Hello everybody im Voitek. I have no previous experience in web developement but my interest in popculture, trends and marketing led me to a pretty good idea for a site with user generated content for a pretty good demographics. Anyway, this is a pretty complicated site based on photos, tags, adding friends and forums and widgets for myspace/blogs etc. I agreed to pay 5000$ for a finished, working product plus adjustments and updates during the test phase. It will be done by 2 people. I have no idea what the rates in this business are. My not-so-optimistic business plab shows that i can recoup even in a course of 1 month but we all know how difficult it is to have a REAL business plan for a ad-based online service so im extra-sensitive. Oh and just for the record, im not doing yet another social network. Its more of a niche flickr. Please share your knowledge. Thanks in advance V.
depends on the company and features of the website, though i believe more funds should be deployed to promotion , good luck with your developments