Where can I go to hire a good web developer and how much would it cost?

[jingramm]

isn't there a site where you can request a website built from someone offshore?

I am looking to build a website, nothing too fancy but it will require things such as sign up forms, be able to hold people's profile information, etc.

 

[amicold]

Try guru.com, my buddy gets freelance gigs through there. Pretty sure you should be able to find someone to do it for a reasonable price

 

[aaksheytalwar]

Depends on various factors. $xxxx to $xxxxx or more.

 

[EagleKeeper]

Figure 4-8 hours per screen to design/code/and integrate.

Expect to pay between $50 - $250 / HR unless you go through some overseas location. cheaper, but controlling quality will be harder.

 

[RossMAN]

isn't there a site where you can request a website built from someone offshore?

I am looking to build a website, nothing too fancy but it will require things such as sign up forms, be able to hold people's profile information, etc.

That's relatively easy and there are a few options available:

1) Do it yourself, it's not that difficult. Software already exists called CMS (Content Management System), two of the most popular are Joomla and Drupal which offer everything you're looking for and more. Don't worry you don't have to know HTML, web design, coding or anything like that, of course it would help to learn that eventually. Find a web host which offers Softaculous this will automatically install a CMS (Joomla or Drupal) for you in about 30 seconds with no HTML knowledge required. StableHost.com is a reputable and affordable web host which offers Softaculous and has a Black Friday special.

Watch this animated video: https://billing.stablehost.com/tutorials/demo.php?id=5013&series=216

2) Hire someone, there are various web sites where you search for coders. Another option is to check WHT's Design Offers/Requests forum.

Best of luck!

 

[Farang]

Depends on your needs, but I don't see the point in hiring "coders." The functionality coders give you is somewhat easy to do yourself, if you spend some time learning. The real hard work is freely available in bits and pieces, scripts etc., but you need some basic knowledge to tie it together and that is what coders do. In the long run you save a lot of money because you know enough to do your own maintenance and whatnot.

Sort of like the guy who can fix his own car versus the guy who takes it to the mechanic at the first sign of trouble.

However if you need some real horsepower, then it is tens of thousands of dollars and a major line item in your budget every year. If you see yourself more looking at low-cost options like outsourcing etc. I think you're probably better off doing it yourself.

 

[Leros]

It depends how complex the website is. There is a big difference between a website that displays static information, a website that lets you enter static information, and a website that has complex flows of data throughout systems.

 

[mikegg]

Odesk.com

 

[jingramm]

Since people say having an example website is the best way to explain it, if I wanted to build something similar to http://www.seelio.com (in terms of user interface and design only), can joomla do something like that and more? The website will be used for a completely different reason but I like the internal webpages after you register.

 

[jingramm]

That's relatively easy and there are a few options available:

1) Do it yourself, it's not that difficult. Software already exists called CMS (Content Management System), two of the most popular are Joomla and Drupal which offer everything you're looking for and more. Don't worry you don't have to know HTML, web design, coding or anything like that, of course it would help to learn that eventually. Find a web host which offers Softaculous this will automatically install a CMS (Joomla or Drupal) for you in about 30 seconds with no HTML knowledge required. StableHost.com is a reputable and affordable web host which offers Softaculous and has a Black Friday special.

Watch this animated video: https://billing.stablehost.com/tutorials/demo.php?id=5013&series=216

2) Hire someone, there are various web sites where you search for coders. Another option is to check WHT's Design Offers/Requests forum.

Best of luck!

I tried to sign up on stablehost and it looks like the Black Friday coupons have expired

Any other good webhosts that you recommend?

 

[aaksheytalwar]

This isn't a 4-8 hour job. A custom design psd to Wordpress conversion takes 10-15+ hours. Maybe 20+ hours based on the design. This requires proper coding and will probably easily take 50-100+ hours because of the back end.

I could probably get it done for you. I haven't looked at the inner pages but I guess the price will probably range between 2k and 20k once I check the details.

 

[jingramm]

This isn't a 4-8 hour job. A custom design psd to Wordpress conversion takes 10-15+ hours. Maybe 20+ hours based on the design. This requires proper coding and will probably easily take 50-100+ hours because of the back end.

I could probably get it done for you. I haven't looked at the inner pages but I guess the price will probably range between 2k and 20k once I check the details.

ygpm

 

[RossMAN]

I tried to sign up on stablehost and it looks like the Black Friday coupons have expired

Any other good webhosts that you recommend?

I'd still recommend Stablehost.com they have a running 50% coupon but there is a catch it's off your first invoice.

To maximize your savings you would select a 1 year payment, if you select monthly you'd only save 50% off your first month.

If you're willing to pay more ($13.50/mo) I would highly recommend https://www.dathorn.com/services.php which offers a higher level WHM plan that allows you to host multiple web sites using a single account. Think of it this way, you get a pizza, you pay $13.50/mo for this pizza, how you divide the slices is up to you. You can host a few personal/development sites, host sites for family and friends, you can even charge your co-workers or clients to host their web sites, your only limitation is your resources (disk space and bandwidth). If you have more than 1 domain or plan on registering more than 1 domain, I would highly recommend a WHM hosting plan. Dathorn.com has hosted dozens of AT'ers through the years, almost 10 years now, they're rock solid.

StableHost.com is a great web host to get your feet wet and offers a little more hand holding.

dathorn.com has active user forums where the support and fellow members help each other out.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

This isn't a 4-8 hour job. A custom design psd to Wordpress conversion takes 10-15+ hours. Maybe 20+ hours based on the design. This requires proper coding and will probably easily take 50-100+ hours because of the back end.

I could probably get it done for you. I haven't looked at the inner pages but I guess the price will probably range between 2k and 20k once I check the details.

Yeah OP, please buy American. No reason to send that money offshore when you could help your own country's economy. Besides, have you tried getting customer service from a company that offshores? You WANT a qualified American to do this for you.

 

[xanis]

I'm a UI/UX Designer at a software firm and I also do a fair amount of front-end development. For what you want (custom design, custom CMS integration, etc.) you're probably looking at $10K+ for a quality site. You *might* be able to find a designer that has experience with back-end stuff, and that would save you a bit of money (probably).

If it's simple enough and you don't care about a custom design, you could probably get fairly close to what you want for significantly less money. There's a lot of documentation and community support for the big CMS products (Drupal, WordPress) and you could probably achieve a fair amount if you're willing to dedicate the time and energy.

Whatever you choose, just remember that you generally get what you pay for; speaking from my freelance experience, stingy clients wind up sub par products.

EDIT: This as well:

Yeah OP, please buy American. No reason to send that money offshore when you could help your own country's economy. Besides, have you tried getting customer service from a company that offshores? You WANT a qualified American to do this for you.

 

[killerjello]

freelancer.com is probably the best place to look for a programer. I used them a few time, I used to to scriptlance.com but freelancer purchansed scriptlance.