How to choose a web development company in Sri Lanka
Most website projects that go wrong do so for predictable reasons: a vague scope, a portfolio that does not match the brief, or a studio that is hard to reach once the site is live. These questions help you check for all three before you sign anything.
Ask to see work like yours
A polished portfolio proves a studio can design. It does not prove they can build what you need. If you need an online store, ask for a store they built and try the checkout. If you need user accounts or bookings, ask for a live example and who maintains it today.
Ask what is in the price
Get the scope in writing: the number of pages, the features, help with content, hosting, and how many rounds of changes are included. Two quotes that differ by half usually differ in what they leave out. Ask what happens when you want something outside the scope, and how it is priced.
Check who owns the site
You should own your domain name, your hosting account and your content from day one. Ask whether you receive the source code and all logins at handover. A studio that keeps them is a studio you cannot leave.
Look at speed on a mobile connection
Most visitors in Sri Lanka browse on phones, often on mobile data. Open the studio's own site and a few of their client sites on your phone. If a page takes many seconds to appear, yours will too.
Ask how search is handled
Good search performance is built in: clean page structure, sensible titles, fast loading and correct metadata. Be cautious of anyone who promises a first-page ranking. Nobody controls that, and the honest answer is a description of what they will do to give you the best chance.
Ask about local needs
If your customers pay online, check that the studio has integrated a local payment gateway such as PayHere before. If you need Sinhala or Tamil pages, ask how they handle fonts and layout. If you want the site to talk to your accounting or stock software, ask for an example of a similar integration.
Ask what happens after launch
Websites need updates, security patches and small changes. Ask what support is included, how you reach someone, and how quickly they respond. A short written support agreement is far better than an informal promise.
At Praxis we write the scope down, quote a range in rupees, and hand over everything you own. If you want to see what that looks like for your project, the estimate questionnaire takes about ten minutes.