I would like to build a website that has all the same functionality of this website: www.quibids.com I don't want to make a bidding website like they have, but the general idea is similar. I need to be able to have user accounts for people, accept payment, allow people to "place bids", and a few other various things. Basically I believe someone capable of making the above website would be capable of making what I need. So my question is: A) Ballpark, how much would it cost to hire someone to build something like this B) Without contacting quibids, is there a way I can find out who built their website? I checked the source code but couldn't find anything.
It's probably done in-house with on-staff developers, and probably requires ongoing maintenance and upgrades from on-staff developers. But contracted out, it would be worth about $20-30k.
If you would to let others to make it for you, I guess in Malaysia will cost you around USD5000 per project including the CMS. Why don't you get a ready made CMS to do it, Do it yourself and you can save tonnes of money.
I think you cheapest option would be to check out hotscripts . com and do a search there. You would purchase the script, download it and then install it on to your server. You won't spend $20k thats for sure. But if you have money, then go for it.