Basically, i am planning a new website, with complex programming involved. I dont want to pay some random company to develop it for me and leave me to go... i would like to find a skilled programmer, who would partner with me in the business, for a percentage of the profits (to be agreed later), they would do the programming side, and i will operate the business side, and outsource other sections to other people. Im still in the planning stage, so no rash decisions are going to be made, i just want to find some people, who may be interested, and get to know them, build up some trust!! i cant give out much information at the moment, but maybe if some skilled programmers could let me know of: your name! Age Location Programming Skills Length of time programming Past projects Random Interests which make you unique AOB! i dont know full functionality yet, and i am saying this briefly so as to not give the idea away but: seperate login panels for webmasters and consumers with different features automatic rebilling system own CPC system automatic credit card billing system (world wide) simple downloadable desktop widget backend super user control panel RSS feeds Ticketing support system and a few more, obviously is only brief as will change thanks
We offer this exact service through our development company. Please take a look at the following link for details: http://www.ksmgloballtd.com/partnership_opportunities.html PM me details if you are interested.
could you please give me a bit more information, e.g. what do you require in return? is it long term partnership? and any other information. thanks
Before I am able to answer these questions I need to know what is required to make your idea work. Please PM me your questions to continue this discussion.
So why do u need a programer parnter surely you could acept cc payments using world pay and pay for the rest and then keep uptodate yourself?
i included a brief of what would be involved in my original post. hope that helps? if not.. could you ask me some specific questions and il answer as well as possible, but cant give out my idea yet. thanks
because i need to develop the whole site initially. there is alot more than just accepting payment involved.
There are a few issues to think about here. 1. We have no problem in providing the skills that you require. 2. Who would own the copyright to the script? 3. What would you expect from the programmer? 4. What are your own business skills? These are just three things. From what I can see you just want a programmer to develop you a site in return for a percentage of the profit.
1. We have no problem in providing the skills that you require. - GREAT, im going to look at your portfolio now! 2. Who would own the copyright to the script? - i, as the main owner of the business would own the script. it would be copyrighted to the business, of which you would own a percentage of. 3. What would you expect from the programmer? - i would expect the programmer to have a strong interest in the businesses success, and try their hardest to fullfil the needs. Also, to be there when changes need to be made, and they would have a say in business decisions. i Would like someone with some business skills. 4. What are your own business skills? - i have owned various smaller scale websites, have been gathering various business skills, and am going to spend the next few months thoroughly planning, and rectifying the business, so it works out perfectly. (please note, these are only vague answers, and may change at any point) if all goes well, i have another idea, which is along a similar platform but to the B2B market. i would prefer someone from the uk, as then we can meet up, and organise this personally and properly. however it is not compulsary. hope this helps
OK, everything has been explained. Just get in touch when you are ready to start and we can talk further.
if possible could you let me know what you would do, what you would like in return etc, and who in your company i would be working with? would this be a long term agreement? cheers
1. What we would do all depends on what is required to make a joint venture work. Like any joint venture you do what is needed to make it a success or it is just wasting the time of both parties involved. 2. What would I want in return? This would all depend on the following key factor. What percentage of the product or service would be required to invest back into the project for marketing. Like any long term venture you must invest back in to keep it alive. As a rule with any joint venture, we would also have a say in the running of the business and would expect 50% of the profit after overheads and marketing is taken out. 3. You would be dealing directly with myself, the company MD. I would then delegate certain jobs to my staff. All my staff have signed a NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement) so they are not allowed by law to divulge anything that goes on in our business. 4. Yes, it would be a long term agreement. I would first have to be convinced that it was a good enough idea before I commit our company to anything. I hope that this gives you a better idea of things.
Firstly, this will be a success if planned right. The gap is there to be filled. I think we would need to discuss the margin which is split, as there is the probability that others would be involved in the business too. do you have any examples of modern designs of websites you have done, e.g. with gradient background buttons etc?
Yes, you are correct. It is all in the planning. The margin can be discussed no problem but from experience it is not a good idea to have too many partners involved in one single project. All the websites we have designed have been designed to the clients individual requirements. To show you our design ability if you provide a demo site that you like the look of we will design a similar template to show you. This way you can see that we can provide just what you are looking for.
okay prestons thats great, im not going to use up your time getting you to design a demo template at this stage, until more planning has been done. im not going to have too many people in one single project, im predicting me being the main business owner, the programming team, and possibly outsource the customer service team.
Yes, desktop software applications are no problem. Just contact me when you are have got some plannng down.