Hiring a webmaster?

The purpose of this article is help you understand if it is necessary to hire a webmaster to build your site or not.

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Why you don't need to hire a webmaster

You don't really need one except for some cases. Doesn't matter if you are building a site for yourself or for someone else. You can do it without knowing any HTML.

Let's take a look at Sitecube .They let you create a professional website and provide you with hosting solution. You can build a flash based website using their modified software. You don't even need to program it, they do it for you.

You can choose your design from their 9000 templates. Customize it however you want. Add advance features such as a live spokesperson and etc. This is the perfect website builder if you want to build a dynamic website.

You can also try Homestead to build your site.

Building a site with these tools is much cheaper than hiring a webmaster. A professional will charge around 500$ to build a 5-8 normal website and if you want flash integrated than you have to pay a lot. If you get a professional to create a live spokesperson for your website, they will charge you around 1000$ just for that feature.

So you might want to look at your budget before start hiring one. If you have no capitals to create a website, you can try Synthesite .Their tool lets you create a website with free unlimited hosting. You just need to purchase a domain name from them and even that's optional. This site builder is really easy to use but does not have all the powerful features like Sitecube.

Why you need to hire a webmaster...

If you are really looking for someone with programming knowledge, Guru and Elance would be the 2 best place to look for. There are thousands of programmers available in those websites.

They work on pay-per-contract or hourly basis. All you need to do is create a profile and post your project. Make it clear what do you want and also set your budget. Developers will bid on it and whoever bid less will get the contract.

There are several other websites are offering these freelancing services but these 2 are by far the best ones. You can actually check the developers' portfolio before hiring them.

You get to see the number of project they have done for others and the feedback as well. The developers from those websites are really professional and you can actually rely on them.

The risk of outsourcing a developer

It is true that you can hire a freelancer on those sites and can also view their work history before hiring them. But in some of the cases be careful. Always trade through those websites, not personal e-mails or developer's site.

If a freelancer tells you to use different methods of payment, don't do it because then you have no way to prove that you actually paid them to work on your projects. Because most of the time, you will be hiring offshore developers and you may think it's cheap but a lot of the time, they will try to rip you off.

When you post your projects, make it clear what type of sites you want and the time frame. Because most of the time, some developers don't respect the deadline. Make a contract before giving out the project that if they don't deliver the product on time or if the quality does not meet your expectation, make them agree to refund your money.

Make your trade as safe as possible since you cannot do anything if the freelancer is in the other corner of the world. The law is completely different and worst comes to worst, they will just close down their accounts.

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