Prices for Web Development – how do you know you’re paying for value?

An interesting question arose in a recent discussion about web development rates, how do you know if you’re paying too much for services?

Here’s some background about the discussion: The person I spoke with works at a large company that has what was described as an excellent in house web development team. The person works directly with the developers and in general is pleased with the end result and service, however they wanted to know if there is a ‘standard’ way of measuring the quality of the programming and if the work being done at their company warrants the high fees. The person admitted that since they don’t have a technical background, they feel illequipped to asses the development work. It’s interesting to note that the person doesn’t feel this way about assessing the value of design work.

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