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@NogDogNov 30.2015 — #Well, I'm not the best one to ask, as I work as a server-side specialist for a dot.com.
As in any business, it's supply and demand. You need to be able to supply something that others are demanding at a mutually agreeable price. That's where sales and marketing come in: convincing customers you have something they need. Therefore, to compete with the automated tools, you need to answer the question, "What can you give me that the tools don't?"
It could simply be the convenience and sense of security you could provide by helping non-technical customers get web sites up with minimum of fuss for them. Or perhaps you can provide some of the latest JavaScript eye candy to improve the user experience that the automated tools don't do. Or maybe you can get good at how to integrate single sign-ons with popular CMS packages, on-line store packages, and payment gateways to help build more complex sites. But, if all you can provide is throwing up some nice-looking, static HTML pages on a web server, competition could be tough. (I'm not claiming that's you, since I have no idea what your skill set includes.)
How do you compete against free?
I’m new to the forum. I registered to try to find a discussion on how other Web developers compete for new business against free DIY Web design services Wix, Webs.com, and Weebly (as well as dot.tk for free domains and use free hosting at hostinger.in). Are most of you in the business of building Websites for clients? How do compete against free or nearly so?
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@NogDogNov 30.2015 — #As in any business, it's supply and demand. You need to be able to supply something that others are demanding at a mutually agreeable price. That's where sales and marketing come in: convincing customers you have something they need. Therefore, to compete with the automated tools, you need to answer the question, "What can you give me that the tools don't?"
It could simply be the convenience and sense of security you could provide by helping non-technical customers get web sites up with minimum of fuss for them. Or perhaps you can provide some of the latest JavaScript eye candy to improve the user experience that the automated tools don't do. Or maybe you can get good at how to integrate single sign-ons with popular CMS packages, on-line store packages, and payment gateways to help build more complex sites. But, if all you can provide is throwing up some nice-looking, static HTML pages on a web server, competition could be tough. (I'm not claiming that's you, since I have no idea what your skill set includes.)