Sam, Fury And Other Technical Web Designers™
I need your help guys. I am going to attempt to build a website similar to what you guys have over at XiBase. Don't worry, I am not going to be competition! I am building it for a propective client who's interests include cameras and photography.
Right now, they have a simple e-mail based message board where they e-mail the group and have replies sent to them personally. No one else can see these messages so all the replies goes unoticed for other users. Who knows how many of these messages could have held important information for other users and how many times the same question is asked. This small community is private and I still don't know if they want this to go public.
What I need to know is how much work goes into this and how much it costs.
I have the basic breakdown, please let me know if there are other charges that I am not yet aware of:
vBulletin System: US$160.00 Owned
Setup vBulletin: US$135.00 1-time setup fee
ReadyHosting MySQL Server: US$149.00 1st year, US$99.00 succeeding years
Web Design: US$2,500.00 My company will build the site
I was thinking of building an ASP based site where I can insert reviews for the users if they for example, buy a new camera or lense and want to write about. The site needs to be simple. One I can administrate completely and single-handedly.
Xibase has the perfect criteria I am looking for. Simple and attractive design. Contents will just be reviews and articles in the main page and a forum for the users. If later, they want an e-com based site where they can sell things is a different question.
Understand that all of the users in this private forum should be able to submit theirs reviews to me, the administrator and I should be able to put it up in minutes. Is that how you guys do it?
And on the side of making money... how do these sites generate revenue? Advertising is one, membership fee is another. But what really drives you guys in doing this... I want to show incentive since a project like this starts out at US$3,000.00.
Looking forward to getting started guys.
Please let me know if you can help.
My deepest regards,
Inaki C. Matute
Toolbox™
I need your help guys. I am going to attempt to build a website similar to what you guys have over at XiBase. Don't worry, I am not going to be competition! I am building it for a propective client who's interests include cameras and photography.
Right now, they have a simple e-mail based message board where they e-mail the group and have replies sent to them personally. No one else can see these messages so all the replies goes unoticed for other users. Who knows how many of these messages could have held important information for other users and how many times the same question is asked. This small community is private and I still don't know if they want this to go public.
What I need to know is how much work goes into this and how much it costs.
I have the basic breakdown, please let me know if there are other charges that I am not yet aware of:
vBulletin System: US$160.00 Owned
Setup vBulletin: US$135.00 1-time setup fee
ReadyHosting MySQL Server: US$149.00 1st year, US$99.00 succeeding years
Web Design: US$2,500.00 My company will build the site
I was thinking of building an ASP based site where I can insert reviews for the users if they for example, buy a new camera or lense and want to write about. The site needs to be simple. One I can administrate completely and single-handedly.
Xibase has the perfect criteria I am looking for. Simple and attractive design. Contents will just be reviews and articles in the main page and a forum for the users. If later, they want an e-com based site where they can sell things is a different question.
Understand that all of the users in this private forum should be able to submit theirs reviews to me, the administrator and I should be able to put it up in minutes. Is that how you guys do it?
And on the side of making money... how do these sites generate revenue? Advertising is one, membership fee is another. But what really drives you guys in doing this... I want to show incentive since a project like this starts out at US$3,000.00.
Looking forward to getting started guys.
Please let me know if you can help.
My deepest regards,
Inaki C. Matute
Toolbox™
