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How much do you think it would cost to create this website.


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I am just curious as of how much money would you estimate it would cost to create a site like http://www.retailmenot.com , it would have to be able to do each function retailmenot is capable of doing,which is quite a few.

Also any experience or recommendation on professional web design companies you can recommend me.

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5 grand? Can't see it costing that much unless all the real cool stuff is backend which I couldn't see ?

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5,000.00 USD, thats quite some money, I was hoping it would cost around 2,000, but I would be willing to pay 5,000 for it to be built as long as its of course built by a professional web company with creditability, and fantastic work.

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Easily $5000 USD if you want it done right. However, you could probably get it for less if you go with a cheap developer out of India and have them build it on an open source CMS like Joomla or Drupal.

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I have considered outsourcing using a freelancer website, I am just paranoid that they will just outsource the work itself to someone else,who will produce inadequate work, and I do not want to have to struggle with communication if the language barrier will cause inaccurate direction with the website....Its time I actually invest money in my business online, my net was over 60k last year for 2009, and that is from using my own web design skills,which are not something to brag about, retailmenot.com is probably making 20x what I made if not more,its time I give them some real competition.

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Yea the language barrier can be a huge problem. From my experience it's hard enough trying to communicate your ideas clearly with people of the same language, let alone a foreign one. But if you want to save money... You get what you pay for.

Well it sounds like you are turning a nice profit already. I would definitely invest the money in to a good developer if I were you. We just spent over $10,000 usd having a website expanded that doesn't make a dime yet and have no regrets about it. It's a lot of money sure, but it brought the site to the next level and we really feel like a player in the game now if you know what I mean. Once we get some ads going, we should see a nice return on investment.

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I'd bet $5000 that everyone here is GROSSLY underestimating the cost of such a design. A professional developer with a good reputation will charge more than that. And you'll pay it if you're serious about the business. We paid approximately $30000 for our medical practice's website design, which includes an intranet interface. And that doesn't include maintenance, hosting, or marketing.

Also, if your plan is to compete with RetailMeNot, I would suggest you avoid emulating their website (which is exactly what an outsourced or low-cost, inexperienced designer might do); you might as well just send RetailMeNot an email begging them to sue you. Providing similar features is fine, but I would suggest looking at their website and thinking about what useful features they don't provide or what part of their UI is deficient; that's a better business angle.

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If you literally mean every feature that website has, I would build a competing product for around $10,000 including design and a 100% custom CMS.

I develop custom web applications for living, usually for other studios whose own programmers are not proficient enough. My last one impressed the client so much they offered me a $130K position upon seeing it. :blush:

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If you literally mean every feature that website has, I would build a competing product for around $10,000 including design and a 100% custom CMS.

I develop custom web applications for living, usually for other studios whose own programmers are not proficient enough. My last one impressed the client so much they offered me a $130K position upon seeing it. :blush:

Are you going to show us what it is?

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There's two design and dev companies in my area that charge at least $9,000 minimum. Then scale up depending on what you want. Though, the companies have only been at it for about 20 years, their designers and developers do some of the best work you can get. Don't try and emulate their site, it's just asking for trouble.

I would find a good company in your area who you can meet face to face with to discuss everything.

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Are you going to show us what it is?

I can't just post it here because it is an intranet application with client data, not a public website. I can tell you a little about it, though. It is a CMS for an HR company that sends out several fortnightly newsletters to each state in Australia.

The feature that took them so aback is that it is a complete WYSIWYG environment. You work in it like you work in Word or Photoshop, with a newsletter template open and all your actions in floating toolboxes. You edit on-screen, save without refreshing, re-arrange by dragging, etc.

At the same time, each block of content you insert is restricted to its own specific input fields and styling, to keep everything consistent. They have 4 teams of people contributing content to each newsletter; people who don't know anything about HTML or typesetting.

Other than just adding and deleting different kinds of newsletters I also gave them the facility to schedule these things ahead of time, copy any block of content from one newsletter to a number of others, and version control for every newsletter.

Here is a composite screenshot (tethered together since my screen is naturally not 2280 pixels high).

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Aside from all the other awesome info given, please, PLEASE do outsource your work to a place like India. Forgive me if it sounds crass but you live in the States, so support fellow Americans.

There are plenty of freelancers and other companies that would gladly take a contract you to get it going. Support those that need jobs in your own country first before you go to people that are the reason why so many have been laid off and/or can't get jobs.

Just because they'll do it for cheaper doesn't mean it's worth your money. You get what you pay for. So if you're looking to skim a few bucks off an estimate.. don't go that route.

/end rant from someone who has been laid off from her development job to outsourcing in India

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Aside from all the other awesome info given, please, PLEASE do outsource your work to a place like India. Forgive me if it sounds crass but you live in the States, so support fellow Americans.

There are plenty of freelancers and other companies that would gladly take a contract you to get it going. Support those that need jobs in your own country first before you go to people that are the reason why so many have been laid off and/or can't get jobs.

Just because they'll do it for cheaper doesn't mean it's worth your money. You get what you pay for. So if you're looking to skim a few bucks off an estimate.. don't go that route.

/end rant from someone who has been laid off from her development job to outsourcing in India

I am sorry to hear that you lost your job. But how is this the fault of the people who got the job ? It happened because your bosses decided to choose cheaper alternatives. If they wanted to, they could have continued to employ you. So if there is anyone to blame it would be your higher ups and not the people who got the job.

People go to Walmart because stuff is cheaper most of the time. I don't hear Target or Kroger complaining about it. Welcome to the global market contract style where the lowest bidder wins be it from China or India or anywhere for that matter.

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google around. You'll easily find someone overseas willing to do it for 100-200 USD.

you're funny. I would charge easily 7500-10000 euro for the job. You get what you pay for I guess and I have to pay my rent ;)

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Aside from all the other awesome info given, please, PLEASE do outsource your work to a place like India. Forgive me if it sounds crass but you live in the States, so support fellow Americans.

There are plenty of freelancers and other companies that would gladly take a contract you to get it going. Support those that need jobs in your own country first before you go to people that are the reason why so many have been laid off and/or can't get jobs.

Just because they'll do it for cheaper doesn't mean it's worth your money. You get what you pay for. So if you're looking to skim a few bucks off an estimate.. don't go that route.

/end rant from someone who has been laid off from her development job to outsourcing in India

If you change America, to simply Western World, I'll +1.

I've meet very few people who have had their world done in India and came away satisfied. That's not to say it's all bad, I've seen some come back thrilled and got more than they expected, but I've seen far more either give up part way through due to issues, or end up having to hire another company to fix it after.

As was stated above the Language barrier can become huge in thinks like web design, where everything needs to be accurate, often the more "precise" the words are, the harder they are to cross the language gap.

Also remember if you go Local, then you can expect better support. Best case is a place you can drive too and meet with the people so your ideas are properly expressed, and all involved know what you want.

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retailmenot is blocked by my company :p not sure what the website is though.

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