Which website design company is the best in Kenya?
How do you determine who is the best? With more than 100 options to choose from, let’s consider the most important factors to consider when picking a website developer in Kenya.
What type of website do you need?
Google is a website. But it’s powered by a multi-billion-dollar infrastructure with several data centers around the globe. Facebook and Amazon? Ditto.
E-commerce brings several logistical and technological challenges. The company you hire should have experience working in this space and have an e-commerce solution that will scale with the growth of your business — and provide support for the inevitable glitches that occur along the way.
For many small businesses offering professional services, the main objectives of a website are to build trust, educate, inform, and convert visitors into leads. These factors can have a significant impact on the website’s everyday management and down the road when, not if, the site is redesigned.
Are you compatible?
Get to know who you are hiring for this long-term relationship. This partner will likely be part of your business for many years, given you are happy with their service.While the quality and efficacy of their work is surely a consideration, find out what they value, how they work, and how they treat their staff.
What level of support do you need?
Support comes in several forms, like help with setting up email or helping someone reset a password. With website support, you’ll likely need changes to your site on a regular basis.
A good development company is going to provide you with the tools to add update content, add new pages, and articles, and make minor updates. For new features, it’s likely you’ll need to rely on your technology partner.
Pay attention to details.
A good web development company has the experience and understands the importance of how social media and search engines display information from websites. They work with your company to make sure these bases are covered so that you’ll always be putting your best face forward.
And it shows attention to detail. That’s the kind of company who ensures that everything is checked, then double-checked.
Factor in all the costs.
Website design and development pricing run the gamut from free, to fixed, to hourly. Heck, some companies even have tiered pricing based on the type of person do the work.
Beyond the initial design and development costs, there are ongoing charges and fees that should be understood prior to signing the contract.
Hosting
Nearly every web development company charges something for hosting a website, but even this can vary widely. While it might be tempting, this is the area in which you don’t want to get chintzy. In most cases, you get what you pay for and that means site uptime — you want your site to be available all the time, not just some of the time. Don’t skimp on costs here.
On-Going Support
Again, this is an area where pricing is all over the board. Some companies include a certain level of support in their hosting plans, while other charge time and materials for any change. It’s important to understand that you will make changes to your website and there is likely to be a cost. It’s better to understand and plan for those costs on the front side.
There’s no silver bullet or definitive guide for web development and every company operates with differing business models. But with a little homework and a trusted guide, you can mitigate some of the cost of building (and rebuilding) your website.
THE BEST
Choose from the consolidated list below who you want to work with as your web developer.
