| Plenty of startup companies are seeking their web | | | | excuses like "My mother/father/daughter/wife is not |
| presence through a simple website or an interactive | | | | well so I am in hospital". Such excuses are emotional |
| web portal. To accomplish the web development task | | | | blackmailing techniques that can make you believe that |
| they try to find the resources on internet. They search | | | | the freelancer is in trouble while he is actually trying to |
| for resources using keywords like freelance web | | | | buy some more time. |
| developer, freelance web development or freelance | | | | 6. Most of the Freelance web developers are over |
| web designers. Either they end up seeing some blog | | | | loaded with work because of their cheap hourly rates. |
| of freelancer or they reach to the freelance heaven | | | | Such overloading can make you suffer the delay in |
| websites like rentacoder, getacoder, getafreelancer, | | | | your web development project. That increase more |
| elance or odesk. Such sites have millions of cheap | | | | frustration. |
| freelancers registered with them. You may put a | | | | 7. The major problem you could come across is that |
| project and you can get as many as 50-100 bids for | | | | the freelancer disappears after you paid him advance |
| your project in a day. This sounds fascinating initially | | | | money for your project. Certain freelancers have |
| but it's just a beginning of process. The trouble starts | | | | many accounts created on odesk, elance, getacoder, |
| now. Here are few difficulties you will face at initial | | | | rentacoder, getafreelancer kind of websites, so they |
| stage. | | | | would stop responding you and neither do they will |
| 1. You have overwhelming bids that makes the choice | | | | return your initial money. |
| difficult for you. | | | | So your plan of saving money could end up losing |
| 2. Every one of them tells you that they are the best, | | | | money and time, losing time is more expensive than |
| but hardly few of them are actually telling the truth. | | | | losing money. |
| 3. You may not find just one freelance web developer | | | | How do you prevent this, here are simple reasons to |
| meets all your needs, Mr. A meets 50% matching | | | | select a small web development company compared |
| requirements and Mr. B and Mr. C meets 25% each, | | | | to a freelance web developer. |
| that increases your troubles. | | | | 1. The company has long term plan, so web |
| SO finally you selected someone with all your | | | | development companies are professional. |
| agreements on price and estimate, now you may see | | | | 2. Company has many resources for web design, web |
| the second largest pool of difficulties | | | | development, quality testing and deployment so your |
| 1. The communication is a major issue, the freelancer | | | | project never suffers a delay. |
| does not reply emails on time and neither do they | | | | 3. Company has a legal name, legal offices so web |
| remain online all the day because they have their full | | | | development companies can sign a contract with you, |
| time jobs elsewhere (that jobs pay the full time | | | | a freelancer never signs a contract or signing contract |
| income) | | | | with freelancer has no meaning. |
| 2. The freelancer is a lone person but the project of | | | | 4. A web development company has many back |
| web development needs different skills like project | | | | resources so even if some developer or designer |
| requirement analysis, design the website mockup, | | | | does not show up, the company can replace them |
| HTML conversion, programming in PHP or.Net, quality | | | | with other developers, your work never suffer. |
| test and delivery. Normally not one person does all. | | | | 5. A web development company takes money on |
| This invites problem #3 | | | | milestones, so your money and project both are |
| 3. The freelancer either asks you to manage other | | | | secure. |
| resources for him or he goes and finds other | | | | 6. Most important point is communication. You can get |
| freelancers to help him; that comes on higher price. So | | | | a good communicating people in web development |
| you waste lot of time while your selected freelance | | | | companies because the manager is always a well |
| web designer is busy finding help for him. | | | | experienced person; he takes all responsibilities of |
| 4. As I said in point #1, most of the freelancers have | | | | problems and payments. |
| their full time jobs, such jobs demand lot of time and | | | | Above all its peace of mind when you work with web |
| energy, so freelance web designers or developers | | | | development companies, it comes at little extra cost |
| work on odd hours or they just do not work on some | | | | but with lot of amenities as described above. |
| days when they are busy with their full time jobs. Such | | | | Choice is yours, select a freelance web designer and |
| behavior causes further delay to your project delivery. | | | | ruin your web development project or select a web |
| 5. You may come across various excuses for not | | | | development company and run a successful web |
| delivering of your projects, some common excuses | | | | based business. |
| are "I am not well since few days", some emotional | | | | |