Hire a freelance web designer
Hiring a freelancer directly is usually the best value for a small business site. It also carries risks worth managing deliberately.
With a freelancer you talk to the person doing the work, decisions happen quickly, and you are not funding an office through your invoice. Costs typically run 30% to 50% below an agency for comparable work.
The risk, stated plainly
There is no cover. If they are ill, on holiday, or simply stop replying, the project stops. That risk is manageable, and managing it is mostly about what you agree at the start.
- Your domain and hosting in your own accounts, so nothing is hostage.
- Milestone payments rather than everything up front.
- A written scope so a replacement could pick it up.
- A standard platform, so someone else can work on it.
How we work
Every project starts with a fixed price and a written scope. You approve a design concept before the full site is built, so you find out early if the direction is wrong rather than at the end.
The domain, hosting, design files and every login are registered in your name and transfer to you on final payment. You can move to another designer the next day without asking us for anything.
Defects in anything we built are fixed free for 30 days after launch.
Common questions
01Is a freelancer cheaper than an agency?
Usually 30% to 50% cheaper for comparable work, because there is no overhead to fund. What you give up is redundancy. See the full comparison.
02What if the freelancer disappears?
It happens, which is why owning your domain and hosting matters and why milestone payments exist. If both are in your name, it becomes a setback rather than a disaster.
03How do I check someone is any good?
Visit sites they have built — live ones, not mockups. Ask what the brief was and what changed after launch. Then ask what is excluded from the quote. Vague answers there tell you most of what you need.
Get a fixed quote in writing
Answer five questions and we come back with one number, inside a day. You are not committing to anything by asking.
Or email contact@hire-web-designer.com