Designing
websites is legitimate way to make money online. Website designing can
be very
profitable. There are designers making $5000 a month or more which is a
handsome sum of money anywhere in the world.
If you think it requires a lot of
experience to be a web designer your are wrong. You can start your own
business
even if you know a little bit about web
design. There is a huge number of websites started each day in the
world, which offers an excellent opportunity for web designers around
the world to find a job
and earn a living. Today you can hardly find any company that does not
have a
web presence. Having a website for
businesses is very important and there is money to be made for those
that can
get the job done. Apart from designing a new website from scratch
there
are also many requests for redesign of existing websites. There are
companies
that have built their websites for cheap or even themselves some time
ago and
now when they have grown and have more money, they are ready to spend a
good
amount of money for a professionally built website.
How to get
started designing websites
To start
making money online designing websites you will need three things:
- A computer hardware, which is understandable because you cant work without a computer.
- Adequate software for designing website
- Necessary knowledge in designing websites such as HTML, Dreamweaver, CSS. You find lots of books covering this topic on Amazon. However, a good thing is you can find lessons and tutorials online, many of them free. You can find check out these sites for free lessons on web design: Develpphp, w3schools, webtrainings, FreeVideoLectures, WikiversityWebDesign, Hypergurl, Monstertut, HTML Writers Guild.
Where to
find clients.
There are
thousands of websites that are being started every day and probably just as
many needing a redesign which opens many job opportunities for web designers.
You can find web design jobs posted online on following sites:
- Freelance websites such as Odesk, Freelancer, Elance, DoNanza. There are lots of new jobs posted on freelance sites, many of them for web designers. Freelance websites are excellent for web designer that are just starting their business. Freelance websites work that way that employers post a job with their requirements and the timeframe in which the job must be finished ,and then freelance web designers bid on this projects and the employer chooses one of them to do the job. After the job is finished the employer pays the freelancer and also gives feedback and rates the freelancer for the job they finished. Having good ratings is very important. A web designer with good rating can hope to find jobs in the future much easier than the one with bad ratings.
- Take part in design contests. You can join sites like 99designs and DesignCrowd and take part in design contests. Participating in design contests is also a good thing for web designer who are starting out. By participating in design contests they get to test their skills against many other designers and learn new things. Customers post contest on these sites and designers submit their work. The customers choose the best design and the winner receives the reward. If you are a winner you can win hundreds, even thousands of dollars.
- Start you own website. Having your own website is the best way to connect with your potential clients. First of all you need to register your own domain, the best are .com domains. Registering your own domain will cost you about $10. The next thing is finding a reputable web hosting company, this will cost you additional few dollars a month. The critical step is designing your web site. Since you are web designer, your own website is the best opportunity to showcase your skills and creativity, so take your time and do your best in designing your web site.
Working online as a web designer is a legitimate
work from home opportunity. There are large number of web designers world wide
that earn a decent living working from their own homes. Being successful web
designer will require hard work, creativity and continuous learning.
