Anyone Worked with someone else to develop site?

[ClaireB]

Hello, everyone, I am new here.
I have several domain names I consider most valuable though I learned that value in the eyes of people specializing in domain names has to do mostly with ovt.
Once I develop sites with these domain names they will have great results.
If I get help to develop the domains (it is a matter of time available) what would be a good arrangement?

I know I can pay a student to do what I think should be done with most of the domain names but am not in a position to pay per hour.

If I ask someone related to me to help with this, what would be a good percentage of the sales price to give her?

If, on the other hand, I ask someone else with more experience to help develop the site, what would be a fair arrangement?

Did any of you make such arrangements?

Thanks

Claire

 

[dotNetKing]

Probably a little tricky.

One or two people here have offered to do simple but reasonable design for very modest prices.

I have someone to do my Spanish design work I want for around $1.40 an hour, a pretty good rate by local standards.

If you plan to sell the domains as soon as the work is done, and have a good idea of how much you will get, you should be able to work out a payment taking into account real cost of the domain to you, your effort in developing it and selling it, your profit and a fair amount to pay the person who helps you.

My 2 centavos.

p.s. I am also part way into negotiations to develop a domain for the current owner (too expensive for me to buy).

With this, I and my designer would probably be getting 75% of income earned from the site and the owner 25%. The owner would not sell the domain to someone else unless he had a really high offer, and then there would be an agreed split of the sales price to take into account the work we had done.

 

[ClaireB]

Probably a little tricky.

One or two people here have offered to do simple but reasonable design for very modest prices.

I have someone to do my Spanish design work I want for around $1.40 an hour, a pretty good rate by local standards.

If you plan to sell the domains as soon as the work is done, and have a good idea of how much you will get, you should be able to work out a payment taking into account real cost of the domain to you, your effort in developing it and selling it, your profit and a fair amount to pay the person who helps you.

My 2 centavos.

p.s. I am also part way into negotiations to develop a domain for the current owner (too expensive for me to buy).

With this, I and my designer would probably be getting 75% of income earned from the site and the owner 25%. The owner would not sell the domain to someone else unless he had a really high offer, and then there would be an agreed split of the sales price to take into account the work we had done.

Thank you. I thought that I saw someone on another forum ask for names he wanted to develop sites with, saying he proposes to split the income from sponsored ads 50/50. But I have no idea what such a person would expect if the domain were sold.

Claire

 

[Dale Hubbard]

What's probably as important is that you come to an understanding as to who owns the intellectual property rights in the work done. That is usually best kept as a separate arrangment over and above any sharing of revenue etc.

 

[ClaireB]

What's probably as important is that you come to an understanding as to who owns the intellectual property rights in the work done. That is usually best kept as a separate arrangment over and above any sharing of revenue etc.

You are absolutely right. I always write myself agreements which the other party has to sign and whichever arrangement I will make, if I use anyone for one or two names, then I will say x% in exchange for work done, detail the work to be done and the maintenance, and specify active marketing and efforts to obtain buyers,and specify that I am the copyright owner.

Harvey Mackay (Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive) is absolutely right when he says to never take a partner. It never really works. He says the only partner he has is his wife (and this is for personal life).

 

[Mr. Deleted]

Harvey Mackay (Swim With The Sharks Without Being Eaten Alive) is absolutely right when he says to never take a partner. It never really works. He says the only partner he has is his wife (and this is for personal life).

LOL, I know that by experience, but I do currently have a good pardner and hopefully this one will work out.