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tcraw1010

I thought I would share a recent "find" that I found to be very helpful in my journey toward building my ecommerce business.

http://www.ifreelance.com

In a nutshell, the design/development of my site was moving at the speed of molasses. I was making far too little progress along far to great a time span. I was starting to think that I would never see my project (that I have been developing since January 2006) realized. As such, I made the decision that I would need the assistance of a web design professional.

Through my ongoing research, I read an article in a favorite publication of mine that mentioned www.ifreelance.com. I looked into it and, since it was free to do so, posted my project - in seach of Web Designers/Programmers. In under a week, I received over a dozen "bids" for my project from various web designers around the world. After researching all of them, and chatting with several, I awarded my project to a design firm and development is underway.

I am not an affiliate of thie site, nor do I have any financial interest. I just thought I would share this resource with those of you who, like me, may have found yoruselves in somewhat of a rut as far as design/development of your online presence is concerned. The provider I selected offered a very reasonable contract price for the project, and even better/flexible payment terms. In short, it is looking as though my business may be up and running within first quarter 2007. Very Happy

TOM

Euan · **Date:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:50 am **Subject:**

How well did the bidding process, etc work? I've seen sites like it before (one mainly but can't remember the name!).

I've always thought at some point I might use the services of someone, probably to do a specific feature that I wanted.

tcraw1010 · **Date:** Mon Nov 20, 2006 12:33 pm **Subject:**

[quote="Euan"]How well did the bidding process, etc work? I've seen sites like it before (one mainly but can't remember the name!).

I've always thought at some point I might use the services of someone, probably to do a specific feature that I wanted.[/quote]

It's pretty basic the way it works . . . .

Basically, you sign up (for free) and post a project description. Choose the category under which you want your project listed and watch the bids come in. You will receive email updates every other day or so - letting you know if/how many bids have come in.

You can then communicate with the individual designers/companies through their "discussion" feature - or you can just link up to the designer's web site and contact them that way.

I was lucky enough that the designer I chose could also communicate through IM - which I like for instant feedback and answers to my questions.

You can also search through the various providers and "invite" them to bid on your project.
Whether they do or not is their choice, of course.

In all, I found the site and experience to be pretty positive - and I would use them again for various needs.

TOM

PamelaHazelton · **Date:** Fri Feb 09, 2007 11:16 am **Subject:**

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