Fed up with crap outsourcers

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I just finished another contract from odesk with an outsourcer that said he was an expert wordpress guy and he knew how to set-up membership sites. When it came to it he only knew the basics. He wasted time, didn't do 75% of the work on the list and I might as well of given him my money and said go spend it on some ladies! I know its my fault for not interviewing him properly. Lesson learnt you could say!!

I need help. I am looking for a reliable web guy that knows wordpress and all the stuff that surrounds it. Like installing Amazon s3 with flv players and creating a good user experience. I would like someone that can help me translate the stuff in my head, bounce ideas arround and convert them to reality and tell me that could or couldn't work. If you are that person or know someone like that, I would really appreciate it if you could make yourself known to me as we could have a successful business relationship.
#crap #fed #outsourcers #webmaster wanted
  • Profile picture of the author Andrew S
    I've learned that you get what you pay for on odesk. It sounds like you have a lot of requirements, you should hire someone with talent if you want excellent results.
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  • Profile picture of the author zaco
    I hired a guy from Odesk and he did a really great job, if you want I can give you his skype and you can talk to him and see if he can do it, I am happy with what he designed for me , he provided support even after I paid and we finished the project and I still ask him questions , I am not affiliated with him let me know if u want his skype
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  • Profile picture of the author money fan
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    There are alot of people like that... believe me i know
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    How bout just buying profitstheme dap wishlist or one of the other software, I use profitstheme but wish I would of went with dap. I bought s3mediavault from Ravi (I think that is his name.) and he is fantastic, very understanding, help me with everything. Dap has that included in it so you don't have to worry about amazon s3, just upload your videos to amazon s3 and put one short code on the page. Plays just fine.

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    Although I would like to outsource some of this work I'm doing on my new membership site, I can not find a worker who knows profitstheme and the learning curve is a little high.
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  • Profile picture of the author Suthan M
    There are a lot of talented people out there, including in Odesk. And normally, talented people don't come cheap. Looks like what you had in mind were some custom stuffs that might not be in the area of expertise of the beginner freelancers.

    My question would be- were your remuneration equal to the job scope you had in mind? They say: when you pay peanuts, you get monkeys.
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  • Profile picture of the author Troy_Phillips
    Most, not all, Odesk level programers are going to use as much open source as possible and in two weeks time a hacker will be sitting on your domain.

    I gave $700 for a php type membership/affiliate site .. never have had to worry about it since.
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  • Profile picture of the author MakeMoneyJames
    Originally Posted by jamesbondsmate View Post

    I know its my fault for not interviewing him properly. Lesson learnt you could say!!
    Warriors for hire as someone mentioned could work better for you.

    Don't blame the "crap outsourcer". You already know its your fault for not interviewing him properly. You could probably get someone like that for like $2-$3 (possibly less).
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  • Profile picture of the author hustlinsmoke
    I have quite a few Odesk workers that are excellent. My choice is this. Scriptlance first, then Odesk then vworker. I get the lowest quality with vworker so I put all my testing stuff there.
    I always add to my projects. Until Im satisfied and leave very open statements.
    Which reminds me I was consulting for a guy who wanted a review site built for Salons. The poor programmer was pretty new. He built the site for like 500 and the site sold for five grand out of the box.
    Plus I still have the review script with full rights.
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  • Profile picture of the author jamesbondsmate
    I too have hired some awesome guys from fiverr and odesk before. Thanks very much for all of your suggestions.
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