Thinking Offshore Web Design? Think Again!
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Offshore web design firms promise ultimate convenience and
savings to businesses around the world. Many companies even
decide to hop aboard the outsource wagon and hire these design
firms. In many cases, they get more than they bargained for.
While it is true that many offshore web design firms promise
low, low prices for web design services, far too many companies
learn that you get what you pay for. Many companies based
outside the US simply cannot offer the services and quality of
a home-grown business. When dealing with overseas companies,
businesses need to adjust to time zone differences, which often
make contact and meetings virtually impossible. Sending money to
pay for services is often time-consuming and expensive. Wiring
money and sending overseas transfers to pay for web design is
not even always safe and can leave company owners vulnerable to
identity theft.
Overseas companies often do try hard to compete on the global
stage, but the truth is that any US company needing web design
for the competitive North American and European market needs
top quality. Many companies who hire overseas web design
services often have to spend extra money to repair sloppy,
ungrammatical copywriting. Unfortunately, not every offshore
company can deliver professional web design - in many cases,
fly-by-night overseas firms deliver amateurish, unusable work.
After all, anyone can set up a company half-way around the
world and promise design services. There is often no way for
you to verify their qualifications.
Even when an offshore web design company tries very hard, the
truth is that someone based half-way around the world simply
cannot know North American marketing thoroughly. Even major
companies are finding that their offshore outsourcing isn't
working - the experienced web design talent is simply not
there. In far too many cases, companies look at the bottom line
and hire these web design services only to realize after the
fact that they need to pay to have their web redesigned all
over again. Does your company really want to pay TWICE for web
design services?
Before companies sign on the dotted line and hire an overseas
web design service, they also need to think twice about the
"deal" they are getting. In many cases, offshore companies
offer an impressively low hourly charge, but take longer to
finish a project. Even though a web design company only charges
a fraction of its US counterpart in terms of hourly price, it
can easily end up charging a similar amount, simply by taking
longer to complete the same amount of work. Since your company
could end up paying just as much for an overseas web design
service, doesn't it make more sense to hire a US-based firm and
get guaranteed, quality work for the same price?
The biggest problem with overseas web design services is that
offshore services come with no legal protection whatsoever.
Laws are simply very different in other parts of the world and
when a company decides to choose an overseas firm, they are in
effect resigning themselves to no legal protection. If a web
design company turns in a plagiarized product or a product that
violates intellectual property laws, the company that hired the
web design service will have a very hard time finding legal
redress. Worse, it is the US company that may have to face the
US legal system if any laws have been violated. In many cases,
offshore companies operate only via email, which means that
when there is a problem with a delivered service, there is no
way to get a fast response. Companies may simply disappear when
there is a legal problem. Buying offshore is buying "as is" -
not the way you want to hire the web design services that will
make your business succeed!
About The Author: Ciplex is committed to provide the best
services below market prices. Our http://www.ciplex.com has
real offices our clients can visit, and we have phone lines
that work during US office hours.
posted by Dennis Cheesman @ 5:45 AM,
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