1. Most templates have hidden scripts that acknowledge web designers and builders.
2. Very little customization is allowed.
3. Many web templates have some code that is not search engine friendly.
4. Would you want to see your exact design at another website?
5. Website templates show little creativity and are usually implemented with little or no thought to what customers really want.
6. Templates when modified can take extra time to repair and can get those crazy gray screen  run time errors.
7. While we use templates as guides and think that they have value we design all our sites from scratch, no two sites are alike.
8. Time to build a website with template, 2 minutes.  Time to do it right with a custom site focusing on customer requirements worth it!
9. For a professional web designer creating a new site takes no longer.
10. Templates are easily spotted -- showing a quick kick approaches to the site development.
11. Specialized code for statistical counters still has to be added to the site and placed in their proper position.