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Originally Posted by Aotearoa  You'll need to offer the developer a sufficiently large share of the business to cover the prospect that they don't succeed. You'll need to sell the developers on the potential for the site. You also have the problem that if they don't do the world's best job they still own a piece of the action. |
The bit in bold is the bit that I find the most difficult to get a grasp on.
I think that there would need to be specific points in a contract regarding what is expected, and how it can be measured.
I have a load of domains that I would love to start developing with a partner but the 2 that immediately jump to mind are:
Student Books / com
London Student / co / uk
The latter is active but is vBulletin that I used mods with and even started messing around with when I was learning PHP - it really needs a revamp. Plus I think there's potential to do so much more with it. Site needs to be designed better, and capitalising on more ads or even the database.
The first domain above is blank but I've had a bunch of really good offers. I'm so reluctant to sell because of the ideas I have.
It's great that so many of you have replied to this thread, and would be nice to hear other people's success stories, or problems you've encountered.
(also if anyone has skills to offer and is interested in getting involved with one of the projects above, PM me! I have lots of other projects too
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