Re: Problems for small sites

From: Ian A. Ippolito <IanIppolito_at_exhedra.com>
Date: Thu 16 Jan 2003 18:43:35 -0600

Andy wrote:

>>>The small sites genarally have the following problems:-
>>>
>>>D) Due to some ignorance small sites are paying way over the top for poor
>>>website work and having a bad experience with their developers mainly
>>>because they are using stalling tactics as a bigger and more bucks to me
>>>website build has to be built. This leads to B.
>>>F) Not enough SME freelance IT advisors available to work on a daily rate
>>> (i'd love to do this)
>>>G) They outsource most IT requirements usually to multi-suppliers!

>>>Solution (?)

>>>Businesses should unite (possibly by type of service or product) in
>>>groups of say 10, they should share resources and experiences, mailing
>>>lists, group purchases, recommendations and IT support and advice, etc.

Andy,

  That's one solution. But the world is changing quickly and there is
now another alternative for small sites who need IT work done.

    Sites like elance, freemarkets and RentACoder.com (which I belong
to) have tens of thousands of IT people who will bid on work. All these
sites are reverse auctions, so small and medium sized sites now have an
edge over the big sites, because they can acquire talent more
economically than the big sites do through their more expensive custom
arrangements with outsourcing firms.

    Incidently, the Wall Street Journal did an interesting article about
how IT markets like these are changing the nature of IT:
http://www.rentacoder.com/RentACoder/WallStreetJournal/default.asp


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