7 Reasons Why the Web Design Industry Sucks

7 REASONS Why the Web Design Industry Sucks Plagued by $5 gigs, $99 logos, and employee-infested freelance marketplaces, the web design industry is rotten. We surveyed 300 beta testers and another 1,000 designers, developers, and Internet entrepreneurs. This infographic is based on a smattering of their resentments. Bidding wars are for cheapskates and liars. The only way to win a bidding war is to NOT join a bidding war. $65 At AwesomeWeb, clients choose you $10 based on the merits of your portfolio. If you choose to work on their project, they trust you to do a good job. Clients expect you to work for pennies. When you're not in their budget, clients dangle the promise of big-time exposure and more cheap work. At AwesomeWeb, you get paid for the time you put in. Clients value your time and you're incentivized to get the work done. You throw away a PROJECT $ $1000 percentage of your earnings with every project. Best-case scenario, you win a project and the freelance marketplace steals 8-15%. $850 $150 At AwesomeWeb, you pay a small monthly subscription. No more percentage of project fees. And clients know that every 8% -10% -12% -15% freelancer they find is actively looking for work. Proposals are glorified spec work. Nothing's worse than a flaky client who demands a proposal so they can get the Ili lay of the land. At AwesomeWeb, clients see your work, know that you're the right person, and sell themselves to you. The brief is on them. Projects get started faster because proposals don't get in the way. Clients are always RIGHT, but they're 8. NOT. Their leadership is non-existent and their feedback is idiotic. Make logo bigger At AwesomeWeb, we help clients Make it pop understand their roles and responsibilities Remove navigation so they can finally lead you through projects without getting in the way. Change it to pink Work is meaningless when you accept every project. When you need the work, you can't choose the work. At AwesomeWeb, you turn down the good projects for the best projects. Clients are excited when you're excited. Coders and clients butcher your work. You design something. It looks great. You send it to the client, and they whine about the color scheme. But the client is always right, so you give in. Then, if the coder isn't involved, they'll miss something and butcher it even more. At AwesomeWeb, we bring designers and developers together which results in better websites for everyone. The BIG Vision for AwesomeWeb There's a growing group of under-served designers, developers, and entrepreneurs who value quality over cost, creativity over monotony, and relationships over barriers .. all in a common quest to build the greatest websites the world has ever seen. Yet, since the dawn of the Internet, we've struggled to find each other. From now on, when you need the perfect client, designer, or developer, you'll go to AwesomeWeb.com. BROUGHT TO YOU BY awesomeweb www.AwesomeWeb.com