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bobocheez

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Nov 16, 2008 4:59 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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I have a relatively large website that only requires $500-1k to actually get it to do something useful. Just to hire a professional programmer.

How can I get this kind of money?

I have no idea, I`ve looked around google a bit and found some wierd websites that want $100 for signup.

Basically, is there any way to borrow money from someone(like peer to peer lending), and give a return only if it works out?

CraigL

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Nov 16, 2008 6:05 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Sell something you own?

EngineersCanSell

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Nov 16, 2008 8:00 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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$1k isn`t much at all, my first reaction is to side with Craig.

If that`s what your programmer wants you to pay him, offer him the first $2.5k of your revenue, but nothing up front.

Innovator7

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Nov 18, 2008 1:11 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Good idea EngineersCanSell. I remember I read your website. Well, I can read it again some time.

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bobocheez

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Nov 19, 2008 4:37 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Thanks

Raisecapital02

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Nov 23, 2008 12:07 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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What does your website do?

AngelDough

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Nov 23, 2008 11:10 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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You can checkout sites like www.Prosper.com or www.RequestFunding.com and see if you can get that $1k loan....have you tried friends and family?

It is also a great idea to offer the programmer twice his/her normal fee once you have revenue...

Also checkout www.eLance.com - what you think costs $500 - $1k; you can most likely get done for at least half of that by going thru elance.com....

Hope this helps and good luck!

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trapweed

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Dec 02, 2008 9:03 PM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Elance is good. guru.com is pretty decent too, and so is rentacoder.com, so I`ve heard.

danielcim

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Dec 11, 2008 11:33 AM ET Quote Report Abuse

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Hi,

Definitely try www.eLance.com. I have used it myself and paid a fraction of what I was originally quoted by local programmers. Post a description of what you require and wait for the bids. Remember to check out the programmer`s review before accepting their offer. You should have your site up and running in no time.

Good luck.

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