What Designers Say.
Old Way to Make a Client Website
Client wants a new site. You quote & client accepts. Next, your in-house developer (aka: Pedro, who knows a bit of WordPress) creates the site.
It doesn’t look quite the same as the design, especially on a phone screen. In fact some menus are displaced and a bit off but no-one tells this to management.
You send the client the completed website and he’s really not happy. The design looks off and some features don’t work at all. So, you get Pedro to fix it, which he does to the best of his ability.
And it’s still not right.
This process repeats for 3 months before you can finally bill the client. But you’ve taken a lot of Pedros time, more than the client was charged so you make a loss.
Plus you have an angry client who’s probably bad mouthing you on Google Reviews right now.
How It Works With Us
You quote for a new website, knowing the fixed cost that dev.gi will charge. (We never charge extra, what we quote is what you pay)
We create the site with a 1:1 graphical fidelity. It is fully tested across browsers, locations and devices, as a pro developer would do for commercial software.
You present the polished product to the client, who is ecstatic with the result.
There are no issues with the site. No back and forth. No arguing with the client.
And if anything ever crops up, Dev will fix it.
Now you’ve created a recurring client who’s probably writing a 5 star review for you, right now!
FAQ
We provide technical support for the first 2 months after delivery. This is for small changes, as some clients love to tinker. All of that work passes through to us so there’s very little overhead for your business.
Yes, we can do hosting. You can opt to refer the client directly to us or keep us in the background and we bill you directly. Again, you are free to add margin to our hosting rates, which is free revenue straight to your bottom line.
Absolutely we can. We can do a quick analysis of your clients website then present our recommended package. This typically consists of content creation and backlink building (you need both to be successful with SEO). You are also free to create a 12 month SEO contract with your client, but only pay us on a work package basis. We can guide you on how to do this.
No we do not.
You are 100% free to take your business elsewhere if you’re ever unhappy with us. However, we’ve never had that happen (which is why we can afford to have no lock-in periods)!
Revenue is Vanity. Profit is Sanity.
How much does a developer cost?
A lot. Especially compared to a designer. And they’re typically difficult to work with, preferring to stare at a computer instead of interacting with your designers. (We can say this because we are developers!)
Have you ever counted up the hours your developer spends on making a website? We’re willing to bet you make a loss on every single website once you factor in his high salary.
At best you will break even! In fact, your design only clients are probably subsidising website development!
At Dev we take all of that headache away. One fixed fee gives you the website you designed. In fact we will even quote you before you present the design to the client so you are always in control of the costs (and profits).