Types of web development services and tips to consider while requesting one

Are you going to build a website for your business? In order to have the best experience while requesting a web development service, you must be aware of what is going on. Right after you took the decision to build a website or a mobile app for your business and made your first research, and before you choose the company, you know that there are different types of web development services available to execute your request. Learn what are the types of web development services and how it varies by every business. In the end, you will find some helpful tips to consider when requesting a web development service.

2 main types of web development services

The web development service you might need as a business owner can mostly be a website or a mobile application. Each part of this website or mobile application should be developed to do something that best serves your business needs. So there is someone dedicated to developing each part of your project to make it work for your business depending on the types of web development services.

• Front-end Web Development

The front-end of a website or a mobile application is what you or your normal website visitors will see when they type in your website name.

Out of all the types of web development services, this one concerns the look and feel of your website. The colours, fonts, logos, icons, alignment of sections, sliders, headers, footers, buttons, the way your data is shown, and how a visitor can contact you.

In all, the front end is how your website or mobile application is perceived by the user.

• Back-end Development (admin panel)

The back-end of a website is what you see as the website owner. Call it the dashboard or the admin panel, this is where you put your hands on and manage everything on your website. The backend enables you to create accounts for yourself as the website owner and for members of your business or employees of your company.

From the backend of your website or a mobile application, you log in to your website to add, update or remove the content of your website. You can also upload photos and videos.

From the backend, you can have a look at your website analytics, and track and manage your user interactions like; the number of visitors daily, how many visitors filled a form on the website or left a comment on an article.

A web developer developing your website will be either a front-end or back-end. Who will do the work? Actually both of them!

Combined, the front-end and back-end developers will use the technologies will be used to launch your website or mobile application just as you want.

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What to consider when requesting a web development service?

Unlike any other thing in the world, you can not touch or hold a web development service in your hands. So you must pay the highest attention while requesting it. Save the following tips in order to have the best experience while requesting a web development service.

• Know your business needs.

Don’t just say I want a website or a mobile application. Instead, say I want a website that does something!

Ask yourself why you want this website or mobile application. What are the benefits that this website or mobile application brings to your business? Web development services differ from one business need to another.

Example:

If you want to increase the awareness of your brand and offer your potential customers to contact you, you may need a corporate website to add a professional image to your business where you can show off your history and list your contact information so clients can contact you easily.

While if you have products you want to sell, you will need an eCommerce website to help you show and sell your products or services and reach more clients.

Well determining what functions you want your website to perform or what goals you want to reach with your website will let you start your request from solid confident ground.

• Set your budget

In web development services, each feature has a cost that adds to the total cost of your project. Previously setting your budget and well knowing your needs let you only pay for what you need while staying within budget and also this leaves no surprises for the total cost at the end.

• Do some research

A business website or mobile application is worth doing some research! Try Google search to look for a company that offers the types of web development services that you are looking for. Visit the company website, and check its services. Repeat this with more than one company and choose between them regarding services, work, and features and narrow down your choices. This will brings you closer to your aim.

• Know the value for money

Golden rule: never stop at the price, ask about the value for money.

Like anything in the world, a web development service gains its cost from the features it has. So, when you receive the cost of a website or a mobile application ask about what are the features that this service will come with.

• Request a technical meeting

Don’t take it from the surface, when it comes to a project like a website or a mobile app, you need to go deep and technical.

Go technical and ask for a technical meeting this will save you a lot of time to consider whether to proceed with this company or to find another one. A good company will welcome this request.

If you have a website or a mobile application in mind and feel that you are close to choosing one, we are here to help. Leave your request here or talk to the company’s representative and let’s start together!