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Why you shouldn’t use a DIY website builder

At Start Digital we get a lot of enquiries from clients that have attempted to build their own business website. There are so many options available that claim to make building a website ‘easy’ that it’s easy to see why people try it for themselves. There are however many reasons why you shouldn’t use a DIY website builder such as Wix or Weebly.

Let’s tackle the big one first. You’ll save money by building it yourself. Well, no. Uh uh.

We’ll look at this further down the page (point 2. SEO) but, in short, a DIY website will not compete with your competitors and will likely not be found at all. If you consider the real cost of having an unprofessional web design you’ll see that it’s more about missed opportunities.

Imagine for a minute that your website is performing well and gets one job per week through the site contact form. Lets attached $250 to each job that comes through your website.

  • 1 x $250
  • 52 x $250 = $13,000 per year

For each year that your DIY web design is live your business is losing $13,000!

Lets look at a few other reasons why you shouldn’t use a DIY website builder.

Professionalism

It might be easy to build a website but will it look professional and, importantly, will it perform and promote your business? Perception is everything and having a professional looking website is vital if you’re going to win clients and beat your competitors.

A DIY website builder will get you so far but inevitably your site will look homemade and, unless homemade is your thing, it won’t be something you can proudly show to your clients.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)

DIY website builders make everything simple. Great right? Well, no. By hiding the code it may make the design simple but it confuses the hell out of Google. Why is this important? Well, Google loves to see websites that are well coded and clearly structured. It’s how it makes sense of your sites information. Your website could be the best looking site in the world…..ever but if the coding behind it is poor then it may as well not exist in Google terms.

At Start Digital we follow the Google Friendly guidelines for all of our websites. Our goal is to use honest, white hat strategies to become a leading provider of SEO Perth.

Site management

If you design a website using a DIY web design tool then you have to host it on their servers. There’s no other place to go. If you use the free option then it will include their name in the domain address (see point 1 re Professionalism) and if you attach it to your own domain you have to pay a hosting fee. Either way, you’re locked into a system that you have no control over and, over time, could cost you as much to manage as it would to have a professional web design.

Ownership

When Start Digital hand over their Perth made web design it’s owned by you. You own the content, the data, the plugins, the images. Not only does this give you the flexibility you’ll need to manage the site moving forward but it allows you to control every aspect of your web site. Everything.

If you design a web site on a DIY builder then it’s next to impossible to do anything else with it. You’re stuck. If you outgrow that site and need more control it’s very difficult to move your site and it’s content away. Want to rebuild your Wix website on WordPress. You’ll need to start again – and that can be pretty demoralizing.

Efficiency

Building a great looking website is hard and incredibly time consuming. Rather than spend valuable time working on a website you should be focusing on your clients, your staff and marketing. There’s a reason why there are a lot of professional Perth web development companies – Perth businesses need well designed, carefully crafted websites and they can’t build them on their own.

How much is your time worth?

If you’re a Perth business that’s looking for a cost effective web design solution then contact Start Digital today. We have a range of web design packages and marketing strategies to suit all businesses and can modify our services to fit with your budget. If you’re asking yourself how much does a website cost, please visit the Start Digital blog which outlines our project management process and highlights how we provide our quotes.

