The pros and cons of building your own website

A website can be created or outsourced in a lot of ways, there are pros and cons with both ways that you need to consider to decide what is the best option for you. At MijnHostingpartner.nl you can find both your website that you are going to create yourself, and the websites created by someone else. Thanks to our versatile hosting packages, we have a home for many different websites. In this blog post, let's take a look at the considerations, and how to find the best way for you website.

Advantages of building it yourself

Building a website yourself gives you the biggest advantage that it is possible for almost any budget, as it is the most economical way because you only have the hosting costs. With your package of choice you can host your website and domain name in one of our packages for less than a week's worth of groceries. So if you are just starting your business, freelance projects or sole proprietorship then it is often with a small budget. Building a website yourself can give you the following advantages:

Disadvantages of building it yourself

The biggest disadvantage of building it yourself is that a lot of the work is under your own responsibility, if you do something wrong, or your website becomes outdated, there is only one person you can look to to fix it. Yourself.

So if you don't have the patience for this to make some preparations like setting up and checking a backup routine, and updating on a regular basis. Then chances are that all your hard work will go to waste. So when you decide to take on this responsibility, you need to put some things in your calendar. And stick to it.

Building it yourself also takes a lot of time to get started, chances are you're doing it for the first time, so you'll have to read up on a lot of topics. Or otherwise become familiar with them before you can do this. Think of things like working with Content, installing Google Analytics or Search Console and many other things that come with a website.

So instead of budget, you invest more in the time it takes you to create this.

With the tools at your disposal nowadays with creating websites however, you can already achieve a lot with our knowledge base for example. Here we have more than 500 useful articles ready for you to help you create and maintain your website. WordPress, the most popular way to create your own website, is also easy to maintain and work with. In fact, you can arrange a lot with ready-made themes and plug-ins. So you basically don't have to code anything. A little handy beginning webmaster can then with an afternoon's work already come a long way to your own website.

Advantages of having it built

The advantage of having a website built is that you don't have to do or make much. In fact, you can commission it. You outsource the responsibility of your website to an agency or person who does it for you. So if you want to make a change that falls outside the content rules, you can simply give an assignment for this.

For companies and startups with a certain budget this can be a solution when there is no expertise available within the company. A website can be created in different ways, but most will have their own Content Management System behind it. Or use an existing and reliable platform. Many use Umbraco for this as well.

However, there are also website builders who create it in a particular Content Management System that makes it unsuitable for use on other platforms. As long as you stay with this party, of course, there is no problem. As soon as you want to move, however, this can cause problems and your website may have to be redesigned.

Disadvantages of outsourcing

Outsourcing the creation of the website can be a great solution for many companies and agencies, however, once you start having your website created. Then we are often talking about different amounts than a hosting package. Which, of course, makes sense. Making a website involves a lot, and you often have the necessary revisions on and feedback. It also generally takes time for a web design company to create a website. At least keep in mind two weeks or longer that this can take.

There are a lot of website agencies that advertise 1 day delivery time or 1 week, for example. However, 9 times out of 10 this is an average WordPress website that you get delivered. If you agree to this then it's not an issue, but don't expect customization in most cases.

Prices of websites vary widely, if you are looking for a simple one page look that will only serve as an online business card for your company then this can be done for around 400 euros from most parties. If you are looking at a complete website or webshop with additional requests, this can easily run into the thousands of euros.

Middle ground, Managed WordPress hosting

If you fall between this category then you can also opt for a Managed WordPress hosting package. What is different here are the updates and backups that we take care of for you. There is no need to worry about maintenance, which is the case with a self-hosted WordPress website. This can ensure that you can focus on what counts for your WordPress website, the content.

So this is a good choice if you do not have the budget for a custom made website by an agency. But would rather already have the assurance of a live website. We can arrange that for you with the Managed WordPress hosting.

MijnWebdesignPartner.nl for creating your website

Besides MijnHostingPartner.nl, we also have a subsidiary partner, MijnWebdesignPartner.nl. There we can help you find the result that suits your business best. The website is completely custom made to your wishes and functionality, and is created on the extremely stable ASP.NET platform. Thus, your website will be suitable for many years of use, and thus will be the solution for a large number of existing businesses that have a little more budget. However, we also have packages available for the start-up, where you don't get everything in one bill. But can pay monthly according to usage and consumption.

Take a look now at our websites and more information at MijnWebdesignPartner.nl.

What is the best choice?

There is no such thing as the best choice, different situations require different necessities and requirements. Therefore, if you are a sole proprietor getting started with a low budget, then the choice falls on creating it yourself, and perhaps Managed WordPress hosting. Should you have more budget as an existing business and don't want to bring this expertise in-house? Then it's better to outsource this to an agency for the best results. Each way does have its pros and cons as covered in this article. What is the best choice for you depends on your expectations.

Would you like specific advice? Send us an email as a new customer, or come to the chat. We will gladly help you find the best choice for you!

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