Soldato
So, spoke with one company about building a fantasy style website, something similar to this:
www.draftday.com
Quoted me approx $60-80k!
Seems an extreme amount?
www.draftday.com
Quoted me approx $60-80k!
Seems an extreme amount?
Fantasy style website
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Soldato
Not really, you can pay several thousand for a large website, more for ecommerce. I would imagine that there is a huge amount of data management running behind these sites.
I agree that the back end so to speak would be pretty complex.
Most of the data is fed from other service websites.
Most of the data is fed from other service websites.
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How long do you imagine the build will take and how many developers?
An agency I used to work for charged a £750 day rate per developer.
An agency I used to work for charged a £750 day rate per developer.
I have no idea, as I know barely anything about building websites.
I know the company that quoted, have the rights to the templates they've already used etc . so wouldn't think it's as involved.
I know the company that quoted, have the rights to the templates they've already used etc . so wouldn't think it's as involved.
Soldato
Without knowing much about what you want (i cant see your link without a login) i'd say the quote is quite high.
There might be a lot of data storage and processing for a typical fantasy football type site but it's all repetitive with fairly simple logic.
it could become a bit more complex depending on how you want the data/scores/etc entered.
I would expect to quote nearer half that price through work and significantly less again if you can find a decent freelancer with the time to build it.
There might be a lot of data storage and processing for a typical fantasy football type site but it's all repetitive with fairly simple logic.
it could become a bit more complex depending on how you want the data/scores/etc entered.
I would expect to quote nearer half that price through work and significantly less again if you can find a decent freelancer with the time to build it.
I've actually built something like that before - or at least started and got a fair chunk through before I got bored and moved on to something else. Keep meaning to finish it off one day.
Its a fairly complex thing to make and dependent on the team building it not too unreasonable a cost. At the agency I work at the developers are priced out at £1,000 a day to give you an example - and dependent on what you want/need you'd also need a number of other people working on the project: UX Designer, Visual Designer, QA, Project Manager etc. You could find a freelancer to do the work with you, but I wouldn't expect that they would produce anything as polished as a proper team of professionals. I know for sure we wouldn't be able to produce that would be suitable for release for based on what I know for £50k ($80k).
Its a fairly complex thing to make and dependent on the team building it not too unreasonable a cost. At the agency I work at the developers are priced out at £1,000 a day to give you an example - and dependent on what you want/need you'd also need a number of other people working on the project: UX Designer, Visual Designer, QA, Project Manager etc. You could find a freelancer to do the work with you, but I wouldn't expect that they would produce anything as polished as a proper team of professionals. I know for sure we wouldn't be able to produce that would be suitable for release for based on what I know for £50k ($80k).
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Thanks for some of the input guys.
Actually had a decent conversation with a guy in Finland (who was recommended via a business associate) that was kind of exactly what I'm looking for.
Someone who will invest their own time to develop the site in exchange for % ownership and some $$$ to cover expenses.
Fingers crossed can get this thing rolling!
Actually had a decent conversation with a guy in Finland (who was recommended via a business associate) that was kind of exactly what I'm looking for.
Someone who will invest their own time to develop the site in exchange for % ownership and some $$$ to cover expenses.
Fingers crossed can get this thing rolling!
Soldato
Hope he's signed an NDA/other contract!
That's the next process, NDA, contracts etc
We are just trying to come up with a plan where he has skin the game and is compensated for his 4-5 months of work etc.
I've now had enough quotes, ball parks where most people are in the same area of $$$ that I know I'm not being ripped off or seriously being low balled just to have spend more towards the end.
We are just trying to come up with a plan where he has skin the game and is compensated for his 4-5 months of work etc.
I've now had enough quotes, ball parks where most people are in the same area of $$$ that I know I'm not being ripped off or seriously being low balled just to have spend more towards the end.