Why your web designer is taking months (and how to get a wite in just 10 days)

You wanted to launch your website ten weeks ago? A year ago??? & now you're send follow-up emails into the abyss, wondering if this is just how it works? Or can't even get a decent designer on the phone?

This is common, unfortunately.

Why web designers take soooo long

Honestly it's not that websites are complicated (but they can be).

It's that most designers are running 4 or 15 projects at once, so yours gets touched for a few hours, then sits for days. Wait for feedback. Repeat.

Add in a "discovery phase" that takes two weeks before anything gets designed, and suddenly three months have evaporated and you're still looking at a half-finished homepage.

How long should a website take? For most businesses, a site with a focused designer should need 1 to 2 weeks, at most. Maybe a month if it's huge or complex.

Three months plus is not thoroughness, it's disorganization you're (over)paying for.

What fast actually looks like

At GOOSEHAUS, we've built our entire process around one idea: a great website shouldn't require you to put your business on hold.

Here's how our 10-day process works. Day 0: a call to discover your vision, and do a deep dive into what we'll do. Days 1-4: Initial concepts, homepage + 1 page being built. Days 4-6: Approval on direction so far, and continuation with work. Days 7-9: Completion of website, setting up the back end "techy" stuff. Day 10: Website goes live :)

The reason it works isn't magic. It's focus. Sprints, not juggling 30 clients.

Is it worth leaving your current web designer?

Only you can answer that. But, if you've been waiting for weeks and haven't seen a nice page, or you're doing more chasing than they are updating you, or your website just looks "meh" (last designed in 2013??) That's worth taking seriously.

Every week your site doesn't exist is a week you're not showing up in search, not capturing leads, not looking credible to people who are quietly Googling you right now.

If you're done waiting, we're ready to move. Is it time you finally built a site that represents your brand well?