What Are Web Design Services?
Web design services are any professional services for designing your website, including layout design, graphic design, UX/UI design, responsive design, or even services such as website hosting, website maintenance, content creation and management, and search engine optimization (SEO).
The goal of web design services is to create websites that effectively captures a brand’s look and feel, while also meeting the expectations of the user. This is done by striking the right balance between portraying a brand faithfully and creating an aesthetically pleasing and user-friendly interface that caters to users’ needs.
Why Outsource Web Design?
A huge reason to outsource web design services is cost savings. Next is to give one’s organization better focus on core functions, to improve efficiency and productivity, and to enhance results by leveraging outside expertise in web design.
Why Outsource Web Design To The Philippines?
As mentioned above, one of the key reasons for outsourcing web design is cost savings. As one of the countries with the lowest costs of labor, the Philippines allows companies in developed nations to save up to 70% on their operational cost. This easily puts the Philippines at the top of the list when it comes to top web design outsourcing destinations.
Next is the ease of communication. As the Philippines is the 3rd largest English-speaking country in the world, with the second best English comprehension in all of Asia, it’s a top outsourcing destination for English-speaking countries like the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia as communication isn’t a problem. This makes collaborating across countries and time zones easy!
Another reason people love outsourcing web design services to the Philippines is because of its large pool of talent. The country has a large pool of talent, with many schools teaching design, including those focusing on websites and UX/UI, that equip Filipino web designers with the necessary skills to become globally competitive when it comes to web design.
Combining the low cost of labor, easy communication and collaboration, and no shortage of skills, the Philippines is a great place to outsource web design services to!
How To Outsource Web Design To The Philippines?
As one of the leaders in outsourcing, the Philippines has over 800 BPO companies, offering a wide range of services! With so many choices, outsourcing web design services to an outsourcing company in the Philippines can be intimidating. We’re here to help and give you the step-by-step process.
Step 1: Assess Your Needs
Outsourcing may be a cost-effective way of getting web design done, but it requires a thorough review of your current operations and your website. Do you have inhouse designers? Do you need additional web designers to support your operations? Or do you need an outsourcing partner to do everything for you?
Next, ask yourself, what kind of web design services do you need exactly? Do you need UX/UI design, and responsive design, or do you need graphic designers and multimedia designers to support your web design?
To help give you an idea of how web design outsourcing works, you can check out these design case studies.
Step 2: Shop Around
With a clear idea of what you need from your outsourcing service provider, it’s time to shop around. You can do your own research, or you can check out this list of the top creative agencies in the Philippines of 2024.
The goal is to find a great web design agency that can become your outsourcing partner and support your needs. While Philippine outsourcing companies have a reputation for providing high quality services, there are still differences per company. You want to look for a company that has experience supporting companies similar to yours. You can look at their work, like those displayed in this KDCI design portfolio, and see if their designs aligns with your vision for your website.
Step 3: Inquire
Once you’ve shortlisted the companies you want to work with, you want to book meetings to discuss how they’re able to meet your requirements. During this meeting, you want to ask for proposals to check out their terms and conditions, the pricing, as well as the roles and expertise they can provide. You also want to discuss things about exit clauses, length of the contract, as well as communication methods, shift schedule, redundancy and potential downtimes.
Step 4: Sign A Contract
Once you’ve decided to go with a web design company over the rest, the next step is to sign the contract. Make sure you go over all the clauses, and find out if there are any hidden costs, how long your offshore team can be onboarded, and when the contract is going to be binding. Pay close attention to tools, and find out whether the outsourcing partner will shoulder the costs or if you will.
While most companies like KDCI Outsourcing do hiring, vetting, and training without additional costs, some companies might charge extra. For plugins or other tools you require for your web design, also find out if you’ll be charged for it or if it’s included in the outsourcing fee. Should you require overtime or revisions, will these be included in the service, or will be charged more?
Step 5: Onboard Your Offshore Team
Once you’ve signed a contract, your outsourcing partner takes care of everything from sourcing and hiring your offshore web designers to training and onboarding them. You will be involved in the onboarding process to help integrate your offshore Filipino web design team with your organization. If you have an existing in-house design team, you should introduce them to each other, and give your offshore team access to the tools they need to do your web design.
During onboarding, you also want to set expectations with your offshore web design team. Discuss their KPIs, communication frequency and tools, and timelines. These ensure alignment to prevent miscommunication or missed deadlines.
Step 6: Enjoy High-Quality Web Design Services
With your offshore web design team fully onboarded and productive, you can enjoy high-quality web design. Your account manager will provide you regular updates and reports, and if needed, communicate any concerns with you. Your entire web design process can be managed for you so you can have your vision for a beautiful website come to life in the form of a user-friendly and on-brand website!
How Much Does It Cost To Outsource Web Design To The Philippines?
When discussing the cost of outsourcing to the Philippines, it’s challenging to give a ballpark figure as the rate varies depending on the scope of service, expertise, and skills required, as well as the number of people involved and length of the contract.
The outsourcing amount typically comes with many inclusions, the usual includes hiring and set up fees, resources (device and internet connection), and benefits (13th month pay, night differential, social security, savings contributions, and health insurance). On top of this, companies can provide their own value-added services.
While it’s difficult to put a definite number as to how much it would cost to hire an offshore web designer from the Philippines, you can get an estimate by looking at the stark difference in average rates that web designers make in various countries.
The average web designer in the United States makes $5,833/month while the same makes $7,642/month in Australia and £2,500 (~$2,706) per month in the UK. Meanwhile, an average web designer in the Philippines is paid ₱40,000 (~$685) per month. The difference is huge, so much that even with added costs such as management fees, training and onboarding fees, and additional costs for resources and benefits, outsourcing to the Philippines is still able to save a significant amount of up to 70% for companies.
Outsource Web Design To The Philippines
A website plays an important role in a company’s branding and online presence. A website can make or break a company’s branding, impacting its marketing efforts and ultimately, its sales and bottom line.
With so much at stake, it’s important to find an outsourcing partner who can do your web design well to ensure your branding is conveyed properly while providing the users the best experience possible. At KDCI Outsourcing, we understand the role of good web design, and with over a decade’s experience designing on-brand, user-friendly, and high-converting websites for clients from various industries, we are more than happy to build you an excellent offshore web design team that can meet your requirements.
Learn more about creative and web design outsourcing. Contact us today!
