Technology keeps moving forward, yet we are still so unsure about the best way to deploy our websites; too many options, Godaddy, WordPress, and tons of others.
How do you know if you only need a website builder or if you need to hire and developer for a custom website?
We will break it all down for you on this blog, including the cost and reasons you should consider before making your decisions.
Website Builder is a web tool that you can use to create a professional website. It is effortless to use and requires no programming knowledge. Choose a template, drag the components into the workspace, and make your website. Builders are more like drag and drop using hundreds of templates.
As its name implies, Custom Website is a sole website created from scratch exclusively for a particular company, with unique features and functionality tailored to your business. Think of this; you won’t be able to make an Airbnb Webapp page on a Wix template.
Custom-built websites involve a team behind your business. It starts with a creative process to understand who is your target audience, whom you want to reach, how you want/need the website to function and how you want to look on the internet.
Also, SEO plays a significant role in the success of any website. There are rules to follow when building a site and not all themes are capable of abiding by these rules. This is why custom-built websites are so much superior, the developer can optimize the site during creation to allow for google and other search engines to read each page to give the end-user a more relevant search result, giving custom-built sites naturally a better ranking on the system.
In the end, a custom website will save time in the long run because when it’s built from the ground up it’s a lot easier to customize the site to ensure your site does exactly what you want it to do.
Let’s talk $$$:
Well, it all depends on your specific needs. Of course, a site builder can go from $100, and a custom site can range from $1,500 but it keeps adding up depending on infrastructure, and functionality tools. So far Airbnb website’s total cost is over $300k.
There’re so many variables in deciding which option is the best for you. If you’re an influencer, a small eCommerce website, an artist showing off their work, or a small restaurant showing your dishes and booking reservations. So, a website builder will do just fine.
If you’re an enterprise company or a large eCommerce website, you want a custom website composition. A large eCommerce website will need monthly maintenance from its designer’s team. It will not look cute if your site looks like a template website.
