{"id":1646,"date":"2016-10-05T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T20:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iwdcanada.com\/news\/?p=1646"},"modified":"2016-10-07T17:10:33","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T21:10:33","slug":"business-websites-when-to-break-the-bank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iwdcanada.com\/news\/business-websites-when-to-break-the-bank\/","title":{"rendered":"Business Websites\u2026 When To Break The Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Are you starting a business and need a website?\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Here are\u00a0some important things to consider before getting started.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">What\u2019s the difference between using a website builder vs a web company?<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div>Many startup businesses use DIY (\u201cDo It Yourself\u201d) website tools called builders. Wix is an example of such a tool. They are handy and much easier than trying to write code. Recently, some have an employee work with you to setup your first version for free. They are great but not perfect for everyone. A disadvantage is it takes time to learn how to use the builder. Most likely, you will spend dozens of hours trying to customize the look of your website. Time that most business owners would rather be doing anything else!\u2026<\/div>\n<div>Another problem is DIY websites may appear \u201coff\u201d or \u201cslow\u201d to customers. Sometimes this is an advantage if you want to be authentic as a start-up. Otherwise, not having a designer assist your look or a programmer \u201cclean-up\u201d your code is the reason for such problems. Website builders are definitely great for those who want to do it yourself.<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>For the rest, often it\u2019s great to hire a web company. An example of a web company is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iwdcanada.com\" target=\"_blank\">IWD Canada<\/a>. Web companies vary in price, from $500 to $20,000 for a website. Picking the right web company is a topic in its self. The advantage of using a web company is their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iwdcanada.com\/services.php\" target=\"_blank\">experience<\/a>. Most will be able to understand your needs and deliver a website that will work well for your business. A disadvantage of a web company is often the turnaround time. Expect your website to take about 1-2 months to be ready. Also unless they offer to write your content, expect a lot of late nights figuring out what you want to say on your website. Another disadvantage is that you will need to pay for other services like a domain and hosting as well.\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">So which should you choose, DIY or web company?<\/span><\/em><\/div>\n<div>All-in-all builders are often cheaper than web companies but the quality of the design or speed of code suffers. 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