Need advices on big project

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mojo999

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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?
 


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.
 
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::
 
mojo999 said:
2. Would it be a good idea to use drigg and have my programmers tweak it around?
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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.
 
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).
 
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