Artists and people in general should always be very careful when hiring companies from overseas for services online. It’s particularly important when you’re looking for help with costly projects such as building websites.

There’s been much written about the challenges of hiring companies in India for website and software development. Some of the common problems include:

1. Lack of Quality Control: When companies pay developers around $1 per hour and they work 10-12 hours a day, the quality of the work goes out the window. The challenge is finding a company with senior programmers and project managers to oversea the quality aspect. Unfortunately, great Indian web development companies are few and far between, as remote work has resulted in many scam artists with no repercussions when your projects fall through.
2. “Yes” Culture: Indian companies will say “yes” to any project even if they really mean “maybe” or “I don’t know.” They’ll agree to the job even though they’re not capable of doing it.
3. Difficulty Meeting Deadlines and Taking Responsibility: In the U.S. deadlines are strictly followed, but in India they are just guidelines and never really followed. They’ll give you many excuses as to why they didn’t meet the deadline, and they’ll never take responsibility for it.

Other commons problems include: bait and switch, frequent disruptions and inability to make decisions.

One other important point- don’t be fooled by the positive reviews you see for these companies. They manufacture and generate their own reviews. So, you can’t trust reviews that appear to come from genuine customers. Ironically, a prime example of many of the above mentioned problems with Indian web developers was experienced by local artists and was brought to our attention. They hired Dean Infotech for a big project and were promised that the project could be delivered. After two and a half years they could not deliver a satisfactory outcome and took zero responsibility for it. After several meetings with the director of the company, Ankit Aggarwal, they were left with total failure. So, don’t be fooled by assurances, testimonials and great reviews.

When seeking out an overseas developer for your project, you may be est off paying a U.S. company the extra money. Don’t waste your time with scam artists who cannot deliver an acceptable final product.