mojo999

Hi, I have this idea that I think has great potential. It's something similar to digg but instead of news users submit something else. Anyway, I have no skills in web design or programming. I plan to outsource all of the work.

1. How much do you think I must spend on this whole project or to get a site like digg up and running? I think my expenses are going towards hiring programmers, designers, paid posters and also hosting.

2. Would it be a good idea to use drigg and have my programmers tweak it around?

3. Is paid posting the best way to kickstart a website like that?

omgyams

It could be as cheap as $500 or as expensive as +$20,000 depending on what the site needs to accomplish and who you pay to get it done. Sure Digg could make a decent prototype if it has similar goals/features.

The method of marketing this site would depend on it's niche and demographics. You can bet your ass that a good campaign plan will involve some costs.

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mpmarketing2006

I had the same type of plan, only I was gonna replicate Ebay. I failed.

emp

Err... you know that reddit has gone open source, right?
Ya can just install and run it right away.

Then figure out what you want to change / add and bingo.

::emp::

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Skippy McGee

How in the hell is this industry news?

erect

Drigg is a bad choice if you intend to have more than a few visitors. It's built on top of a pretty bloated system that's meant to do something totally different. It's good if you're used to drupal but not if you're building a site meant to be used by millions.

A custom hack will probably be your best bet but Yams left out a few 0's in estimating your costs to do this. If anyone thinks digg was built for under a million dollars they are a fool. However, that's not saying you can't get an custom, yet inferior, knockoff for a few k ... so from that perspective Yams is right.

Check out emp's suggestion, reddit is a pretty seasoned site with tons of traffic. Depending on your desired features, that might be the way to go.

Another option is Pligg, which is a pretty efficient digg clone, but has a million vulnerabilities so break out the duct tape.

manovermatter

Watch out for hackers... they will try to ruin your morale fast.

acemenace

I used pligg but that motherfucker is filled with so many holes that duct tape was not enough anymore.

zany zoroaster

I suggest that you contact someone who has a good team in India, like RedVirus or Kamesh. Ask them about how much it would cost to program (either with their team, or if they can provide a contact to another contractor w/ a reliable programmer team. Don't forget to give them a referral fee if you ask them to link you w/ programmers).

riezioVL

goodluck to you guys

riezioVL

your project is really big