How to Choose a Website Redesign Service
Last updated . Outside sources were checked October 1, 2026, and DeskTeam360's details on September 25, 2026.
A website redesign service plans, builds, and launches a new version of your site, and a good one sets up redirects so your search traffic carries over. To choose one, compare how they price the work, who owns what they build, whose name the hosting and logins are in, how many rounds of changes you get, and who looks after the site once it's live. Then check the quote for the red flags listed below.
This page is a plain reading of the rules. It isn't legal or tax advice.
What does a website redesign service include?
A redesign service usually covers the whole job, from reviewing the old site to launching the new one. Check that a quote names each of these:
- A review of the current site: what works, what breaks, and every page address.
- A page plan: which pages stay, merge, or go, and each one's new address.
- Design and build of the new pages, on a test copy.
- Moving the content: text, images, posts, and products.
- Redirects from old addresses to new ones. Google recommends permanent 301 or 308 redirects.
- Testing of forms, links, and phone layouts before launch.
- Launch and follow-up, with redirects kept for at least a year, as Google advises.
- Care after launch, if it's offered: updates, backups, and fixes.
DeskTeam360's web work, for example, runs from a quick homepage update to a full website rebuild, and its plans include website maintenance after launch. Not sure you need a full redesign? See website redesign.
Website redesign agency or company: which do you need?
In practice, a redesign agency and a redesign company do the same job: a business redesigns your site for you. The label matters less than how they work. Ask who does the work, how they price it, and what you own when it's done.
Outside web help tends to come with one of three price tags: a set price for the project, an hourly rate, or a dedicated team, according to Codeable and Devox Software. A flat monthly rate is a fourth option. As of September 2026, DeskTeam360's published prices are $1,497, $2,994, or $4,491 a month, for 1, 2, or 3 tasks at a time. For what a redesign costs, see website redesign cost.
To talk through a redesign with a team that also handles the web work after launch, you can book a call with DeskTeam360.
The button opens DeskTeam360's Book a Call page.
How do you choose a web design agency?
Choose the one that shows how it will build the site, move your pages with redirects, and leave you owning the work. Looks matter, but so do your page addresses and your accounts. Use this table when you compare quotes.
| What to compare | What to ask | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Past work | Can I see a site you rebuilt, and talk to that client? | Shows how they work, not only how the site looks |
| Redirects | How will you handle redirects for pages that move? | Google recommends permanent 301 or 308 redirects. See website redesign SEO |
| Pricing model | One project price, hourly, or a dedicated team? | Each one handles changes to the scope differently |
| Ownership of the work | Will we sign a written agreement that the work is mine? | Put who owns the work in writing before it starts. See who owns the work |
| Hosting and logins | Are the domain, hosting, and every login in my name? | A provider that holds them can lock you out. See what happened in the website migration guide |
| Rounds of changes | How many rounds of changes are included? | Extra rounds can cost extra. DeskTeam360 includes unlimited revisions on every plan |
| Contract terms | Am I locked in? | DeskTeam360 plans have no contract and run month to month, so you can cancel whenever you choose |
| After launch | Who updates, backs up, and fixes the site? | Older WordPress versions don't get security updates |
What are the red flags in a redesign quote?
Red flags include no redirect plan, no written ownership, and hosting in the provider's name. Watch for these:
- No redirect plan. The quote doesn't say how old page addresses will point to new ones.
- No named owner of the work. Nothing says the finished site is yours.
- Hosting or the domain in the provider's name. You'd need their help to make any change.
- No testing step. Nothing about checking forms, links, and phones before launch.
- No care after launch. No word on updates, backups, or fixes once the site is live.
- A vague scope. Pages, features, and rounds of changes aren't listed.
- No past client you can talk to.
Duct Tape Marketing, a marketing agency for small businesses, had spent two years with another firm on a similar model and wasn't happy with the results. They found DeskTeam360 on Google and spoke with others before they chose. Now DeskTeam360's team takes their websites from design through build to launch, along with page updates for their monthly clients.
"We’re Getting Better Quality & Faster Turnaround Times At A Lower Monthly Cost Than Our Previous Provider."
Sarah Nay, Duct Tape Marketing
More on redesign and migration
If you want one team for the redesign and the web work after it, book a call. The contact page lists every way to reach DeskTeam360.
The button opens DeskTeam360's Book a Call page.
Sources
- Google Search Central, "Site moves with URL changes"
- Google Search Central, "Redirects and Google Search"
- WordPress.org, "Hardening WordPress"
- Codeable, "Outsource web development" and Devox Software, "Outsource web development"
- DeskTeam360, home page and prices (deskteam360.com), web design and development (deskteam360.com/services/web-design-development), website maintenance (deskteam360.com/services/website-maintenance) and terms (deskteam360.com/terms-conditions)
- DeskTeam360 case study, Duct Tape Marketing (deskteam360.com/case-studies/see-how-duct-tape-marketing-was-able-to-get-better-quality-projects-done-faster-and-less-expensive-than-their-previous-provider)
- DeskTeam360 case study, Lemonade Legend (deskteam360.com/case-studies/deskteam360-was-able-to-help-lemonade-legend-recover-hijacked-website-from-previous-provider)
All checked September 25 or October 1, 2026.
What changed
- October 1, 2026: First version of this page.
- October 1, 2026: Added red flags in a quote and a past-work check. Removed the redesign timeline question, since no reliable source gives one.