Are you about to launch a new business and do you think you might need a website? Trying to decide between online website builder software or hiring a website designer?
Did you know that 90 percent of startups fail, and the second most-common reason for this is due to cash-flow problems? Online website builders offer affordable monthly plans that come to much less than hiring a website designer.
Aside from being affordable, here are some other perks that online website builders offer:
1. Custom domain registration
A domain name is the URL of your site (what visitors will type in their browser to find you). Instead of purchasing one yourself, most website builders will take care of that process for you. Quite a few will even let you claim a free domain name, instead of charging for it. Of course, this perk is contingent on you signing up for one of their monthly plans. This is just one of the many ways website builders are sweetening the pot for users.
2. Free revisions of your site
Heard of "scope creep"? Web designers hate it. It's when both parties agree on the "scope" of the website + how much you will pay for it. Scope creep happens when what the designer delivers and what you were expecting do not match up. And you begin to ask for revisions outside of what the original contract covered. At this point, your web designer will ask you to pay more, or you need to be content with something less than what you were wanting.
Online website builders place the control in your hands. Since they do none of the actual work, you are free to do as many revisions as you want. Their software allows non-techies to use drag and drop features to build a website without knowing a smidgen of code. This means you get to keep working on it until the cows come home. Or until you're happy with the results. There are no fees for extra revisions. Remember, the only fees you pay for here are whatever monthly plan you've signed up to.
3. Access to a forum / support
If you hire a web designer, the ideal for you is that you get continued tech support for the lifetime of your site. Unfortunately, this is not always the case. If you've signed an agreement for continued support with your web designer, then sure, you can expect that service. And you'll continue to get it, depending on how busy he or she happens to be at the time.
With website builders their whole mode of operation rests on the idea that YOU build the site and then they help you with the odds and ends. So when it comes to continued support, they excel. Different website builders offer various means of support. Many will have a forum where you can get customization tips, tech help, or live chat support. You pay for this support in whatever monthly plan you sign up for, so you can feel free to use it all you want. There’s no cap to it.
4. Image editing software + free pics
Need to crop an image but don't have any image-editing software? Most website builders have you covered. With Adobe Photoshop being too expensive for most users to buy, having built-in picture editing software is a plus.
Finding royalty-free stock images online that are good quality and don't cost an arm and a leg can be a bear. So another perk that we should mention here are the free images that many website builders offer. Using a powerful, high-quality image is an easy way to enhance your website. And with this benefit, it’s that much easier to achieve.
Of course, website builders are not for everyone. And if you have a lot of customization you want on your site, or if you foresee that your site will grow over time, you may be better off with a web designer. But for those who have a budget they need to stay within, website builder software could be just what the doctor ordered.
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