$200 For Duda Mobile Membership

goindeep · 4th May 2012, 12:28 AM

A mate of mine who has just started his IT business wants to begin offering mobile sites via duda mobile's plan.

Duda has a pretty sweet system from what I have seen. Im just wondering if anyone has any direct experience with them an dcan give us some honest feedback.

So far we have noted that they only supply the source code and any further developments would need to be done by ourselves which is fine from our point of view.

raycowie · 5th May 2012, 02:28 AM

As far as I could tell (and it may have changed), Duda takes content straight from the site you're making a mobile site for. The trouble with this is if the site is flash based it won't work on mobile devices, so you'd have to go through it and remove any flash products yourself.

You might as well just build your own, in that case.

ish · 5th May 2012, 07:58 AM

I use duda myself...it's very good and the support is excellent.

Me being a newbie when it comes to building mobile sites, I asked alot of questions and they typically respond within 24 hours.

And the duda team are constantly upgrading their site building tools to make it faster and easier to build sites.

Yes some sites with flash and javascript wont convert well with duda, but you can easily create a site using their blank templates.

Hope that helps

WillR · 9th May 2012, 07:42 PM

The point is a mobile site should not always just have the same content as a standard website. The content should be tailored to mobile users and prioritized in a way that the information important to mobile users can be quickly and easily found.

midasman09 · 9th May 2012, 08:15 PM

I send emails to restaurant owners in Resort Towns and use a "Subject" line; "You Are Losing BIG Money!"

Then in the body I explain that hundreds of HUNGRY Tourists/Travelers are checking into hotels in their area, every day. They ALL carry some kind of Mobile Device and....when they look for places to eat....I can show you what they see when they click on YOUR restaurant.

Just send me a Reply message, "Yes! I'd like to see what my website looks like on Mobile Devices...at NO obligation!"...and I'll send it to you!

When I receive a Reply....I use a Site Emulator/Simulator to bring up their site....make a copy with Snag-It and send it over. Then I either send a Duda Mock-Up or a neat little piece of software that creates a "Before & After" Mock-Up! Very Impressive.

Don Alm

martbost · 11th May 2012, 05:00 PM

My associates and I use the Dudamobile Reseller package and it works out perfectly for mobile websites. We use SignalHQ for our Mobile Marketing components and Mark Helton's Video Prospector Pro to send out the Video Sales Letters for Mobile every day.

I can tell you that the support with Dudamobile is top notch and the features are being enhanced every week.

RyanJ · 12th May 2012, 06:21 PM

I use Duda Mobile as well. I agree with the rest of them. They have been great and very responsive so far. I usually just create a completely blank Wordpress domain on a .mobi. Then I forward the user to it with a script that detects mobile phones. This also gives me a blank canvas to create the site.

Duda has a "feature" that when you update the main non-mobile site it will update the mobile site as well. Great in theory but from my experience it doesn't work very well. Especially when you add or remove pages. That is the main reason I create the .mobi.

Jolia · 12th May 2012, 06:25 PM

I use DudaMobile as well and think it's the neatest thing. It literally does build a mobile site in seconds. You can always fine tune it later, but after the experience of using other softwares to build mobile sites, this one rocks! I highly recommend it.

Kevin Z · 12th May 2012, 07:43 PM

IMO Duda is for newbies and DIY. Personally I don't think your clients would like it if they found out you were charging thousands for a mobile site that they could have done themselves in 5 minutes. I agree with WillR that mobile content should be unique for the mobile experience and not just auto scrapped from a desktop site.

djff · 15th May 2012, 09:18 PM

Duda charge a fee of $199 per year, plus you have to pay 6 bucks a month for every site you create. What´s the deal here?

StevenDelong · 20th Jun 2012, 08:33 AM

Duda is very nice! I use it and it makes life easier. You can alter the data if you need for those you say you need to change the info on the site to make it different. I use it for my clients and it's fantastic. They are always offering updates and tutorials that help along the way.

Good luck either way.

MdJones · 20th Jun 2012, 10:26 AM

We used Duda awhile ago, then dropped it when they started charging $200. For $200 and $6mo per site, didnt seem worth it when we could make our own. Also, besides the flash sites not working, our experience was painful, mostly because whenever our client updated their site, it destroyed the mobile site we made. It was way more difficult maintaining in the end.

marketwarrior06 · 20th Jun 2012, 11:00 AM

I am not directly related to mobile website marketing. but i have heard about duda and without any doubt that is one of the best option for mobile website selling. So you can proceed without any hesitation.

