Having your own content management system

If you are in the web design and development industry then you may consider having your own content management systems. Many web development companies say that off the shelf content management systems simply do not always offer the flexibility they need and that they find them hard to work with. With this in mind, many of these companies go on to develop their own content management system. The beauty of this is you can build it how you want and add to it as and when needed. You will own the licensing for it and are able to lease the use of it to your customers.

The downside of this is that you will be solely responsible for maintaining it and ensuring that it is secure and updated regularly. This can be a huge responsibility and one which some agencies simply do not want to have. There will also be a large upfront cost to the business of developing the software, but this will be recouped over time.

If you are finding that the off the shelf content management systems such as WordPress simply are not doing the job for your clients, then it may be the time to start looking into other options.