Am Getting A Programmer To Help Me – What Should I Look Out For

  • Hi,

    I am about to use one of the freelance programmer sites to commission someone to install and configure WordPress on my website.

    Is there anything I should look out for or ask for to a) pick the best qualified bidder or b)avoid obvious cowboys.

    If you have a few minutes and can help, I’d appreciate the advice.

    Thanks

    Michael

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  • How do you want to configure the website?

    Well depending on how much work they’re going to do…

    If they are going to integrate into your current site design I wouldn’t pay more than $500. If they’re just going to install wordpress on a folder without any modifications I wouldn’t pay more than $50 since this takes less than 5 minutes.

    Yeah, more detail on exactly what you are asking them to do is definitly needed here.

    If you need custom plugins/coding done, expect to pay a fair bit, if it’s just a simple install, then $50 is probably too much.

    I’ve done installs i’ve won on RAC for $15US, but I gave up on freelance websites as all too often the jobs fall to someone with the lowest price and just get re-advertised a week later asking for someone to do it properly!

    i JUST had a project done on RAC — I chose a low-to-mid range bidder with good feedback. He also had a page where I was able to see what he had accomplished previously.

    He completed exactly what I wanted done in 2 days.

    There were higher bids.

    In short, you do not always get dissapointed by the low bidder, sometimes things work out ??

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    it does not take a UNIX sysadmin to install/configure WP or the plugins.

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