A lot of people in the US are excited about getting web design and development done on the cheap, especially during a recession. Many foreign companies offer $7 - $15 per hour. Is it too good to be true? It can be. Below are some of the pitfalls of a low, low price website and how you can avoid them. All technical projects begin with a set of requirements. Basically, requirements are the objectives that the project must meet. When you begin your web project, you will most likely be speaking with some type of Project Manager. That person will ask questions about your project. They are not trying to work with you to come up with a business solution, they do not wish to explore your business problems. They expect you to lay out the requirements and tell them exactly what you want. The difficulty here is that technical requirements require a certain level of technical expertise. Most people don’t have the experience to properly communicate technical requirements to a technical person. Thoroughly think through what you want to accomplish with your web project. An offshore company won’t act as a consultant and make suggestions. They will only give what you specifically asked for and nothing else. So you will need to do your own research, thoroughly think through your project and write out what you want your project to accomplish.