone needs to get the answers to:

1. What are the payment options/deposits?
2. What is your process for designing?
3. How long will my project take?
4. How many rounds of edits do I get?
5. Can I contact your past clients?
6. Can I see the entire site active before placing it onto my website?
7. Do you input all the content from my old site (some designers charge more for this)?
8. Can you provide help with my copy and SEO too?
9. Do you offer training (especially important with new wordpress sites)?
10. Do you offer support after my site has gone live?

There is no right answer to each question, what matters is that the answer makes sense to you, to what you are paying for and to what you expected from your designer. At the end of the day, the best results, and the happiest clients will be found where there is a clear understanding of the project and what it entails.

What other questions would you ask a web designer?

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