Guide
How to choose a web designer in Mallorca
Nine questions worth asking before you commission a website, from me or from anyone else. The answers say more than a portfolio.
Published on October 6, 2026
Who will own the domain, the hosting and the code?
You. The domain and the hosting are registered in your name and with your email, and you receive the complete code when the work ends. If the provider registers them in their name, the day you want to change you depend on their goodwill to get them back.
Ask for it in writing before work starts, and keep the administrator access from day one.
What does the price include, and what does it not?
Ask for a written proposal with the scope, the price and the dates. What usually falls outside and ends up costing money: the copy, the photos, the translations, the domain, the certificate and the changes after launch.
Be wary of monthly fees that never end: stop paying and the website disappears. A monthly fee makes sense for maintenance, not for renting your own website.
Who is going to do the work?
In many agencies, the person who sells you the website is not the one who builds it. Ask who writes the code, who writes the copy and who answers if something breaks on a Saturday.
With a freelancer the answer is the same person for everything. It is slower when the project is huge, and more direct in everything else.
Which languages will it be in, and who writes the copy?
In Mallorca the usual set is Spanish, Catalan, English and German. A website in Spanish only leaves out a good part of the customers on the island.
Ask for each language to have its own address and for the copy to be checked by a person. Machine translation shows, and Google notices it too.
How fast will it be on an ordinary phone?
Most of your customers will see you on a phone, often with patchy coverage. Ask for a website they have built, open it on your phone on mobile data and count the seconds.
Templates with many plugins and visual page builders are usually behind slow websites. A custom website without dead weight loads in under a second.
What will they do so that it shows up on Google and on Google Maps?
The basics, and you have to ask for them: a title and a description per page, structured data, a page per service and per area, and a complete Google Business Profile linked to the website.
If someone guarantees you the first position on Google, that is your cue to leave. Nobody controls the search engine; what can be done is to leave the website ready and measure every month.
What about data protection and cookies?
The website needs a legal notice, a privacy policy and forms that ask only for what is necessary. It is your name on those texts, so ask for them to be included.
The cookie banner is not compulsory: it is the consequence of installing trackers. Without invasive analytics or advertising pixels, the website needs no banner and loads faster.
What happens after launch?
A website needs backups, security updates and seasonal changes. Ask what maintenance costs, what it includes and whether you can stop whenever you want.
And ask what happens if you do not take maintenance: the website must still be yours and keep working.
Can I see their websites running?
Ask for real addresses, not screenshots. Visit them, test the speed on your phone, switch language and search for the business on Google to see whether it shows up.
If they can give you a client's phone number, better still. Two minutes on the phone count more than any presentation.
If you want to ask me these questions, the first meeting is free and at your business.Get a quote →