Unprofessional behavior

There is an interesting blog post at Smart Company on unprofessional web developer behavior.

“…needless to say, the design was messy, the e-commerce section (which we repeatedly said we did not want to go live yet) was incomplete as customers could not see prices next to items displayed, and to make matters worse, she held off removing inappropriate/incomplete material until we paid. We both felt that asking for the total of $9000 for a website that was incomplete and which we did not approve was not rational.”

It gets better:

“…I looked up our business name on Google and it led to her web design company and under our profile in her list of projects she states that the client (that would be us) “has been taken off line for their inability to pay their bills on time”.”

Unfortunately it’s an all to common occurrence for unprofessional web designers/developers to taint the online experience for the client. Many of the problems listed in the post could have been avoided by:

1. Agreeing on the scope of the project before work commences
2. Agreeing on the costs before work commences
3. The web developer behaving in a professional manner

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