The Orange Club

A web development agency primarily develops websites and applications for your business. They have in-house developers who build websites based on your needs, market trends and users’ preferences. Based on your business model, a web dev agency can create a simple business website or a highly customized business platform that could have integrations for online purchasing, placing orders, or any other complex business related activity.

Web development is usually charged based on factors such as the nature of your website, platforms it is going to be developed on, additional features or complexity it may have, and any add-on paid integrations that it may have. The cost also varies if you are hiring a freelancer or a reputable web dev agency. Furthermore, agencies also charge additional fee if they have to create the content for your website.

A basic website for your business with search engine optimization, SEO, can cost you anywhere between AED 2,500 – AED 4,000. Ecommerce websites are often expensive because of its complex nature and can easily cost you about than AED 8,000 – 12,000.

Yes, you can build a website on your own. You can even optimize it for visibility on search engines. So in short, the answer is yes.

You can buy a domain and opt-in for a hosting service to begin with. Many hosting companies offer a native web development feature to build your website. That could be the easiest way to setup your business website, if you would like to. Moreover, if you want a bit more professional looking website, you can even use the WordPress platform that is offered along with the hosting package. There are 100’s of themes to choose from, and by watching Youtube tutorial videos, you can pretty much create an entire website on your own.

Hiring the right web design agency is the first step in right direction. While it is important to pick the agency that understands your needs; there is a several other factors that you should consider when hiring a web dev agency.

1. Experience: Make sure the agency is experience in developing your site in-house. Many agencies these days outsource your work to third party developers. There is no harm as long as you get the work done, but usually this takes longer than it should normally take. Besides, there is no guarantee that you will have real-time updation, editing or changes made to your site later on.

2. Charges: You should always send request for proposals to more than a few web development agencies. It will not only help you in running a comparison of prices, but will also educate you on what additional services, if any, platform, and add-on services your business needs for running a high-performance website.

3. Reviews: One good way to identify a professional web development agency is their readiness to share reviews, previous projects they worked on and referrals. Always, ask for these when short-listing a web development agency.

4. After Sales Support: Any established web dev agency will offer at least a year’s support after the development of your website. Your website will require a thorough maintenance from time to time, and someone not offering support after delivering the project should be a deal-breaker for you.

5. In addition to this, you should make sure you have a contract drawn up with clearly outlined deliverables. This provides you with an extra layer of protection in case you run into a dispute with your developer. Also make sure, your concept, isn’t cloned for other businesses that they work with later on.

The Orange Club has a dedicated in-house team of developers for front-end as well as back-end processes. Our developers have a combined 30 + years of experience in developing websites, software & mobile apps. We spend a great deal of time understanding your business model, your industry including your direct and indirect competitors & current market trends during the initial stage. This helps us in developing a strategy and a unique theme that will make your brand stand out of the crowd.

Our work pays special attention to design, user-experience, search engines’ expectations from your website, and the smooth flow of backend processes. Furthermore, we develop sites that are mobile-friendly and responsive, which can dramatically increase the overall time people spend on your website, leading to the possibility of increased sales.

We at The Orange Club, offer free hosting & maintenance for one year. During this period you will have our continued support for your website, and you will also receive our recommendations based on any changes in the trends or search engine algorithms that might affect your visibility on google.