{"id":32,"date":"2021-07-06T10:10:33","date_gmt":"2021-07-06T10:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creaadesigns.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:37:24","slug":"whats-wrong-with-using-design-templates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creaadesigns.com\/blog\/whats-wrong-with-using-design-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s Wrong With Using Design Templates?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Design templates make it easy for entrepreneurs (who are non-designers) to take their businesses online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They eliminate the need to hunt for new talent or to pick up a complex skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can simply purchase a design template online, and Voila.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, by making it easy to enter digital markets, design templates do what the internet has done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They enhance equality of opportunity in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s a monumental accomplishment, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After all, equality of opportunity is an ideal that we\u2019ve strived towards for centuries and still do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even if you\u2019re not the biggest altruist out there, it\u2019s hard to overlook the wisdom here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The more individuals and groups innovate, the better things become for everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, for all the good that design templates do, they\u2019re not perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s venture into 5 reasons that\u2019s the case:-<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Design Templates Don\u2019t Scale Properly<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>When you\u2019re crunched for money or time, templates help you in setting up a workable website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, as your business grows, your website needs to grow as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, growth can manifest in the business world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The products\/services you offer may become manifold with time.<\/li><li>Your company\u2019s geographical influence may expand.<\/li><li>Your branding may need to strengthen to meet the needs of your industry.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How well do you think a standalone template would cope with such changes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not very well, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even the most customisation-friendly design templates would be incompatible with most of the growth scenarios we\u2019ve laid out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s why even though templates are a viable way to enter digital markets, they should be treated as a means to an end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019re a great launchpad, but don\u2019t mistake them for the rocketship itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design templates don\u2019t support conversion optimisation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019d be hard-pressed to find a business owner that doesn\u2019t want their website to garner conversions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, many shot-callers cannot consider the same when they jump the gun with design templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They underestimate the long-term influence of conversion optimization tactics and get seduced by the short-lived upside that templates offer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about it yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Design templates are prototypes meant to serve a myriad of businesses that share some broad similarities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They don\u2019t account for your businesses\u2019 specific needs, or the sales funnels you rely on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They\u2019re not designed to capitalise on the behavioural patterns of your typical customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Collecting conversion data with design templates is yet another hassle (when it isn\u2019t, the easy access to analytics comes at a premium).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, let\u2019s forget about all that for a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with all the data in the world, there\u2019s only so much that you can tweak about design templates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Custom websites practically have limitless conversion optimization potential.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design templates may look completely different when merged with your content<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When creating something new, design professionals try to work with as many real assets as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They know that even using basic \u2018Lorem Ipsum\u2019 placeholders can lead to poorly conceived last designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, when you\u2019re working with design templates, the option to visualise end-products beforehand goes right out of the window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When purchasing a template, you need to base your decision on a few generic mockups (or a standardised demo, if you\u2019re lucky).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When merged with your content, your chosen template may look nothing like the preview that prompted its purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you hit that wall, you\u2019re back to ground zero\u2026 with lesser time and fewer resources to get a custom website built.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design templates may cause technical issues and SEO woes<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Templates with cool effects and plentiful visuals are great to look at, but a nightmare for technical SEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They leave little to no room for optimising website speed, and may even be incompatible with relatively unpopular browsers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the design template you\u2019re using gets poorly coded, you may run into further troubles with&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/search\/blog\/2020\/03\/announcing-mobile-first-indexing-for\">Google\u2019s mobile-first indexing<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, it\u2019s fairly difficult for a non-technical person to scrutinise for such red flags when shopping for a template.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Without post-purchase support, the situation becomes even grimmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Granted that popular drag-and-drop website building tools like Wix and Squarespace offer immunity against most technical issues, they\u2019re costlier than most templates on the web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even with the extra cost, these alternatives don\u2019t offer as much control over SEO as custom websites do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Design templates make your brand look generic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, this one\u2019s pretty obvious, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A design template is, by definition, a one-size-fits-all solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, nothing is stopping other businesses from using the same (or a similar) template as yours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When enough businesses in one industry use similar design templates, it becomes really hard to tell them apart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, there are silver linings to this, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, familiar designs don\u2019t overwhelm visitors with new patterns and are easier to navigate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, from an usability perspective, using design templates isn\u2019t a crime at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, it\u2019s just as easy to imbibe familiar elements into custom designs, and still preserve uniqueness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The same, however, not as 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