“If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enaugh." - Albert Einstein

In the age of globalization every business need a website, and with so many to choose from come the big question " What kind of website ?". So you have to decided that weather your business required a custom designed website or a website templates. Before making any decision you need to understand pro's and con's of both custom design and website templates.

Custom Web Design:

“There are three responses to a piece of design – yes, no, and WOW! Wow is the one to aim for." - Milton Glaser

Benefits of Custom Web Design: Advantage of getting a custom website is that it will be made according to your needs and can better help you focus on your target customers. which result in make you stand out in crowed and get a competitors. Custom websites are more search engine friendly, so they help you get higher rank in search result.

Not only does a custom website adapt to your business needs in a better way but it also gives you the room for incorporating your company’s branding into it. There is a factor of scalability with custom websites and they grow as your business grows. Moreover, the additional benefit of a content management system (CMS) makes it easier for the business to keep the website updated from anywhere.

Disadvantages of Custom Web Design: Custom websites are expensive to make so they end up putting big dent on your pocket. as designing website is long and complex process so it will take long time to build. which in some cases can result into delaying your launch project.

Website Templates:

“If you think math is hard, try web design." - Trish Parr

Benefits of Website Templates: Compare to custom website design website templates is a shorter process. Important benefit of using a website template is that it cost less so if you have a low budget, you can still get a website template without taking a huge financial toll on your business. building a website with templates is simpler process so you don’t have to be a coding expert or have any knowledge HTML and CSS to create website, thanks to website templates.

Disadvantages of Website Templates: website templates being easily available online, there are chances that your competitors and other businesses are also using the same website template that you are using. Due to this, your website will be lost in the cyberspace and look like a rip-off.
Website templates are not designed with search engines in mind so they linger at the bottom of the search rankings. The poor support and browser compatibility is also a major issue associated with website templates.

When you buy a website template, you could not customize it according to your needs. Fitting web elements such as images, videos and texts is challenging with website templates.

“What separates design from art is that design is meant to be... functional." - Cameron Moll

It usually comes down to your business needs and personal preferences that will influence your choice between a website template and custom web design. Would you go for a custom web design or a website template? If you think we have missed anything that will help customers to make their decision about kind of website they need for their business please make sure to let us know.

“We don't just sell websites, we create websites that SELL." - Dr. Christopher Dayagdag

If your business also need a custom website, please contact us because at onTime Infotech we have a team of experts to cater all your design needs, with a client base in Australia, United States of America, United Kingdom and Thailand we considered as pioneer in the industry.