Professionalism & creativity at it’s best

It’s been a while since I’ve visited a few HTML/flash template stores online… Since I’m obviously posting this, that means I just did. Why? Just plain curiosity. The routine is pretty straight and dull - just browsing through the usual items and thinking about people who buy these things. If it’s not “uniquely” bought (means that as soon as it is purchased, for a 10x bigger price than usual, it is removed from the store, leaving the customer as the only remaining owner of the said template, thus actually owning an original design), then it’s not worth it. Being a serious online business while having a design that somebody else already has does not emit a very professional image, but clearly the numbers say otherwise.

Now, here’s the thing… I found a massive bunch of flash/html/switch/whatever templates available with the following theme: *wait for it* – WEB DESIGN and DESIGN STUDIO!

Um… Oh… Why?! I have to mention that the purchase rates for these are even bigger than other categories! Why the heck would a web design studio, who’s business is *duh* – web design, purchase a template like that? It’s the same comparison to a sugar factory buying sugar! (and we all know how often that happens)

There is one reason I could quickly whip up in my head… Fraud. The other one is a bunch of kids playing a pretend game of “web developer”. The third one (after some thinking) is overhauling the overall design and removing it’s “web design” aspect (but I personally think that’s a rare case).

Still, my advice for anybody seeking web design services is to check out the web designer’s portfolio (not the main website itself) thoroughly before making a decision, as the numbers clearly state that more and more “studios” are trying to look professional, even though their services are awful, or non existent. Be very careful, or end up loosing your money and using MSPaint and Word for creating your online presentation.

Add comment January 25th, 2009