Jay Rhome · 20th Jun 2012, 03:57 PM

IMO you can use these types of "instant mobile site generators" when trying to get a prospect interested, as you can do a mockup in a few seconds. I then use the image of the mockup only. Because if the prospects are interested, then build it/have it built, and host it yourself.

beeswarn · 20th Jun 2012, 06:45 PM

These advertising plugs in the form of posts for DudaMobile are really becoming a nuisance.

ronr · 20th Jun 2012, 08:26 PM

I started using Duda but after they raised their prices I wondered if they would continue to raise it and found other ways to build the sites. Besides I'm leery about getting a lot of customers on a system I have no control of in case something happens.

They are great for quick mocks ups though if the site is not flash. Just let it do it's thing, make minor changes if necessary (shouldn't take more than 5 minutes). then take a screen shot of the home page.

Ron

beeswarn · 20th Jun 2012, 08:39 PM

Don't forget that after they take your money, Duda uses it to compete against you. They are offering your prospects free websites for a year, with Google's imprimatur on it right now.

Here's a link to their current offer, and there are more all over the web. Get Started

SirThomas · 20th Jun 2012, 10:28 PM

Don't they allow you to create a sample site that you can show to your client, before you pay anything? If I remember, you could also temporarily "eliminate" the ad at the bottom...

Thomas

ronr · 20th Jun 2012, 10:56 PM

yep they do

Originally Posted by SirThomas

Don't they allow you to create a sample site that you can show to your client, before you pay anything? If I remember, you could also temporarily "eliminate" the ad at the bottom...

Thomas

MaxwellB · 21st Jun 2012, 10:22 AM

I use dudamobile to make mobile websites and love it.

As I've said before, they are in a partnership with Google, ATT, and Yahoo and several turnkey website companies like webs.com and are venture capital backed.

I honestly doubt they are going anywhere soon.

Especially due to their reseller program.

alfid · 21st Jun 2012, 10:59 AM

Duda is a bit pricey. However, if it does what I need to do quicker then it might be worth the cost. I am reviewing the info about it right now.

austarsolar · 25th Jun 2012, 03:06 AM

These advertising plugs in the form of posts for Dude Mobile are really becoming a nuisance.

star007 · 25th Jun 2012, 09:07 AM

Guys,
Thanks for the comments about Duda. I am interested in offering mobile website services and Dudba seems to be a good option for someone new who doesn't have a lot of money or programming expertise.

chart3 · 1st Jul 2012, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by midasman09

I send emails to restaurant owners in Resort Towns and use a "Subject" line; "You Are Losing BIG Money!"

Then in the body I explain that hundreds of HUNGRY Tourists/Travelers are checking into hotels in their area, every day. They ALL carry some kind of Mobile Device and....when they look for places to eat....I can show you what they see when they click on YOUR restaurant.

Just send me a Reply message, "Yes! I'd like to see what my website looks like on Mobile Devices...at NO obligation!"...and I'll send it to you!

When I receive a Reply....I use a Site Emulator/Simulator to bring up their site....make a copy with Snag-It and send it over. Then I either send a Duda Mock-Up or a neat little piece of software that creates a "Before & After" Mock-Up! Very Impressive.

Don Alm

Originally Posted by martbost

My associates and I use the Dudamobile Reseller package and it works out perfectly for mobile websites. We use SignalHQ for our Mobile Marketing components and Mark Helton's Video Prospector Pro to send out the Video Sales Letters for Mobile every day.

I can tell you that the support with Dudamobile is top notch and the features are being enhanced every week.

Hi martbost and midasman09 / Don,

May I ask how many clients are you closing per day/week with your respective methods?

Thanks

I.M.Retired · 1st Jul 2012, 04:06 PM

@MidasMan09:

... a neat little piece of software that creates a "Before & After" Mock-Up! Very Impressive.

Care to share the software you are using to do this?

Cash Money · 8th Jul 2013, 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by midasman09

When I receive a Reply....I use a Site Emulator/Simulator to bring up their site....make a copy with Snag-It and send it over. Then I either send a Duda Mock-Up or a neat little piece of software that creates a "Before & After" Mock-Up! Very Impressive.

Don Alm

Could you share what site emulator you use to bring up their site?

And what little piece of software creates the before and after mock up?

Thanks a lot.

Daniel LaRusso · 8th Jul 2013, 12:53 PM

For the $200 though, that is not per site, it's to become a reseller, right? That is a sunk cost, th cost to you would be $6 a month or $72 a year, so you should price to make a profit considering this.

