> If you mean you're thinking of STARTING something like guru.com or > elance.com, for the IG community, that would be a waste of time at > this stage. > > It would cost you say 50 grand to set it all up, and you would get no > more than 2 or 3 listings a year.
50 Grand? You're dreaming! 2 or 3 listings a year. ROTFLMAO! You could have a fully working e-lance style clone setup, and running within 4 days for around $200. Check out this script: http://smarterscripts.com/freelancers/ The very successful ScriptLance website regular lists e-gold related design projects every month, and the programmers are quite happy to meet this need. Most of the time, people want forced matrix type scripts, autopayment systems and modifications to existing shopping cart software to accept e-gold based payments. http://www.scriptlance.com/ Personally I think you idea is great, but e-gold is not going to help you, and I'll tell you why ... On ScriptLance (and other websites), programmers can join and provide their service quotes very cheaply. If they win the project, then most programmers will start a discussion and create a "demo" project. Once a webmaster is happy with the "demo", they then log into ScriptLance, and send the money through their system directly to the programmer. They also leave feedback. Then the webmaster waits for the programmer to send over the source code, or install the script on a server. What is to stop a person from listing a low bid, getting the project, creating a "mock-up" solution, and asking for 50% before completing the rest of the project, and then simply running away with your E-Gold? Would there be any real way to track down the programmers that do this? (In case you are wondering, this has happened to me twice now) Establishing the element of "trust" would be your major barrier to entry, and not the lack of $50,000. Jonathan --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure Randomized Keyboard (SRK) when accessing your e-gold account(s) via the web and shopping cart interfaces to help thwart keystroke loggers and common viruses.
