Free Tool Every Liverpool Must Check Before Hiring Web Designer
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You're shopping around for a new website. Maybe you've had a few quotes, looked at some portfolios, and you're trying to work out who actually knows what they're doing versus who's just good at talking a good game.
Here's the problem: most business owners have no way of knowing whether a web designer is any good until the project's finished. By then, you've already paid. And if the site's slow, clunky, or invisible on Google — well, tough luck.
But what if you could test a web designer's work before you hire them?
Check their homework
Every web designer has a website of their own. It's their shopfront. If they can't get their own site running properly, what chance has yours got?
That's why we built a free performance scanner. Punch in any URL — theirs, yours, your competitor's — and you'll see exactly how that site performs. No jargon, no sales pitch. Just the numbers.
What to look for
When you run a site through the scanner, you'll get scores across a few key areas. Here's what actually matters:
Speed matters more than you think. If a website takes more than three seconds to load, over half your visitors will leave before they see anything. That's not an opinion — it's what the data shows, consistently, across every industry. A slow website isn't just annoying. It's costing you enquiries.
Mobile performance is non-negotiable. Most people will find your business on their phone first. If the site looks wrong, loads slowly, or is fiddly to use on mobile, they're gone. They won't come back on desktop later to give it another go.
Google cares about this stuff. Site speed and mobile-friendliness directly affect where you show up in search results. A web designer who builds slow, bloated sites is actively hurting your visibility.
Use it on your own site too
If you've already got a website, run it through the scanner. You might be surprised.
Plenty of Liverpool businesses are sitting on sites that look fine but are haemorrhaging visitors because of technical problems they can't see. Slow hosting, oversized images, bloated page builders — none of this is obvious from the front end, but it all shows up in the numbers.
If your site scores poorly, that's useful information. It tells you what to prioritise — and gives you something concrete to talk about when you're getting quotes.
No strings attached
The scanner is genuinely free, takes about 15 seconds and you can use it as many times as you like.
Why give it away? Because we'd rather you came to us knowing exactly what you need, instead of having to explain why performance matters from scratch. It saves us both time.
Kaizen Web builds fast, reliable websites for Liverpool and Wirral businesses. If your scanner results raised some questions, get in touch — we're happy to talk through what they mean.