Design Matters: Website Design Maintenance

Through our course of work as a design company, we have heard several questions with regards to website design and we thought that through this latest chapter of design matters, we can touch on one of the most common questions which our clients have usually posed to us: Website Design Maintenance.

Typically, in the quotation stage, our clients usually ask us to quote for a maintenance contract for their newley developed website design. From TILT’s perspectives, we had usually advised them that it is better to leave it till the job has been confirmed, when we are almost completed with the website design (i.e. the project is about to finish), only then do we quote for the website design maintenance contract.

The reason behind this is very simple. When it comes to updating the information on your website design, the client generally have 2 options.

In-House Website Design Content Management
This method is usually useful if any of the below is applicable to your company:

The company has a budget constraint

The company has an IT department or staff who knows how to do website design maintenance

The company has you! And you have some knowledge of website design or you wish to attend a website design course and undertake this role

Engage A Company
If the above option is not available to your company, it will be useful to consider this option. There are several companies in Singapore who can assist you in this area. Typically, when you are intend to engage a company to do website design maintenance, you can consider asking the company to provide you the various options

Adhoc Basis (This method is usually more costly.)

Period Contract (This method is usually a more value-for-money option.)

When requesting for a website design maintenance period contract, do ensure that the company which is quoting you includes in the following:

Text changes only

Text and graphic changes

Full page replacement of contents

New or additional page added

Of course, should you require any quotation from TILT, just drop us an email at enquiry@tilt.com.sg and we will be more than happy to provide a non-obigation quotation.