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From my experience Facebook is killing the low-end web design. Smaller companies who would normally need a web site no longer hire an agency for one. They put t
by kyriakos 10y ago
From my experience Facebook is killing the low-end web design. Smaller companies who would normally need a web site no longer hire an agency for one. They put together a simple one-page landing page using a ready-made template and do all their business through their Facebook page.
- hoof_marks 10y agoThat's a very good point. Facebook, google+ and twitter, Whatsapp groups to an extent have made a mass market for small business websites. There is a creche (children study/play school) next door and the lady simply encourages ever parent to visit her facebook page which has all photos and information. Consider that it is so easy and fun to create a facebook page for your firm. So convenient to maintain it. On the other hand every time a change is required the firm will have to go through the agency route to update its website. Also if you look at the supply side there wont be as many agencies to take up the work for mass markets considering also the delivery and cost parameters.
- acveilleux 10y agoCan't say I blame them either. For a one-person company the minimum fee for a good web design shop might well be a month of revenue. And Facebook is perfectly acceptable these days for consumer focused small businesses like restaurants, salons, bars and similar small-time retail/service business.
- kyriakos 10y agoIt's not just acceptable, it comes with built in marketing tools. Rather than spending $2000 on a site and then more to advertise it, they make a Facebook page for free and pay $500 on Facebook ads to get some traction. To me it sounds like a better deal.