Need Quote for a website?

Do you have graphics and content already? The site example you posted uses Joomla, a free open source content management system with 100's of free themes.

If you want a firm quote to develop something similar, you may get a better response at rentacoder.com, elance.com or scriptlance.com. Alternatively have a look at flippa.com, you may be able to pick up something ready-made that is close to what you want for less than $100.

I am currently offering free web designs to local businesses and they have to pay for the hosting. What basically happens is they choose one of my provided templates and provide data for it. If you've got the logo and content sorted you may be able to take this offer and simply pay for the hosting.

check out some templates at Web Design Services | Maddiction

Although if you want a dynamic website based on a cms such as wordpress or joomla depending on the work I can quote accordingly. Its obviously gonna be cheaper if I'm using free resources but custom designs and themes are obviously gonna be higher.

I don't usually offer web designs online and only do it offline but I thought if you are just wanting a basic website, you could use my free design offer

Hope it helps.

Maddi

Hi, this is Nicole from Rent a Coder. As Nick suggested (thank you Nick, our service is appropriate for hiring workers for this type of work.

I'd like to point out a few differences between our service and services like Elance and Scriptlance however, since those differences could influence the success of an outsourced project.

Selection of workers:

The more bids you receive, the more bargaining power and selection you have, and the less you have to pay. However, some sites make money for themselves in ways that reduce the # of bids you receive.

Elance workers can't make more than 10 bids a month unless they pay a subscription fee ($10/month for 20, $20/month for 40 or $40/month for 60). This could reduce the number of qualified bids you receive.

At Rentacoder, we do not place a bid limit on any of our workers for any reason.

Disputes/Arbitration:

Unfortunately, 10-20% of projects fail (and on some sites this # is higher). If your worker is a bum, it's important the site offers escrowing and arbitration so you are guaranteed to get your money back. However, some sites charge so much for arbitration or make it so time consuming that it becomes impractical.

Elance charges $66.66 or $133.33 for each arbitration, which may make it too expensive to be a legitimate option on your project. And its mandatory pre-arbitration processes allow an abusive worker to stall the start of arbitration (consequently preventing you from accessing your money for *weeks*... 21 business days in fact). Elance's arbitration process can be tricky too, with each part of the process elongated with 3 - 15 business days in-between. What can be particularly frustrating is that Elance doesn't publish the detailed rules of its arbitration process.

Scriptlance doesn't offer arbitration except in rare cases. Because the site doesn't publish its arbitration details, no one knows what those cases may be.

At Rentacoder, we offer arbitration on all projects free of charge and we test your deliverables to make sure they meet requirements. We also prevent abusive buyers from stalling an arbitration's start. In fact, 45% of our arbitrations are completed under a day and 75% of them are completed under a week. Even more, we show the public how our arbitrators make their decisions.

In addition, most of these types of sites let you pay a worker you have employed before by the hour, which is the most convenient and cheapest way. However, Scriptlance doesn't verify the worker's timecard is accurate. On Rent a Coder, workers must punch in and out of a timeclock, and you can see a continuous record of their webcam and desktop, so you know the time is accurate.

There are other differences as well. I invite everyone to compare the 7 major services through our site to learn even more.

If you have any questions, please let me know. You can also call in to talk to a facilitator 7 days a week, or email us.

Nicole

Hi,

Please check your PM for the samples and cost of our services. Thanks!