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Re:I regret my website redesign by swalsh on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:12AM (#32180360)
In my opinion, you're not paying $175 for a good looking page. You're paying that premium for an expertise in what will convert, how to build a funnel, and what to measure. I can pay a guy $60/hr in India, and get something that looks decent.
Re:I regret my website redesign by TIPSIO on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:47AM (#32180779)
Except the name of the game for agencies is to book a big expensive project and farm it out to entry level employees (dev and designers) with just enough supervision to be better.

Then have a fun enough office to try and keep people around in an extremely high turn over industry.

It is what almost everyone is doing unfortunately who gets big enough to carry a team.

The best designers and developers also don't tend to want to do contract work like this.

Re:I regret my website redesign by skilled on Thursday July 21, 2022 @11:28AM (#32180541)
I don't know where you got the idea that this agency has any experience in design conversions or building funnels, but I won't dismiss your comment entirely.

From a design standpoint, my biggest gripe is with the first two sections on the landing page design. I mean, it quite literally looks like either the site is reselling (drop-shipping) or it's a knockoff scam. At no point did I get the impression of "brand identity" or "this product looks trustworthy".

Which means that the primarily source of sales for this product is word of mouth (reputation), and to be fair I wouldn't be surprised if this agency just realized that themselves and exploited the whole idea.

If reputation is how you get sales, then why give a shit about building a brandable design. A design that actually converts and is possible to measure in long-term.

Re:I regret my website redesign by mywittyname on Thursday July 21, 2022 @01:16PM (#32182016)
Based on the sales graph, it sounds like they didn't even accomplish that much.
Re:I regret my website redesign by spaceman_2020 on Thursday July 21, 2022 @12:49PM (#32181655)
> I can pay a guy $60/hr in India

Man, you’re really overpaying if you think an Indian designer would be $60/hr.

That would be more than the annual salary of a senior FAANG engineer.

Re:I regret my website redesign by bbreier on Thursday July 21, 2022 @01:03PM (#32181864)
wait what? 50 weeks * 60 / hr * 40 hr weeks = 120k yearly. what senior faang engineer is making less than that?
Re:I regret my website redesign by codegeek on Thursday July 21, 2022 @01:11PM (#32181949)
"In India"
Re:I regret my website redesign by nibbleshifter on Thursday July 21, 2022 @02:40PM (#32183135)
Ones in India.