Let’s start with website companies with the lowest prices. One thing to keep in mind, is the barrier to entry into the website agency world is almost nothing. Someone with a computer and a few tutorials can suddenly brand themselves as a “website expert”. Or in another case, an individual or company might have found that they can get your website built overseas for $300, and their $2000 proposal to you nets them $1700. Not a bad return!

In either case, yes, the pricing might be attractive, but there are a couple of great risks to consider here:

1. Lost investment – From experience, the cheapest website option typically doesn’t end well, ultimately ending in a reboot. In many cases this means hiring a new website company to do it right. What’s interesting, is this same risk applies to the most expensive website bid as well. It’s so important to do your due diligence up front to minimize the chance of this happening to you.
2. Lost time – By making the decision to move forward with the lowest cost web agency there is a real risk of a do-over, which means losing the time that was spent building your subpar website.