Hi there, I'm an entrepreneur with a great idea on his hands, but laughable web skills. Can anyone give me suggestions on a way to collaborate with a young web designer who can build me a website for entertainment services, at no cost. At least while we trial the idea and product test it. A business advisor said I should find computing colleges and ask course coordinators to find a student who has a web building project. This way they could get a project done and I'd get a great website made for free. Does anyone else have any suggestions on how I could get a talented young web designer to build me a site?

There are many young designers that frequent this board including myself. You could try posting a short brief in the "Looking to Hire" section

 

Edit: Be aware that not all young designers will build you a website for free though, some of us already work.

Yeah and most people who would do it for free would normally be beginning web design and wouldn't be as good as someone who is already out there and working.

Hi,

 

If you need e-commerce. Why not add TopShopper. It is free to use for one month.

 

Regards

mike

Can you tell us a bit more about what your 'great idea' actually is ?

Yep, basically I can't go into the details because its all under wraps. The idea is to make an online rental site for an entertainment product, whereby, people in the local area can pay via paypal. The site will probably be very simple (I've looked at websites like Mr. Site, but I'd prefer a real person handling it). I'd need a menu page, a terms and conditions page, an about us page and so forth. It shouldn't be a difficult task and would give someone a great opportunity to advertise their work. I'm also going to get some illustrators/graphic designers on board with this.

i'd like to help