1. My site has no visitors
(Web developer: It is not within our scope of work. Our job is to complete your project and make sure the final payment are deposited to our bank account)
2. My online sales is slow
(Web developer: You own a restaurant. Your contractor are working on the renovation. Do you expect your contractor to guarantee your sales? We are more or less the same. Your website is a business to you, but it is only another project to us)
3. My site has never completed
(Web developer: The changes are never-ending. If you stop giving us more updates, we can get it done anytime)
4. The design sucks
(Web developer: We are designers, please trust us. If not, why would you engage our service? Anyway, you are the boss, we would still listen to you and make the design sucks for you, who cares?)
5. Why so expensive?
(Web developer: We, web developer, are dedicated to create a website with extraordinary patience. A lot of effort are spent to make sure you are the ONLY person in this world to like the website, not anyone else.)
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Agreed with all the points…. Or you may come out with why web developer think that website owner are terrible….
That sounds another good topic to start with, thank you, Darren.
4 and 5 give the real shots.
Its very hard for me to find a website owner who thinks that, I as a web developer “sucks”. Before we undertake a project, the following is done:
1) Scope of the work is defined.
2) No sales online online is guaranteed!.
3) Again, the scope is defined and a very clear warranty time -period is given, but there is always give an take.
4) The client does not pay a single cent if he/she is not happy with the visuals and mock-ups.
5) The price is mutually agreed upon by both parties before the project begins.
But I do come across a lot of potential clients who have the impression that web development fees are too expensive…got a QNA for that ?