Compared to the web development companies in USA, Indian web development companies offer a more affordable rate. However, despite cost effective and efficient services, many business owners hesitate to outsource their projects.

Its true that when you don't consider the factors related to outsourcing, your may give your project to a fraud website development company. If you are planning to reap the benefits of outsourcing, then here are some tips that will help you manage the offshore cooperation.

1. People- The business development officers of a web development company do not handle the projects for you; their team of developers does that. When you outsource your project, the service provider may tell you that they have the best programmers and state of the art infrastructure, but you need to select the right person for your projects to ensure success.

Make sure that you have the freedom to choose your team members and discuss with them directly about your requirements. You should develop a recruitment process as well with your service provider and take the interviews to recruit experienced web developers for your projects.

2. Process- There must be a common understanding between you and the overseas web development company regarding the work procedure. As an outsourcer, you should use a written document to clearly mention how the projects will be handled.

Some of the important things this document should have are: how long a project will take? Who will be responsible for designing and coding? If the projects does not meet deadline, how much fine you can charge? How you two will communicate? (via video call or email or phone), the coding standard, technical support after project completion, payment process (at once or installment) and payment method (cheque or PayPal) etc.

3. Preparation- Outsourcing can only be successful when both parties communicate and trust each other. Give enough time to establish a solid environment of cooperation. Meet executives of your offshore service provider, discuss your work procedure, select a number of web developers to create a dedicated team and write a legal contract. Both of you must have an understanding to face the challenges during the actual website development process and work cohesively.

4. Profit- Before you hire a web development company, do your math. You are outsourcing your project to make more profit. Outsourcing is not just about cost cutting. Ask your service provider how they can help you earn more profit. A good web development company will suggest you a number of ways to make more profit. For instance, if you outsource a large website development project, they may offer you SEO service at a discounted rate.

5. Performance- You should measure the performance of your team time to time. Check their productivity, quality and personal skills. Apart form the performance of the team, you should evaluate each team members' performance as well, and if you find someone is not performing up to the mark, remove him from your team.

Outsourcing a web development project and hiring an offshore web programming company is not risky, if you tread carefully. When you follow these guidelines, you can establish a strong cooperation with your service provider and increase your profit margin.