“it’s better to look for a web design outsourcing company that can offer a custom made website for just as the same price – if not lower – as what a other web designer would charge for a template website design.”

The price of a web design project is often the primary and biggest factor why small businesses opt to get a template web site design. Why wouldn’t they? The average cost of template websites which are built on platforms like WordPress and iBuilt is pretty much lower than custom-coded websites whose price ranges from just a few thousand to tens of thousands of US dollars. Although, those who chose to have a template website will be spending less in developing the site, these types of website usually lack flexibility and capabilities.

Web designers have no other option but to work with a pre-determined layout and limited design features in a template website. With this type of websites, the background color and text can be changed; however, they usually offer just a small room for customizing the looks, navigation and contents of the website.  A custom coded website, on the other hand, gives web designer a limitless range of capabilities in terms of design, and the look of the website can also be tailored.

Although, there are many websites templates available, most of them, however, usually offer the same functionality and features. Lots of internet users can easily detect if a website is a template one or not. A website which is custom coded, however, has its own unique design, thus, a business website can avoid to have the “cookie cutter” look. The difference between these two types of websites can be compared to business cards. If a business will have a templated website, it will just be like putting the business’ contact information and company logo in a business card template. On the other hand, a custom coded website is just like designing and creating a business card made specifically for that business.  Remember that, the website, just like a business card, represents the business.

Custom made websites can have more functions and features as compare with a template website because the latter only gives the web developers can only work on the structure, navigation and widgets that are available in the template, while, in a custom made site, they are limited only with their skills and imagination. In addition, web developers can install various applications in a custom website. Applications that give the website the capability to manage, analyze and display contents or data, which are what business websites should have. Template websites are flexible but only as flexible as the widgets that come with them. This is one of the reasons why they are not really recommended for businesses, especially for the large ones. Aside from this, template websites will not have the functionality which is needed to make a custom application run which will help in making the website as well as the business very efficient.

The cost of designing and developing a custom made website are usually higher than that of a website template. However, there are lots of web designers who design a website from templates but also charge as much as sometimes even more than what an outsourcing web development companies charge for a custom website.  This means that, rather than opting for a template website, it’s better to look for a web design outsourcing company that can offer a custom made website for just as the same price – if not lower – as what a other web designer would charge for a template website design.

Would any businessmen choose to get a template website that offers limited features and functionality, if they can have a website which can be designed and tailored to what their business really needs and also has limitless capabilities? They would probably not, since a custom made website is better than a template one, most especially if there is no or very little difference on the price.