Web design/develop company

[crackah]

Hey, I believe I could start my own company designing and developing websites.

I would outsource design, and probably harder jobs but my target is to develop something which small businesses can use, and update themselves.

I would present businesses with a brochure of what i could do, and costs, and why a website would benefit them. I would also be using a CMS, which they would easily customize pages of their site as well as update news. I would clearly outline the advantages, and setup a meeting the the owner/manager to discuss the idea, and how it can benefit their business.

Obviously there is alot of scummy websites out there, so I would ensure them the site will be up to standard, and would be delivered with 100% satisfaction.

I guess my biggest challenge is that this is a very competitive market, and i would have issues with convincing them to use me and what not. Is anyone currently doing this, and have they got any tips of what i could do, or if its worth attempting?

[crackah]

BTW, i have a partner in india who will give me 20% per job, and 5% more if i give them more than 4 a month.

I know their work, its good, and i can trust them. (have over 20 people working there)

[jcoxy4]

Im currenlty doing exactly this with http://www.simple-wds.com ,focusing on the smaller sites and building up.Ive made about 10 sites now and made quite a bit of money.Ive done little promotion as well.If you know how to use photoshop,css etc then go for it .i may even outsource to you .If you want any help just ask.

[crackah]

Excellent.
Your site looks great, did you design it?

I need a designer, who can make images etc, because i can put the site together my self.

[ashishszone]

Hi Crackah..
I can get the design work done for you. Here are some of the sites we did :

http://www.khandela.com/
http://www.andadesign.com/
http://www.rameshtextiles.com/

Let me know if u want to discuss more..Thanks.

[snowswap]

If anyone is interested, my paintball team is looking for a webdesign company to sponsor us with a new website (just the design) Let me know if anyone is interested, and I will let you know how it will benifit you. You will get a link on our sponsors page, and we will also hand out any fliers, stickers, hang banners, or whatever you may want at our events..

[Prophet Industries]

I would also be interested in helping you out with the design end of your company. I have been in business for about 2 years now and have back end work that i need done pretty often. Maybe we could trade work. My is portfolio is www.prophetind.com . Thanks Much

[crackah]

Okay thanks, pms sent.

I own www.vendu.com.au

I believe i will develop it, make it cooool, and offer the product.

[Steven Bao]

I can't suggest Joomla after reading over what you have written.
Drupal is a good CMS for a lot of things, though, and if you don't mind a plug, my own CMS ContentFocus is (almost ridiculously) easy to theme.

[crackah]

Why not? whats wrong with joomla...?

[nicangeli]

There is nothing "wrong" with joomla. It would however be better to develop your own CMS, that way you will understand everything about your code, and will therefore be able to customise it to your clients exact needs.

[crackah]

Yeah, but joomla is OS, and i think that its pretty damn good if you ask me,


btw, here is my 1st code job

www.vclistings.com

[Hooman]

^Hey crackah, hate to get off track, but weren't you working on a furniture drop-shipping business? How did that pan out?

[168media]

hi. I have a web design firm in the Philippines and I started using Joomla CMS for my websites. Its been pretty good so far. Although I am also spending time in learning Drupal and hopefully make my OWN CMS

If you really like to maximize on your profit, I suggest you outsource your services here in the Philippines. We have highly technical people here and are very good in the english language. Oh and also to mention creative artists aswell.

I am in the process of expanding my business abroad and hopefully have a full blast offshore business model running by the end of the year.

www.168media.net is my website - ihbo.168media.net is one of my project cms site and several more on the works.

Let me know what you think, we might be able to do some business in the fututre.

Thanks.

[crackah]

www.vendu.com.au/site.gif Current design im working with , (dw im working on it, and the logo is coming)