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There are three types of people who can help you create your site, Inodesign has all 3 making the process of creating a website more straight forward for you. 1. A web designer who creates the look of the site. 2. A web developer or programmer who develops the functionality of the site. 3. Someone skilled in both areas. Know what you need and who you are hiring. Your web designer is probably not the best person to program the e-commerce portion of your site, because the programming involved to implement an online store may be something that your web designer or developer is incapable of doing. Always ask to see recent e-commerce websites that the developer has completed. Get a quotation for the work, and find out what technology they will use to create the site. While it is not necessary for you to understand all the technical issues involved in creating the website, it is essential that your web hosting company be able to support the proposed site. This last statement is true of any type of web presence, but it becomes extremely important when the site involves e-commerce. Here are some other tips: Don't get discouraged if you are not sure which solution is best, such as whether a "database-driven site" is more appropriate than a "static HTML site." That is why you are hiring someone. It is their job to provide you with the pros and cons of various options. Use common sense. If you are only selling ten products online, you don't need a costly solution that is scalable to thousands of products. Get quotations from more than one company and ask for references. Avoid companies that use jargon or try to talk over your head. You are looking for a company that explains things in a way that is easy to understand. Web designers handle the look of your website; Developers make it function. |