Nick (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} userhappiness) wrote,@ 2006-03-15 17:01:00 |
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Web 2.0: reassuringly inexpensive
Building a web application is expensive, right? You need designers, developers, branding, testing, trademarks and loads of other stuff that you haven't even thought of. Wrong! Ryan Carson shares his experience of building DropSend in this excellent MP3. Total cost? Under £30,000. Less than a lot of developers get paid in a year.
A lot of the buzz about web 2.0 and web application development has focused on technology and process rather than the business case, so it's really refreshing to hear someone talking honestly about the costs of development and offering advice on sticking to a budget. Gems include:
Building a web application is expensive, right? You need designers, developers, branding, testing, trademarks and loads of other stuff that you haven't even thought of. Wrong! Ryan Carson shares his experience of building DropSend in this excellent MP3. Total cost? Under £30,000. Less than a lot of developers get paid in a year.
A lot of the buzz about web 2.0 and web application development has focused on technology and process rather than the business case, so it's really refreshing to hear someone talking honestly about the costs of development and offering advice on sticking to a budget. Gems include:
- The credit card test – would you pay for the service you're offering?
- Outsource development – everyone else seems to see coding as the fun part
- Avoid 'formal' marketing – write features or 'guest' blog articles
- Be really tight – check any spend above £25
- Barter your services – how about a website or some evaluations for that £1,000 charge?
