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In my opinion, SquareSpace (and others) is missing the boat by not having a white-label system for web developers to resell their services invisibly. People pa
by dpcan 16y ago
In my opinion, SquareSpace (and others) is missing the boat by not having a white-label system for web developers to resell their services invisibly.
People pay web devs because they don't want to take the TIME to learn it and do it themselves.
The reason people offer $200 is because they really want to pay someone for 8 hours of work for $200, it has NOTHING to do with web design.
If you are starting a candy store, that's the business you are in. Candy. They don't want to be web developers. At the same time, they don't have much money.
A hired hand who can do the work, manage the content, setup the design, but still use the easy tools available would be perfect. Then we COULD charge $200, be done in a few hours, and have happy clients.
Most people won't care what you use to create their site as long as you get it done and it was affordable.
- bdclimber14 16y agoI like this white-label idea... It's essentially what most web designers do now for static websites, just using a 3rd party system. I'd bet money that most of the sites using SquareSpace, etc. have been sold BY the web designer. If you win over the hearts of the web designers, then you'll win the clients...
- hitonagashi 16y agoOur startup has a product that does that :). Admittedly, the designers have to work with us to set them up, but once they are set up, we don't have to do anything more. http://www.usearabella.com/ http://www.usearabella.com/
- slantyyz 16y agoAren't all the web developers just white-labelling WordPress these days? On the money part, you're right. Small businesses that are used to paying their staff < $10/hr aren't used to paying the prices for a pro. For some reason, devs aren't in the same mindspace to these potential clients as lawyers, dentists and architects.