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This is just a curiosity question. Please forget the name brand I'm using as an example but how much would a professional developer charge for a site with the functionality similar to this site:
pioneerdjusa.com
Just the development and CMS implementation, not the graphic design or anything.
Like I said, I'm just wondering.
pioneerdjusa.com
Just the development and CMS implementation, not the graphic design or anything.
Like I said, I'm just wondering.
The forum uses ZenDesk. The rest of it is pretty standard stuff - links, pictures, etc. Getting the videos was expensive. Why not contact Pioneer directly and ask what they paid for it?
> How much would a professional developer charge?
> Forget about the brand name
Personally, I don't like these types of questions. What you are thinking and what I am thinking are 2 different things. Typically I would answer back in a way to get the exact details of what the project is. I might even uncover some items you didn't think of. The sample site for instance has a few pages that that are broken and there is a password protected site. Which parts do you want?
It comes down to what is your budget? I can sell you a car to go from A to B. Can you afford the used Yugo? or can you afford the new Rolls Royce or Aston Martin One-77 at $1.5 million. More then likely, you just want the honda that just works.
You might just want an exact answer, "I can use wordpress and x and y and do it in xx hours and give you what you asked" I would answer, but the site is old, it is not fully functioning, it has a lot of errors and is not responsive so it will not work with mobile/tablets very well. Let's work on modernizing it... Back to the car, do you want the used Yugo?, the Aston Martin? or maybe something that most can afford and appreciate.
> Forget about the brand name
Personally, I don't like these types of questions. What you are thinking and what I am thinking are 2 different things. Typically I would answer back in a way to get the exact details of what the project is. I might even uncover some items you didn't think of. The sample site for instance has a few pages that that are broken and there is a password protected site. Which parts do you want?
It comes down to what is your budget? I can sell you a car to go from A to B. Can you afford the used Yugo? or can you afford the new Rolls Royce or Aston Martin One-77 at $1.5 million. More then likely, you just want the honda that just works.
You might just want an exact answer, "I can use wordpress and x and y and do it in xx hours and give you what you asked" I would answer, but the site is old, it is not fully functioning, it has a lot of errors and is not responsive so it will not work with mobile/tablets very well. Let's work on modernizing it... Back to the car, do you want the used Yugo?, the Aston Martin? or maybe something that most can afford and appreciate.
bluefountainmedia charges minimum of $100,000
a cheaper COMPETENT company may quote you for $20,000
a cheaper COMPETENT company may quote you for $20,000
The website you showed has a very old style, from the 90's
it uses ASP.Net for the backend, which is essentially VisualStudio.net
I would suggest you get it done with PHP, microsoft was never good with websites
it uses ASP.Net for the backend, which is essentially VisualStudio.net
I would suggest you get it done with PHP, microsoft was never good with websites
$20,000 for a few html pages lol
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@all So basically if I'm understanding all of these answers is this;
Its a stupid question, probably cost between $200.00 and $20,000.00, and if someone was to build the site today they should use PHP and not ASP.Net.
@Ray
That's a good idea but I doubt a big company like that would let me know just cause I'm curious?
Its a stupid question, probably cost between $200.00 and $20,000.00, and if someone was to build the site today they should use PHP and not ASP.Net.
@Ray
That's a good idea but I doubt a big company like that would let me know just cause I'm curious?
Why not? Call investor relations. I agree with @padas: There are so many underlying variables that it's not really possible to estimate it just by looking at the finished work product. SitePoint has an entire book about estimating!
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@padas Thanks for that detailed explanation, my curiosity is satiated.
padas is right, it really depends who does the job for you
Bluefountainmedia is the company who made victoriasecret.com nfl.com and hundreds of other main websites, they wont go any lower than 100k
For something like that, you can do it yourself with a wordpress website. it will cost you from free to $200 (templates/plugins..etc), but if you ask someone else to do it, you will be paying for their time, and their guarantee that it is a finished product. If you are not satisfied with them, they will be losing more time fixing it
Bluefountainmedia is the company who made victoriasecret.com nfl.com and hundreds of other main websites, they wont go any lower than 100k
For something like that, you can do it yourself with a wordpress website. it will cost you from free to $200 (templates/plugins..etc), but if you ask someone else to do it, you will be paying for their time, and their guarantee that it is a finished product. If you are not satisfied with them, they will be losing more time fixing it
As for price, that would depend on what exactly you want, what kind of backend system etc.
The system is built on .net which can cost more than what a php developer would charge
Two to five hundred dollars should cover it