Saving Money Using Freelance Programmers Will Cost Big Money in the Long Run

There are many talented folks with great programming skills. Problem is there is no documentation or safety controls in place to make sure you don't get burned along the way.

Here are some important questions you should ask yourself.

If you hire someone to work on your ecommerce website; is your customers data going to be safe on someone else's laptop or computer?

If you give a programmer access to hosting server; are you absolutely sure they are not going to become the conduit for malware or viruses getting into your website and hosting server?

Will your programmer be around when your application stops working or develops bugs? Sometimes hosting companies may change firewall or security requirements in order to thwart some new virus or to increase security overall. This can also cause a program or database to break.

If your programming code has been stolen, or code snippets have been used without permission (programming code can be copy-protected or even patented); will you have legal recourse under your contract agreement with your programmer? If this happens, YOU will be held responsible; not your programmer.

If your programmer is not available to make changes or enhancements, have they provided you sufficient white paper documentation?

Any one of the situations listed above can happen. Clients have brought us web site programming projects that look like they were assembled by Dr. Frankenstein.

To avoid this you should a company that will be around to support you and your business long after your website has launched.

About the Author
Rick Vidallon is President of Visionefx, a Web design company based in Virginia Beach, Va. They provide services to national companies as well as small to medium businesses throughout the United States. Rick can be reached at (757) 619-6456 or www.visionefx.net.