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17:04 29 Jun 20
Thoroughly professional and well communicated. Thanks Neil
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04:37 15 May 20
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Sheri Macmahon
Sheri Macmahon
09:04 17 Jan 20
Knowledgable, inspiring and helpful. Getting my online presence created and managed by the Start Digital is the BEST decision I ever made.
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12:39 12 Jun 19
Neil & The Team at Start Digital are fantastic to work with. Our new website is exceptional. The guys here have fresh, modern ideas and the process from start to finish was flawless. Highly recommended.
Blank Walls
Blank Walls
03:57 11 Jun 19
Neil and the team at Start Digital provide such an excellent service and have been a massive help for us since we launched late 2018. Their attention to detail is unmatched compared to other digital agencies we've dealt with, and the team go out of their way to ensure the best result is achieved in the most time & cost efficient way. Thanks again Start Digital
Move Homes
Move Homes
00:18 11 Jun 19
A huge thank you to Neil and the Start Digital team! We engaged them to redesign our Move Homes website to take our brand to the next level. Not only does the website look fantastic, but throughout the website build we received frequent and transparent communication- we knew exactly what was happening and why. Start Digital listened to what we needed and would offer their advice on how to achieve our goals. Aside from their expertise, they’re also great people and really easy to deal with. We look forward to working on more projects over the coming years!
Sheila Woods
Sheila Woods
04:36 12 Mar 18
Neil Mason and the Start Digital team have done a tremendous job with the design and implementation of Interstaff’s new website. Our brief to Neil was for a clean, modern website which visually communicated our brand values, ‘sharp, dependable, expert and human’ to both business and individual clients, and importantly to offer an engaging and easy-to-navigate online experience optimised for SEO. We are delighted with the design as well as the level of consideration and attention to detail Neil and his team put into shaping the online experience of our brand. Start Digital have been very flexible and easy to collaborate with and nothing was ever too difficult. They went above and beyond – even working over the weekend to help us have our website ready to launch ahead of one of our key business seminars. We look forward to continuing to work with Neil and his team in the future and would definitely recommend their services.
iQuest Consulting
iQuest Consulting
05:48 21 Feb 18
The Start Digital team built us a new website and have been managing our SEO for over a year now. During that time our site has moved into the top five on page 1 of Google for keywords such as IT Company Perth and IT Support Perth which has increased our traffic considerably. We're very proud of our website and highly recommend Start Digital.
Heather Bush
Heather Bush
01:02 16 Feb 18
Neil and his team at Start Digital go above and beyond expectations. Having worked with many web agencies I can honestly say that Start have been one of the most open and cost effective agency I have worked with . They come highly recommeded
Anthony Godin
Anthony Godin
05:11 04 Jan 18
Excellent Perth website design, development and SEO agency
Uniting ChurchWA
Uniting ChurchWA
06:58 06 Dec 17
After years of tolerating our old website, we are now proud owners of a sleek, responsive and easy to use new site, thanks to Start Digital. Professional, practical, affordable and easy to work with-Neil and his stellar team delivered our site along with 22 additional sites for some of our congregations. Our organisation is complex and this project was massive. Throughout the project, Start Digital were flexible and patient with us. They responded quickly to emails and phone calls, kept us in the loop and always made time to touch base in their cool office. We can’t thank the team enough for their tremendous effort. It’s only been a month, but we have received plenty of positive feedback since launching the new site. We look forward to working with Start Digital for future digital projects and highly recommend anyone who needs a new website to give them a call.
Amantha Imber
Amantha Imber
08:25 02 Dec 17
Neil and the team created an AMAZING website for Inventium. We have received so much positive feedback since launch. I highly recommend Start Digital - they are awesome!
Lee Bramley
Lee Bramley
03:54 16 Nov 17
Fantastic Service, Really Knowledgeable in all areas of Website and Marketing strategies, they built us a fantastic looking site and nothing was too much for them throughout the process, We also found them to be very reasonably priced compared to other quotes we had, highly recommended.
Dean Capelli
Dean Capelli
06:22 11 Jul 17
Start Digital have built 3 websites for The Highways Group. We've been impressed with their attention to detail and quality of design every time. They're a friendly, professional agency and our go to web team.
John Argiropoulos
John Argiropoulos
07:45 19 May 17
We highly recommend Start Digital service, their efficient , personnel approach and professional skills gave us great results thanks .
Mitch Capelli
Mitch Capelli
22:13 25 Nov 16
Knowledgeable and excellent service at a great price I highly recommend Start Digital. We engaged them to redesign our website and manage our online presence. Previously we were a few pages back on a google search, however after only a few months we are in and around the top 5 on the first page. The guys at Start were great to deal with providing straight forward easy to understand information without the typical sales pitch that we have experienced many times before from other providers in the industry. We continue to receive updates on the progress of our website and their SEO service all for a very reasonable rate (ie. much cheaper than we were previously paying for a lesser service)
Eva Wood
Eva Wood
01:24 23 Nov 16
Neil and his team was responsible for the design and re-branding of our website, business cards and marketing material. They quickly understood our business, they identified the market we needed to target and delivered an excellent solution to match. We would highly recommend Start Digital.
Compac Marketing
Compac Marketing
04:05 14 Oct 16
Neil and the guys at Start Digital took care of some problems we had with our website performance. They were really efficient, responsive, easy to get along with and gave us some great pointers to help us with SEO. Unlike many digital marketing companies out there, Start Digital were very genuine and well-priced. Would definitely recommend their services to others.
Paul Avery
Paul Avery
05:23 13 Oct 16
Great design ideas and technical capability means a complete solution for small and medium sized businesses like us. Neil & Co actually take an interest in what you are trying to achieve rather than just turn and burn volume website factories out there! I recommend them.
Claire Leech
Claire Leech
02:11 04 Oct 16
We have had the pleasure of working with the team at Start Digital recently as we wished to update our website for our restaurant business. WOW! An amazing new, innovative, trendy and professional approach taken by these guys has resulted in a brilliant new site, clearly directing so much more traffic through our business resulting in increased brand awareness and google presence. As a relatively new business, Start Digital will definitely be going places ! We really look forward to continuing to work with them in the future and watch both our and their business grow! Thanks Neil and the team at Start Digital.
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