So, you have decided to take the plunge and get your company onto the world wide web. It is a big and potentially profitable decision. How do you get started? What, besides greater profits, are you looking to gain from internet accessibility? Have you considered what you want in a website or how it should look? How dependent do you want to be on a web design company once the site goes live? You need to opt for a web design company that can help you navigate through all these questions and more. Be sure to do your homework before you settle on a particular web design team. Ask others for which web designers they would recommend. Look over their previous work from past clients. Talk to their clients to see how satisfied they have been. What are the price points and do they rise with each change you decide to make at a later date? What kind of services do they offer once the site goes up - will they manage content and other web management services, for example. Another primary consideration is how involved you want the web design company to be on a monthly basis. Do you want to market the website on your own, do you need extensive help or do you fall somewhere in between? Will the designers help build backlinks so that you can obtain a good ranking on the more popular search engines like Bing, Google and Yahoo? You certainly do not want your site to be floundering with no direction and no way for potential customers to be able to find you. Otherwise, the time, money and effort you have spent are all in vain. But you should not be the only one asking questions: a good web design company will question you extensively about your business, your products and services, how you are currently marketing your business, your goals as a business and other things that will factor in to how they develop and design your website. The web designer will be helping you resolve the issues of function, design and marketing of the website. The most important information that the web company needs to be aware of are the details of the customers you are hoping to reach. All the way from general questions like "What is your target market?" to "Are your customers technically savvy?" "Are they emotional and/or impulsive shoppers?" These questions and more are important when the design company goes to work to appeal to the clients you are trying to attract.