How to Find the Best Website Builder
The Most Important Factors to Consider When Selecting the Best Website Builder for You
When selecting the right website builder your goals and preferences are key. The most important decisions are:
- Free or fee-based?
- Quality and range of templates?
- Easy to use?
- Support and assistance?
Free or Fee-Based?
Some providers have permanently free packages on offer. However these are mostly limited in the range of features.
If your wishes are limited by this, you can switch to a fee-based package. For example having your own domain, as opposed to a subdomain, is mostly not free.
With other providers there is no option of permanently free packages. Here you will have the option to test the website builder during a test period. When that runs out the fee-based package begins.
Generally speaking a permanently free option is of course more attractive. But if you know in advance that you need certain features that are subject to charge, you must consider this more thoroughly.
Quality and Range of Templates?
The easiest way to your own professional website is to use a good template.
A good template will fulfil several requirements at once:
It is visually pleasing. It is suitable for your industry or its purpose and is up to date technically.
The wider a provider's selection of templates, the bigger the chance that you will find a template for your purposes.
Therefore the range of templates is an important factor. In the end you will only need the one, suitable template. That means you could also find your template with a provider that offers less choice.
At any rate you should check that the provider has a template that you find visually pleasing and has a suitable theme for your purpose, when you screen providers.
Easy to Use?
Having the best features included in a website builder won't help you if you find using it difficult or impossible.
In this case you won't have fun with your website, but frustration and bother.
That's why ease of use is an important selection criterion.
Good user guidance means you always know where you are and what you should be doing next and how you can do so.
Successfully fulfilling these requirements is a difficult challenge, which is why building tool providers differ significantly in our assessments.
Support and Assistance?
You will really only begin to appreciate the value of good assistance and trusty support when you find yourself needing both urgently.
Nothing is more frustrating than using a website builder, encountering a problem and then not receiving any help.
That is why support and assistance is so important.
They come in two forms: Documented and personal support.
Documentation, like tutorials, videos or articles can help you find your own answers.
Personal support is more like a 'fire extinguisher', if you still struggle despite the documentation.
The better the documentation, the less important personal support is. However it should still be available, just in case you get stuck.
Conclusion
When choosing a website builder, you should check the mentioned points meticulously.
That way you can be sure the toolkit will match you and your requirements.
That is the only way to create a long-lasting, satisfying website quickly and easily.
