Guides on Outsourcing Web Work
Short guides for agency owners who want web work done without doing it all themselves. Pick a topic below.
Each guide is written by Jeremy Kenerson, Founder and CEO at DeskTeam360, and every number names its source. DeskTeam360 has served 400+ clients since 2018, shows a 4.4 TrustScore on Trustpilot from 11 reviews as of September 2026, and has processed $2.5M+ through Stripe with 0 chargebacks.
Costs and pricing
What websites, redesigns, hosting and web help cost, and how agencies price web work.
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How Much Does a Website Cost? A Line-by-Line Breakdown
What a website costs in its first year: the build, a domain, hosting and upkeep, added up line by line, plus ecommerce costs.
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How Much Does It Cost to Design a Website?
What web designers and developers charge for a website, what a site costs per month, and how official wage numbers compare with a flat monthly team.
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How Much Does It Cost to Redesign a Website?
How to estimate what a website redesign costs from hours and rates, the hidden costs to plan for, and how per project, hourly and monthly compare.
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How Much Does It Cost to Host a Website?
What website hosting and a domain cost, what else it takes to run a site, and why the hosting account should be in your name.
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Web Design Pricing: What Agencies Charge and Why
How web design agencies price their work, what goes in a pricing package, how much to charge for a website, and how delivery cost shapes your margin.
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Freelance Web Developer Hourly Rates vs a Flat Monthly Team
What freelance and staff web developers earn per hour, what an hourly rate leaves out, and how hourly help compares with a flat monthly team.
Redesign and migration
Planning a redesign or a move without losing search traffic.
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Website Redesign: What It Involves and Who Should Do It
What a website redesign involves, when it's time for one, how to plan it, and who should do the work: your team, a hire, or an outside team.
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Website Migration: How to Move a Site Without Breaking It
What a website migration is, what migration services and agencies do, what it costs, and how to keep logins, hosting and rankings safe.
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How to Choose a Website Redesign Service
What a website redesign service includes, agency or company, what to ask before you sign, and how to choose who does the work.
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Website Redesign SEO: How to Keep Your Rankings
How to redesign a website without losing SEO: the baseline to save, the launch-day mistakes to avoid, and what to watch while rankings settle.
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Website Migration SEO Checklist
A website migration SEO checklist: what to do before, during and after a move so your pages, redirects and rankings come through.
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Website Redesign Project Plan Template
A website redesign project plan you can copy: the phases, who does what, what to decide before work starts, and how to keep the project moving.
WordPress and website maintenance
What maintenance and speed work include, and how agencies package them.
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Website Speed Optimization: What It Is and Who Should Do It
What website speed optimization means, why it matters, the main fixes for WordPress and Shopify sites, and who should do the work.
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What Is WordPress Maintenance, and Who Should Do It?
What WordPress maintenance includes, a weekly, monthly and quarterly checklist, how often to update, and what maintenance mode means.
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How to Choose a WordPress Maintenance Service
What WordPress maintenance services include, maintenance vs support, what they cost, and how to pick a company you can trust with your sites.
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Website Maintenance Packages: What to Include and What to Charge
What to put in a website maintenance package for any kind of site, how to set tiers, and published prices to check yours against.
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WordPress Maintenance Plans: What Agencies Should Offer
What a WordPress maintenance plan covers, what it leaves out, whether to do upkeep yourself, and how to white label it under your brand.
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How to Choose a Website Speed Optimization Service
What website speed optimization services do, what a WordPress speed service includes, and how to choose one for your clients' sites.
Hiring developers
How to hire a web, WordPress, remote or dedicated developer, and when to outsource instead.
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How to Hire Remote Developers Without the Usual Risks
How to hire remote developers, where to find them, how to manage them, and the paperwork and ownership rules that come with a remote contractor.
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How to Hire a Web Developer (and When to Outsource Instead)
How and where to hire a web developer, what it costs with employer taxes, and the signs that outsourcing fits better than a hire.
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How to Hire a Dedicated WordPress Developer
How to hire a dedicated WordPress developer: the WordPress skills to test, 8 questions to ask, and when to outsource WordPress work instead.
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How to Hire a Dedicated Developer, Step by Step
How to hire a dedicated developer step by step: remote or in-house, what it costs, the paperwork, and how a dedicated team compares.
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Outsourcing Developers: Models, Risks, and Costs
The pros and cons of outsourcing developers, the main pricing models, the risks to plan for, and how to make outsourcing work for a small agency.
Offshore, nearshore and dedicated teams
How outside team models differ and what each one means for a small agency.
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How to Choose a Nearshore Software Development Company
How to choose a nearshore software development company: where to find one, the nearshore-specific checks and questions, and how to run a paid trial.
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Nearshore vs Offshore: Which Fits a Small Agency?
Nearshore vs offshore for a small agency: what each means, which costs less, how many working hours overlap, and how to choose.
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What Is an Offshore Development Team?
What an offshore development team is, its main advantage, how to hire one, and what to look for so the same people keep working on your sites.
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What Is a Dedicated Development Team?
What a dedicated development team is, how it differs from fixed-price and hourly help, and when a small agency should use one.
White label and delegation
Reselling web work under your brand, and handing work off so you stop being the bottleneck.
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How to Delegate Tasks So You Stop Being the Bottleneck
How to delegate tasks well: what to hand off first, how to hand it over, and how managers and agency owners keep work moving without doing it all.
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White Label Web Development: How It Works for Agencies
How white label web development works for agencies: who does the work, how to price and mark it up, what the agreement should cover, and the risks.
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White Label WordPress Agencies: How to Pick One
What a white label WordPress agency does, what its development and maintenance services include, and how to pick one that keeps your brand in front.
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