In today's competitive world finding a good web development company can be a daunting task.

Price, quality of services, vast technologies, relations with clients, customer satisfaction and many more competitive factors are there which can make you puzzled to find the best web design and development company. You can't take risk while selecting it because a website represents your business and it is the most important tool for your business marketing and branding.

As a business owner or entrepreneur, you need to have a website to target the right audience and attract the right online visitors. For this, you will be required best custom web development services from the company which can execute your business plans in your website.
But the thing is how do you choose the best? To make this task easy and interesting I've prepared a list of some essentials questions which you should ask a web design and Development Company before hiring them.

1. Explain the detailed information about the company and its services?

First and most important question every entrepreneur and business owner should ask to a custom web development company is detailed information about the company.

When the company is established? What is the strength of their team? What services do they offer to their clients? Do they offer services apart from web design and development? Do they offer responsive web design services? Who are the founder team behind the company?
How many clients are connected with them actively and how many projects they have completed? Where the company is situated? Is there any branch of the company located anywhere? These entire questions will help you to understand the origin of the company.

2.

How do they price their services?

One of the essential questions you should ask before hiring a web design and web Development Company is what are their core services? Know about their expertise in specific services and what is their add-on or extra services?
Every agency charge differently for their services. There are two types of pricing structure, Hourly Rate, and Fixed Price. Make sure which will be beneficial and profitable for you. Ask them about their billing strategy and how you have to pay them to advance or after the work completed?

Before handling the project ask them to provide a document mentioning all the services they'll provide you as per your project requirement. The important thing to ask them is what are the items/services included in the prices and what is not, so at the time of payment there will be no conflict between both of you.

3. Do you have any experience in my industry, any examples?

Choosing a top web and app development company is not child's play. You have to make sure what you are going to choose for your business which is worthy or not? Another question you should ask a development company about their experience in the niche or industry in which you are going to design the website.

The answer to this question will make you take the next step while selecting the web development agency. If they have any experience in the same field which matches with your requirement then ask them to show you some examples. Once you see the examples given by the company you can make the decision that the company is able or not for your project.

Examples can also help you to see a basic idea of your project if you like their examples of work.

4. Do you handle all design and development work in-house or outsourced?

Just because a company mention on their website about some specific services it doesn't mean they have a team for the same services.

Sometimes some companies purchase the project from you and outsource it to other company and earn their commission for the same. When you are going to get custom web development services, make sure that you are going to meet with the particular team of web design and development.
A middleman between you and your developers can be a big disaster for your project. Before hiring the company makes sure they have their own staff of web developers. If the company outsourced some part of your project to the third party for some advanced technology, get detailed information about the same.

5. What is your web design & development process?

Once you have a clear vision about the all above questions in your mind for the company then you can have a positive vibe for the company. Before getting into a relationship with the company get the knowledge about their web design and development process.

Every web development company has their own process of development and it can be vary from agency to agency. Know what will be their process of development, who will handle your project, how it gets implemented and what will be impact of this on your website?
These questions will help you to rely on the company.

6. What CMS (Content Management System) do you recommend us and why?

Whether you want mobile app development services or web development services for your project you should confirm first what CMS or technology will be better for your website/app.

Ask the developers what CMS or technology they would like to recommend you as per your project requirement. There are so many Content management systems, technologies, and platforms available in the market like Wordpress, Magento, Craft CMS, PHP and many more.

Ask your developers which CMS and technology will be best for your project and why they recommend this to you. Get the brief knowledge about the technology will help you to understand your project development process deeply.

7. Can you show me your previous work of the same technology and CMS which you're recommending us?

When you got understand the pros and cons of CMS and technology suggested by the development company for your project.

The back-end design of the CMS interface and the administrative functionality often varies. So ask your developers to show their previous work to you of the same technology and CMS which they are recommending to you for your project. It'll be really helpful for you to understand the level and ability of their work on that particular technology and CMS.

8. Who will be working on our website and what is their qualification?

A business website is a very crucial factor in business success. You can't take any risk for this and knowing the person who will work for your website development is the most important thing before hiring.

Before assigning your project to the company make sure you know every member of the team who will work on your project. Also, it is important to know their qualification and their experience for the same. It will be an additional benefit if you'll see the projects completed by them.

9. What is your estimated timeline to build this website and how often you'll provide status reports during development?

One of another important question you should ask the company is what will be their estimated timeline to complete the website development work?

Make sure you are agreeing on the timeline they providing you and if you do not then discuss it with them. Also, ask them how they will give you the status report of work? Will it be daily, weekly or monthly? Reporting status actually depends on the type of work.
Be confirming you are getting the right report and you can match their work as per the report.

10. How do you measure your results?

Ask before hiring the company that how they measure their results? Website development task is not only done by only designers and developers.

Good web development companies have a professional team of the web designer, web developer, quality analyst, project manager, and online marketing professionals. Before hiring them to make sure all the related team of Website Design development meet with your project expectation and execute the plan as per the process, so at the end of development you can compare the results with the plan.

11.

Do you provide maintenance services after development?

You can't forget to ask this question before hiring a web development company. A website is like a car which requires maintenance services frequently. When you are going to hire a web and app development company ask them about their maintenance services.

How they provide it and are the cost of maintenance included in web design and development cost? If it is free of cost then make sure about the validity of their free services with the development packages. Also ask them about the website maintenance services cost which is not including in the packages because it'll help you when you'll face the server issue, latest technology updates, virus issues and more.

Once you are well known about their maintenance charges you can contact them easily for further services.

The list does not end here. Above mentioned questions are essential which should be required before you hire a web Development Company. It is important that you ask the right question to your developers and get as much information as possible.

Once you got the answer of above questions it will surely help you in making your decision. If you are looking for a great web design and Development Company then you can have a chat with us for your website design and development requirement. We at W3care Technologies Pvt.
Ltd., have a track record of satisfied customers and would like to serve you as our next client.