I paid $225 for this design, Silly me sent the money upfront what do you guys think? Worth $225? http://clientxpanel.com/testcenter/NLD/
That's pretty bad even if it was free. You almost never see a single column site nowadays, it just looks so sparse.
Before making deal you should see portfolio os designer. Then you should describe what you need. 2 this conditions will be enough for avoiding situations like this.
Your site is not opening. Throwing this below error. Index of /testcenter/NLD * Parent Directory Apache/2.2.9 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.9 OpenSSL/0.9.7a mod_auth_passthrough/2.1 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/5.0.2.2635 PHP/5.2.6 Server at clientxpanel.com Port 80
I almost always pay up front for work, but I only work with very reputable people most of the time. I've still been burned a couple of times, because anyone can go awol at any time, no matter who reputable. But it's rare.