Do you need a website at an affordable cost? Are you contacting different website developers to hire one who can help you to create a low-cost website? If yes, this blog can help you.
Here, I have shared a few excellent ways in which your web developer can save you more money by using WordPress for your website development.
Let’s begin!
#1 Using a paid theme
This is one of the best things your web developer can do for you to create a professional WordPress website cost-effectively. I know this may raise the question “Why should we use a paid theme instead of a free one when there are lots of free themes available?“.
There are many benefits that you can get when you purchase a paid theme. Here are some of those benefits:
- Support: You get full support from the theme developer or development company. This means if you have any query or issue with the theme, you can easily raise a ticket and the developers will help you to resolve it.
- Updates: With every paid theme comes notifications about the latest updates which means you can update your theme regularly to ensure the better performance & security of your website.
- Demo import: Most paid themes have the option to import the demo data which makes it super easy for your website developer to set up the website and customized it further.
#2 Using free plugins
When you are looking to save your money on your WordPress website development, you must use free plugins where you can. And when you hire a professional & experienced web developer to create your website, your developer will know which free plugins can be used to develop your website according to your requirements.
Below are some of the free yet useful plugins that every WordPress eCommerce website should use to increase its sales:
- Booster
- Beeketing
- Live Sales Notification
- WPFront Notification Bar
- YITH Wishlist
- Refer A Friend
- Direct Checkout
- Product Extras
- Request A Quote
- WooCommerce Google Feed Manager
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#3 Theme customization
Not all the themes can be used as they are. In other words, to make your WordPress theme unique or different from other websites that are using the same theme, you need a few changes or customizations.
To customize a WordPress theme, you need the help of a professional web developer. Even when you pay a fee to your WordPress developer for the theme’s customization, you are still saving money that you would have spent on a custom website design.
To summarize, customizing a WordPress theme has several benefits such as below:
- You get a unique look for your WordPress website design.
- You don’t have to pay your developer to build a custom design from the scratch. Instead, you can just pay the theme customization charges to him.
- The theme customization can be done quickly as compared to creating a design from the scratch. However, you need to make sure that you hire only experienced & professional web developers.
#4 Using shared servers
Being experienced in the web design & development niche, your web developer can help you to choose a reliable yet affordable web hosting company to host your WordPress website.
Web hosting plays a vital role in the success or failure of a website. In other words, your web server can make or break your online business. Therefore, you must take it seriously to subscribe to a reliable web hosting company only.
There are tons of web hosting companies to choose from. But are all of them reliable or affordable? Well, the answer is ‘No’.
If you are new to WordPress website development and not sure about the basic qualities that a web hosting company should have, you must consult your web developer who can help you in this matter.
#5 Helping you to learn
Your web developer can also assist you to learn & understand the backend system of your WordPress website.
You may not like to hire your developer to make each and every small change to your website. Isn’t it? Because if you do that, you will not only end up paying a lot of money to your website developer, but it will also delay the updating process.
It is, therefore, always recommended for every webmaster to know the basic management of the CMS backend so that they don’t have to wait for their website developers to make the changes to their websites.
Additionally, webmasters or website owners can also save their money when they know how to make small changes to their websites themselves.
#6 Discount
Last but not least help that you can get from your website developer is the discount. Who doesn’t love discounts? We all do. Don’t we?
If you find a web developer too much competitive & professional but because of the high charges, you can’t afford to hire him or her, ask for a discount.
I am sure if any developer also wants to work with you to build your website, they won’t mind giving you a discounted price.
At the same time, you must keep in mind that affordability is not the only thing. There are several other qualities that a WordPress should have. Below are some of the essential qualities or skills that your developer must have:
- HTML/CSS skills
- Visualization skills
- Coding skills
- SEO skills
- Security knowhow
- Troubleshooting
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