What is your site about: Before you hire a web designer, you must know what you want on your site. You have to make up your mind what type of site you are making. Is it going to be an online store? Are you making a site to market your business? Or are you just creating an informational site?
What’s the cost: How much will the web designer charge? You have to look at your budget to determine if you can afford one. Are you willing to spend the money required for a professional web designer? When talking to a web designer let him or her know your budget restrictions. Find out if he or she can work with your budget.
Experience: When looking for a web designer you better make sure he can actually design. Check his portfolio to see how he did on other websites. Why hire him if other websites he did looked ugly or you cringed when looking at them. Some web designers claim to be able to design web page when all they know is how to write the code. Does the web designer also have an artistic eye or style?
Make sure you get your money’s worth: Since you may be shelling out a lot of money for this service, you better make sure you are getting your money’s worth. Does the price he’s quoting you include periodic updates? Also does it include graphics and copy? What about web hosting? The more you know the more informed you are.
Ask questions: Whatever you do, don’t be afraid to ask questions. This is very important. If you don’t like something, ask why it is being done that way. After all, you are paying for it so you deserve to know what the designer is doing and why he is doing it.