But how do you choose between all the web design companies in Southend, Essex and more importantly find the one that is right for your needs when it comes to getting a new website built or redesigning your existing site?
To answer this question you need to start from the very beginning and before you get to the stage of the actual web design itself. Before you can have a web design you need to have a domain name. This is the web addresses that people will enter to find your website and the famous ones are now engrained in our culture to the extent that many have now become new words or are misspelt versions.
There are a number of companies doing web design in Essex who offer you a domain name free of charge when you sign up with them. Sounds great. We all like something for free but never has the phrase ‘no such thing as a free lunch’ been more appropriate. If you read the small print the domain name is free so long as you keep your business with them and this means that should you decide to move your web design requirements elsewhere you may run into difficulties. You may either have to pay the price the web design company charges to release the domain name into your control or even loose the domain name altogether, especially if it isn’t registered in your name. Yes, you have recourse to law but if you have built up a presence on the internet and your website is advertised and on your stationery, this could be valuable business and reputation that is lost while you undertake lengthy legal battles.
For a web design company to offer domain names as part of a web design package for free is not the fantastic deal it seems as they are not expensive to register, costing around £6.00 per 2 years for a .co.uk. Areoff approach domain names in a completely transparent way so that your investment in web design services is protected because getting a good name is now very difficult so you don’t want to risk loosing it. We always work in your best interests and register the domain name in your company or personal name, and invoice you for our service. This way it is clear in legal terms that you own the name and you are not hit with expensive release fees further down the line or face the prospect of loosing your domain name.
But who has control? Our customer base ranges from those who have little understanding or interest in the technical side of web design and domain names through to fully competent IT professionals. Therefore we offer solutions to suit your individual needs from handling your domain name for you, through to you having complete control and doing the necessary technicalities to allow us to attach our web design to your domain name.
Our philosophy is to have satisfied customers who we provide web design services to on a long-term basis rather than offering free deals which could turn out to have a rather nasty sting in the tail. Areoff believe that setting firm foundations for web design in Southend, Essex is the bedrock on which to provide a solution for your business that will enable you to make money online and also protect what is yours.
We handle over a 1000 domain names for our clients, some of which have cost many £1,000’s to purchase from other parties - these clients are confident that we will manage their internet assets professionally and charge reasonably for our services rather than offering free deals that cost more in the long-run. Our domain name services are geared towards protecting your investment and intellectual property so we can work with you make your website and online presence a success for your business.
For professional web design services contact us today or call us on 01702 460046.