Many people don’t want to admit it, but they judge a book by its cover. The same thing happens when visiting a website. You can probably think of a time or two when you’ve visited a website, cringed looking at it and left. People want to see new things and when visiting a website that is clearly out of date or with no effort put into it, the wrong impression may be given. Having a website and keeping it updated shows customers that you are willing to invest in your company. If you are not willing to invest in your company, then why would a customer want to invest in you and your business.
Odds are your competition has a website. If they are online and you are not, then you are already behind the competition. Being competitive is hard when your competition is the first thing customers see when they are searching the web. If you do have a website, but it’s not as professional and updated as your competition, as stated previously, customers may be willing to switch to the competition. On the other hand, if you have a website and your competition doesn’t, then you have a better chance at gaining customers.