I like the idea of using the fast duda system, or the one WillR has, to do a mockup in minutes , then building on your own.

These advertising plugs in the form of posts for Dude Mobile are NOT really becoming a nuisance, and are not advertising, they are legitimate questions.

Cash Money · 9th Jul 2013, 02:26 AM

Oh, I thought it was $200 plus $6 for each site you build.

If that is the case, then unless you are then you are charging clients a recurring fee, its going to eventually eat all your profit.

What do people use to build their own Duda-like mobile website?

DaveyBoy28 · 14th Feb 2014, 10:42 AM

Duda are a solid platform and you do get what you pay for i guess.

On a seperate note if you looking for a white label Mobile App product (Iphone and Android) Appsplash.com are offering a great product. Check out the link below

http://www.rippll.com/landingpages/freepanel.html

4th May 2012, 12:28 AM	#1
goindeep Active Reptoid War Room Member Join Date: 2008 Location: Solo Posts: 3,085 Thanks: 990 Thanked 590 Times in 340 Posts	$200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: A mate of mine who has just started his IT business wants to begin offering mobile sites via duda mobile's plan. Duda has a pretty sweet system from what I have seen. Im just wondering if anyone has any direct experience with them an dcan give us some honest feedback. So far we have noted that they only supply the source code and any further developments would need to be done by ourselves which is fine from our point of view.
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raycowie HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Shepshed, UK Posts: 218 Thanks: 302 Thanked 155 Times in 51 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: As far as I could tell (and it may have changed), Duda takes content straight from the site you're making a mobile site for. The trouble with this is if the site is flash based it won't work on mobile devices, so you'd have to go through it and remove any flash products yourself. You might as well just build your own, in that case.
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ish Money Maker...Risk Taker War Room Member Join Date: 2011 Location: London, UK Posts: 187 Thanks: 89 Thanked 26 Times in 24 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: I use duda myself...it's very good and the support is excellent. Me being a newbie when it comes to building mobile sites, I asked alot of questions and they typically respond within 24 hours. And the duda team are constantly upgrading their site building tools to make it faster and easier to build sites. Yes some sites with flash and javascript wont convert well with duda, but you can easily create a site using their blank templates. Hope that helps

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WillR Digital Marketer War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 12,475 Thanks: 1,984 Thanked 8,187 Times in 4,079 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: The point is a mobile site should not always just have the same content as a standard website. The content should be tailored to mobile users and prioritized in a way that the information important to mobile users can be quickly and easily found.
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midasman09 Banned Join Date: 2009 Posts: 1,279 Thanks: 7 Thanked 1,525 Times in 531 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: I send emails to restaurant owners in Resort Towns and use a "Subject" line; "You Are Losing BIG Money!" Then in the body I explain that hundreds of HUNGRY Tourists/Travelers are checking into hotels in their area, every day. They ALL carry some kind of Mobile Device and....when they look for places to eat....I can show you what they see when they click on YOUR restaurant. Just send me a Reply message, "Yes! I'd like to see what my website looks like on Mobile Devices...at NO obligation!"...and I'll send it to you! When I receive a Reply....I use a Site Emulator/Simulator to bring up their site....make a copy with Snag-It and send it over. Then I either send a Duda Mock-Up or a neat little piece of software that creates a "Before & After" Mock-Up! Very Impressive. Don Alm

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martbost Marketer & Entrepreneur War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Moody, AL Posts: 350 Thanks: 21 Thanked 75 Times in 68 Posts Blog Entries: 25	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: My associates and I use the Dudamobile Reseller package and it works out perfectly for mobile websites. We use SignalHQ for our Mobile Marketing components and Mark Helton's Video Prospector Pro to send out the Video Sales Letters for Mobile every day. I can tell you that the support with Dudamobile is top notch and the features are being enhanced every week.
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RyanJ Active Warrior Join Date: 2011 Posts: 98 Thanks: 42 Thanked 20 Times in 16 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: I use Duda Mobile as well. I agree with the rest of them. They have been great and very responsive so far. I usually just create a completely blank Wordpress domain on a .mobi. Then I forward the user to it with a script that detects mobile phones. This also gives me a blank canvas to create the site. Duda has a "feature" that when you update the main non-mobile site it will update the mobile site as well. Great in theory but from my experience it doesn't work very well. Especially when you add or remove pages. That is the main reason I create the .mobi.

