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Building BIG sites

by fudomyo
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Hey Guys,

I've got a neat idea I want to explore and it would include building a large website. It would be a long the lines of something like the social network sites, facebook, twitter, etc...

My question is, what does it take to build one. Where do you look for companies who can do that?

Thanks for the help,
Jerry
#big #building #sites
  • Profile picture of the author Daniel Rickfold
    well you need money
    lots of it
    you need a team, actually multiple teams of expert programmers
    you need a team of lawyers
    you need a datacenter, or maybe many servers with a large, very large bandwidth
    then hmmm... you need people, so you'll probably have to advertise
    so you also need a team of marketers, consultants, etc
    because first of all you would need to do BRANDING, which would require a lot of money

    I would say that you wouldn't have any money in the begining, so the profits will be on MINUS for a year until you can start offering advertising or something
    so you need to hang in there until you get substantial traffic to compel advertisers to come buy adspace from you
    all while you are using money from your own pocket

    so maybe on a low budget you would need 1-2 mil $

    that's how I see it
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  • Profile picture of the author Peter Jones
    This is a great post but I am surprised you did not get much response. I would advise you to draw up a business plan before you proceed with this project. The cost of this project may outperform your budget. One of the things you could do is simply start small, using a content management system and then gradually expand as you get more traffic and visitors. Qondio is a good example and I am sure this is something you want to achieve, have you tried contacting any of these companies to get some advice? Its probably a good way forward.
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  • Profile picture of the author affilorama-portal
    Originally Posted by Peter Jones

    one of the things you could do is simply start small
    That's right. No use allocating resources to things that you do not yet need. Focus on the basics for now, the things that you absolutely must have to start implementing your plans. Then expand/upgrade as needed.
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