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How to Choose a Contractor for Website Development, Online Store, Telegram Bot, and Other IT Products Please forgive me, gentlemen developers, but I am tired of hearing over and over again how people keep falling for bad contractors, losing a huge amount of time and money. Today we will go over the most important points to consider when choosing contractors. There will be many bullet points, get ready. Let’s go! Beautiful Cases ≠ Good Contractor In development (and design), it’s very easy to create the illusion of a beautiful portfolio, and many beginner companies are tempted to take advantage of this. There are plenty of beautiful and free examples of work online that you can easily insert into your website and present as your own. Even if the examples were truly made by this company, there’s no guarantee that the same specialists are still working there. They might have left the bad company long ago, and no one capable of working at their level remains. Beautiful on the Outside ≠ Beautiful Inside Any portfolio only shows the external part of a website or application — the wrapper. The entire functional part is controlled by the internal structure, which no one will ever show you. The most common problem is when the internal part is made by unqualified specialists. As a result, errors and crashes constantly occur on the site or app, and you have to spend a lot of time and money on revisions and constant bug hunting. Remember: drawing a beautiful design is easy, but making it work without errors is much more difficult. Yet, contractors are most often chosen based on their easiest work. Imagine you created a very beautiful website for 1 million rubles, but the order submission form constantly throws an error, and you lose clients. Over time, such a site turns into a 2 million ruble site, and your business turns into a pumpkin. “Yes, we’ll do everything!” — and then it begins… If a contractor agrees to any wishes without discussing details — that’s a warning sign. Most likely, they poorly understand the scope of work or are planning to charge extra later. A good contractor must ask a lot of questions to do exactly what you need, not what they think. Working Without a Technical Specification (TS) — Guaranteed Problems Working without a TS guarantees endless revisions or a “it’ll do” approach just to get the project moving. Additionally, if a contractor doesn’t ask for a TS, they are either inexperienced or planning to do things in the way most convenient for them. Speed of Communication If the contractor responds slowly even during the project discussion stage, it’s a sure sign that you’ll have to wait even longer for responses during actual work. Code Without Documentation — A Trap for Future Revisions If the contractor is not ready to provide complete documentation for the project, including deployment by third-party specialists, it means any revisions will have to be done only by them (at their prices and deadlines). Lack of a Clear Contract — Risk of Getting Stuck in a Conflict I’ve saved the most obvious point for last. Without a contract, it’s easy to face delays, non-working code, or even a disappeared contractor. And if there is a contract but it lacks clear deadlines, revision conditions, and guarantees — consider it nonexistent. That’s all from me. And even these are not all the nuances that can arise when choosing contractors. And if you need a consultation, the first one — over a cup of coffee’s worth — just message me in private 😀