The web development market in Bangladesh spans everything from serious engineering teams to a single freelancer reselling a template with a new logo. Price alone will not tell you which one you are hiring. These six questions will — apply them to us exactly as you would to anyone else on your shortlist.
Six questions to ask
Who exactly is on my project, and where are they?
Get names and roles, not just "our team." A common pattern in this market is a single point of contact who subcontracts the actual build to freelancers you never meet — fine if disclosed, a problem if hidden. Ask directly whether the work is in-house or subcontracted.
Can I see a live project you built, not just a screenshot?
Screenshots can be mockups that were never deployed. Ask for a live URL you can click through — real navigation, real forms, real load time — and check it yourself on a mobile phone, not just their laptop demo.
What is the fixed scope, and what counts as a change request?
Get the deliverable list in writing before paying anything. Vague scopes ("a modern website with good features") are how "final" invoices balloon — every addition after signing should be a disclosed, priced change, not an assumed freebie or a surprise fee.
Will I own the domain, hosting, and code after handover?
This is the single most consequential question in this market. Some agencies register your domain in their own account "for convenience" — which means your business is hostage to that agency staying in business and staying friendly. Confirm in writing that everything transfers to accounts you control.
What happens if there is a bug two months after launch?
Ask specifically what is covered post-launch and for how long, versus what becomes a paid support ticket. A vendor with no answer here either has not thought about it, or plans to charge for their own mistakes.
Can you show a project that did NOT go perfectly, and what you did?
Every real agency has had a project slip or a scope misunderstanding. A vendor who claims zero problems ever is either lying or has not shipped enough real projects to have hit one yet. How they handled the bad one tells you more than any highlight reel.
Six red flags
- A quote with no written scope — just a price and a vague feature list
- Full payment requested upfront, before any work is visible
- Domain or hosting registered in the agency's name, not yours
- No fixed timeline, or a timeline with no milestones to check progress against
- Portfolio links that are dead, redirect elsewhere, or clearly are not live production sites
- Pressure to sign the same day, with "this price is only available today"
See how we answer these ourselves
Read our named team page, browse live case studies with real client sites you can click through, or see our written process on every service page — the same standard this article asks you to hold any vendor to.