The chances are that if you have not yet released your site to the world, or you are looking to revamp your design, then you will probably be in a hurry to get your new design up and ready. You will be asking yourself questions such as how long will it take? Who will correct any problems in the future? Do I pay it all up front?

The first thing to say is there is no set timescale for the design of a website as it depends upon a number of factors which include :-

. The complexity of the design.
. Does it require any new coding?
. Is it compatible with your existing backend system?
. What is YOUR timescale?
. Do I go for a quicker delivery, or a firm who are better but may take longer?

If you really want the best for your website and you are prepared to pay for it, then you should not be in too much a rush. Putting constant pressure on the designers, or giving them unreasonable timescales has the potential to back fire on you dramatically.

You want your website design to be something special, to say that you have arrived, and to start and offer a brand to the outside world, True, you could go to a cheap and quicker designer, but that is the point? At the end of the day you only get what you pay for.

Many people seem to forget that a creditable design firm will also offer you a certain degree of after sales care, once they have actually delivered the design and installed it for you. There may be a number of small bugs, or little tweaks which need to be made along the way, and the best designers will include this in their overall fee. There is no point buying a design with no after sales care, only to find that you have to hire a new designer to fix the bugs and finish it off - a false sense of economy.