About a month ago a client asked me why some web development agencies charge highly to develop a website while others charge cheaply? Well it is a fact that prices are insanely different in the web development industry. Some are cheap while others are truly expensive. I was recently on one of Uganda’s freelance website. A client had posted a custom web project and was looking for an experienced company to execute it. We bid UGX 5,000,000/- on his project while another person bid UGX 600,000/- on the same project. The client asked me why I’m so expensive than the other person who bid to do his project at only 600k.
I explained to him that web development is like a consulting business. Your budget determines the quality of the service you get. The quality of a website developed at UGX 10M cannot be the same as website developed at UGX 2M with similar requirements.
At the end of it all, it is all about satisfying results. Pay more and get more quality. Pay less and get less quality. In my own opinion I think you should go with a company that does the best. If you are looking for the best quality, then a sufficient budget must be one of the factors.
At Boomnet Technologies, a startup web development company which I co-own, we pride ourselves for charging our clients fairly and correctly, and on top of that, we provide incredible support and technical know-how to our clients. Even some clients who ended our working relationships because of our ‘High Pricing’ have always come back, proving the saying “Quality doesn’t cost… It pays”.
Like many other industries, the web development industry is an industry where you get what you pay for. Let’s all agree that cheap is expensive but don’t just waste your time and money on poor services.
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