Is it always a good idea to use outsource webmasters?

Asian webmasters are very popular to use right now but is it always a good idea to use outsource webmasters?
No it is not for some work you really need the webmaster with the same background and education level as you. I am not telling you that Asian webmasters for example are worse then Western I just saying they think in a different way.

For example Asian people are very often used to copy what you say to them or do what they are told rather then think for themselves. If you ask them to copy something and make it look like your site, you might end up with other names and phone numbers then your own because the webmaster just copy the hole thing.

Another scenario is they will work for 1 month with the script or site and you wasted your time and they you think wasted yours. Everything in the script looks great then you sees that the difficult part is not done and when you ask them about that they just vanish.

Do not use freelancers for upgrades

Do not plan to use a freelancing webmaster for long term they are often snapped away by other companies and can not upgrade your products. If you want to make a script or site make sure you make it easy for other webmaster to upgrade.
A even worse scenario is that you give the pass and log in to a for you total stranger and he will take all your email addresses from your forum for example.

Double check with other webmasters

If you have doubt about the quality of the site hire webmasters with god reputation and pay those to check the work before you pay the freelancer. It will save you time and money as well. You can also give some of the code to some other webmaster in some forum you know just ask him to take a look at it.

Let them fight for the money

If you have big budgets make a contest in you favorite webmaster forum or blog and ask people to send in work to you. Let them fight for your money and you will get very good results.

If you have similar experience with Western webmaster from a Asian perspective let me know.

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