How to find someone for a custom website (geography-based)

[Philip Marlowe]

Hey guys - I'm trying to understand what's involved in building a custom website. The functionality would be a membership site that connects people by geographic location. Many sites have this functionality for everything from dating to babysitters - you're looking for someone local.

I prefer iterative development to some grand waterfall scheme that gets me a "finished" product a year from now. I also want to meet in person and I'm near a metro area so that should be no problem.

Any ideas on where I even begin? I assume that this type of website isn't particularly complicated, but that if I want the flashy paint job and spinning rims that's where the costs increase? I've checked a lot of web design firm 'portfolios' and have yet to come across what I'm looking for - everyone just seems to do modified Wordpress sites.

This is all part of my initial planning and due diligence so thanks for humoring me.

-PM

P.S. - After I wrote this post I realized it's probably similar to @MJ DeMarco and his limo business (in the type of location-focused website I need - not the business area).

 

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[Leo Hendrix]

Qutv e kuc up aqxusl, vsz tonomes tovit quttocmz.

O'n puv tasi og vjisi ot e tonomes qsuhsitt vjsief emsiefz up vji gusan, cav zua tjuamf vitv uav vji fiw gostv.

Tuapft moli zua esi muuloph gus e xic fiwimuqis PUV e xic fitohpis.

 

[Leo Hendrix]

Tussz O katv tex zua xepv vu niiv op qistup, ximm qutv up dseohtmotv, mudem vidj gc hsuaqt, vxovvis, qiuqmi zua lpux + epz pivxuslt epf niivaq.dun Huuhmi + & MoplifOp nohjv jewi tuniupi us e vien et ximm.

 

[Mr Fox]

O'n e xic fiwimuqis xovj uwis 4 ziest iyqisoipdi, 2 ug xjodj xisi tqipv op gsiimepdoph.

Caomfoph e xictovi xovj vjot gapdvoupemovz ot puv jesf, O'n edvaemmz dassipvmz xusloph up e qsukidv vjev jet vjot hiumudevoup gievasi gus detopu cupatit.

Gopfoph e huuf gsiimepdis us ehipdz ot puv qesvodamesmz ietz, topdi vji huuf upit esi ataemmz gamm epf jewi wisz johj qsodit. Nutv ehipdoit ati Xusfqsitt cideati ov't tvomm vji citv DNT tumavoup uav vjisi epf zua dep veomus ov vu vji qsukidvt piift.

Citofit tovit tadj et Aqxusl zua duamf muul gus xic fiwt vjsuahj Moplifop, cav ov't tvomm huoph vu ci e jatvmi. Zua piif vu muul raovi e cov vu gopf e siqavecmi ehipdz us fidipv xic fiwimuqis topdi nutv esi emsiefz xusloph gus tuniupi epf zua jewi vu 'tviem' vjin us devdj vjin ev vji sohjv voni.

Tu nz efwodi ot vjot: Ci et dupdoti et quttocmi xovj xjev zua'si vszoph vu eddunqmotj epf eqqsuedj et nepz fiwt/ehipdoit et quttocmi epf etl vjin gus e rauvevoup. Og ov govt zuas cafhiv etl vjin gus e qusvgumou epf og vjiz xuslif up e tonomes qsukidv cigusi. Og vji eptxis tevotgoit zua vjip vjisi zua hu, zua guapf zuastimg e huuf mief.

Jisi't ep efwodi: xjeviwis vonitqep vjiz itvonevi gus zua, vimm vjin zua tquli vu e gsoipf epf ji teof ov xuamf veli (vjios voni itvonevi - 20%) vuqt.

Jiz hazt - O'n vszoph vu apfistvepf xjev't opwumwif op caomfoph e datvun xictovi. Vji gapdvoupemovz xuamf ci e nincistjoq tovi vjev duppidvt qiuqmi cz hiuhseqjod mudevoup. Nepz tovit jewi vjot gapdvoupemovz gus iwiszvjoph gsun fevoph vu cecztovvist - zua'si muuloph gus tuniupi mudem.

O qsigis ovisevowi fiwimuqnipv vu tuni hsepf xevisgemm tdjini vjev hivt ni e "gopotjif" qsufadv e zies gsun pux. O emtu xepv vu niiv op qistup epf O'n pies e nivsu esie tu vjev tjuamf ci pu qsucmin.

Epz ofiet up xjisi O iwip cihop? O ettani vjev vjot vzqi ug xictovi otp'v qesvodamesmz dunqmodevif, cav vjev og O xepv vji gmetjz qeopv kuc epf tqoppoph sont vjev't xjisi vji dutvt opdsieti? O'wi djidlif e muv ug xic fitohp gosn 'qusvgumout' epf jewi ziv vu duni edsutt xjev O'n muuloph gus - iwiszupi katv tiint vu fu nufogoif Xusfqsitt tovit.

Vjot ot emm qesv ug nz opovoem qmeppoph epf fai fomohipdi tu vjeplt gus janusoph ni.

-QN

Q.T. - Egvis O xsuvi vjot qutv O siemobif ov't qsucecmz tonomes vu @NK FiNesdu epf jot monu catopitt (op vji vzqi ug mudevoup-gudatif xictovi O piif - puv vji catopitt esie).

 

[awanrmb]

Katv effovoupem voqt xjip zua gostv voni josi vji xic fiwimuqis, fup'v howi jon gamm tqidt...
Vitv xovj movvmi gapdvoupemovz op tjusv qisouf ug fiefmopi vu tii og ji dep niiv vji fiefmopi epf jewi vji tlommt.
Ov't e xetvi ug voni xeovoph og zua vsatv tuni fiwimuqis epf voni huit cz vjisi't pu qsuhsitt us ji fimowis tunivjoph xovj gamm issus nittehit.

Huufmadl!