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Jolia Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2011 Posts: 30 Thanks: 4 Thanked 6 Times in 5 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: I use DudaMobile as well and think it's the neatest thing. It literally does build a mobile site in seconds. You can always fine tune it later, but after the experience of using other softwares to build mobile sites, this one rocks! I highly recommend it.

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djff HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2010 Posts: 118 Thanks: 11 Thanked 17 Times in 17 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Duda charge a fee of $199 per year, plus you have to pay 6 bucks a month for every site you create. What´s the deal here?

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StevenDelong Active Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2011 Posts: 72 Thanks: 88 Thanked 22 Times in 20 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Duda is very nice! I use it and it makes life easier. You can alter the data if you need for those you say you need to change the info on the site to make it different. I use it for my clients and it's fantastic. They are always offering updates and tutorials that help along the way. Good luck either way.

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MdJones Active Warrior Join Date: 2011 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 35 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 10 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: We used Duda awhile ago, then dropped it when they started charging $200. For $200 and $6mo per site, didnt seem worth it when we could make our own. Also, besides the flash sites not working, our experience was painful, mostly because whenever our client updated their site, it destroyed the mobile site we made. It was way more difficult maintaining in the end.
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marketwarrior06 Banned Join Date: 2010 Posts: 1,377 Thanks: 18 Thanked 100 Times in 90 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: I am not directly related to mobile website marketing. but i have heard about duda and without any doubt that is one of the best option for mobile website selling. So you can proceed without any hesitation.

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Jay Rhome Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2009 Posts: 751 Thanks: 204 Thanked 218 Times in 158 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: IMO you can use these types of "instant mobile site generators" when trying to get a prospect interested, as you can do a mockup in a few seconds. I then use the image of the mockup only. Because if the prospects are interested, then build it/have it built, and host it yourself.

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beeswarn Advanced Warrior Join Date: 2011 Location: USA Posts: 550 Thanks: 228 Thanked 166 Times in 108 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: These advertising plugs in the form of posts for DudaMobile are really becoming a nuisance.

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ronr VIP Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2002 Location: USA Posts: 1,957 Thanks: 262 Thanked 478 Times in 326 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: I started using Duda but after they raised their prices I wondered if they would continue to raise it and found other ways to build the sites. Besides I'm leery about getting a lot of customers on a system I have no control of in case something happens. They are great for quick mocks ups though if the site is not flash. Just let it do it's thing, make minor changes if necessary (shouldn't take more than 5 minutes). then take a screen shot of the home page. Ron

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beeswarn Advanced Warrior Join Date: 2011 Location: USA Posts: 550 Thanks: 228 Thanked 166 Times in 108 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Don't forget that after they take your money, Duda uses it to compete against you. They are offering your prospects free websites for a year, with Google's imprimatur on it right now. Here's a link to their current offer, and there are more all over the web. Get Started

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SirThomas Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: 2007 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 1,007 Thanks: 251 Thanked 228 Times in 179 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Don't they allow you to create a sample site that you can show to your client, before you pay anything? If I remember, you could also temporarily "eliminate" the ad at the bottom... Thomas

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alfid HyperActive Warrior Join Date: 2011 Posts: 288 Thanks: 10 Thanked 26 Times in 26 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Duda is a bit pricey. However, if it does what I need to do quicker then it might be worth the cost. I am reviewing the info about it right now.

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Daniel LaRusso Sweep the leg War Room Member Join Date: 2010 Location: Mr Miyagi's Dojo Posts: 550 Thanks: 490 Thanked 264 Times in 185 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: For the $200 though, that is not per site, it's to become a reseller, right? That is a sunk cost, th cost to you would be $6 a month or $72 a year, so you should price to make a profit considering this. I like the idea of using the fast duda system, or the one WillR has, to do a mockup in minutes , then building on your own. These advertising plugs in the form of posts for Dude Mobile are NOT really becoming a nuisance, and are not advertising, they are legitimate questions.
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Cash Money No Money No Honey Join Date: 2011 Location: Thailand \| London Posts: 20 Thanks: 2 Thanked 10 Times in 10 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Oh, I thought it was $200 plus $6 for each site you build. If that is the case, then unless you are then you are charging clients a recurring fee, its going to eventually eat all your profit. What do people use to build their own Duda-like mobile website?

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DaveyBoy28 Warrior Member Join Date: 2014 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: $200 For Duda Mobile Membership Share on: Duda are a solid platform and you do get what you pay for i guess. On a seperate note if you looking for a white label Mobile App product (Iphone and Android) Appsplash.com are offering a great product. Check out the link below http://www.rippll.com/landingpages/freepanel.html