There's always one isn't there!
One that just can't understand or accept that there are still some good genuine honest people in the world that are willing to do others (yes even someone they have never met before) a favour without ripping them off.
Is it because they have no friends or relatives who would do the same for them?
Is it because they are just grumpy?
Is it because they actually believe that the more you pay the better it will be?
Or is it because they are jealous because they paid a fortune for their own website?
Your immature reaction really shows here greencleansolution!
If you read through the post properly you'll notice I said my son will do it in his 'spare time'.
Yes he has been involved with the internet since it began, but how can you to say "he is still charging £75", what do you mean by "STILL"? You don't know what he charged last week or even last year!
Is it rediculously low?
This is only your opinion - the opinion of someone who has obviously paid more for their website and can not comprehend someone else getting the same, something similar or something they require for their needs for a lot less.
As for being crap or offering very little we'll let Mr Walker be the judge of that! As he doesn't have to pay anything until he his satisfied - then he really doesn't have anything to lose does he?
Also to note: paying Google £500/£1000 and paying a web designer £500/£1000 are two completely different things!
Just to clarify I said "it was nonsense and couldn't possibly see how a £500 website could guarantee more customers than a £1000 website"...
The design of a website has nothing to do with paying Google!
It's obvious if you pay Google £1000 - assuming you are talking about Google's Adwords program (where a website owner pays for advertising) you are going to benefit more than paying £500. I just don't see where this comes into it as it was never mentioned in any previous posts.
On another note:
Why do people buy expensive designer clothing made from fabric so poor it has to be dry-cleaned only?
Why do people give to charities?
Why do people do volunteer work?
Why do we help the old lady down the street who is too frail to get out to the shops?
In fact why do we do anything without charging a fortune for it - are we all mad?
The fact is greencleansolution, there are people out there that do such things, whether it be for free or very little. Should you ever venture up north you'll find an abundance of them!
lol you say i am acting immature and you respond like that? tbh my points are entirely valid and most definitely need to be bought up as like i mentioned, what he is offering sounds identical (and i mean identical) to what scammers say, literlly word for word, "oh i'll do YOU the favour, you chosing me is doing you a favour" etc etc. it's true that offering a website that he could pay >£500 for, but instead pays just £75 thats too good to be true so how can you not expect people to be skeptical? seriously how can you not expect there to be someone saying "hold on a second, this sounds fishy"?
now showing your age, you have massively jumped to an assumption that i paid for my website so can't comprehend your non sense blah blah blah. well i paid £0 for the website, and just £16 for one years hosting, and another £16 for 4 domain names, .org, .net, .co.uk, .com. so guess i am in a postition then to judge what has been said
the only thing i guess i miss understood was when you mentioned paying £500/£1000 wouldn't get any more customers as i assumed you meant paying an seo £500/£1000, not the website designer/developer.
yes saying it's rediculously low is my opinion and it's the opinion of someone who makes websites, not for a living but as a hobby and £75 is very low, for £75 you could get what at most 3 hours of some ones time and thats paying an extremely low rate of just £25, web developers can be on hundreds and are, as i know a heck of a lot of them. of course my opinion to say it but again what is being offered sounds far too good to be true, as what it sounds is as though you're suggesting your son will spend a lot of time on someones website, for just £75!
do them a favour without ripining them off? so paying a professional web designer/developer who has been in the industry since it first started just £75 isn't ripping them (your son) off? and the other way around, charging someone £2000 is riping them off? i'd gladly pay someone £2000 to bring me in £100,000 work. who's getting ripped off again? are you suggesting that the work of say anytihng less then £500 wont bring in any work so has no value, hence the website creator ripped them off?
this thread is extremely funny as you have immediately gone very very very defensive, when what i said is very fair and needs to be said.
hey everyone, here is my opinion just in case it's missed, and i'm saying it not to harm your business, but simply to help you make up an informed decision. i think marge has gone very defensive because he knows what he is saying is too good to be true, and he (his son) is offering someone a website for £75 and all you'll get just £75 work or even less, a quick template, your text, and thats it. not a bespoke design that fits with your business. he doesn't want anyone going against what he (his son) is offering as they'll easily point out some very concerning points. could be wrong but thats my opinion based solely on how marge has reacted and what he has said.
after 15 years £75 wouldn't even be half hours work of a good professional web designer, and if your son is offering the website for £75 he may as well offer it for free. it's like right now me asking for £5 just 3 days cleaning work, i wouldn't bother with asking for the money and then i'd do them a real favour, as compared to what i earn, £5 is absolutely nothing for what i put in.
marge: any chance we can see your son's website? his previous work etc. would help people see his level of work and sell his service on this forum, which gets a good amount of requests for websites. might be good for him
hope this post is not misunderstood, i post only to help others from being scammed, not to say they will with marge's son, but it's to help prevent it just in case. imo though you will be scammed if paying just £75 for a professionals work of 15 or so years
if it was £75 for someone who just graduated then it makes sense, they both get something out of it.
