Hello all,

I'm starting online business within the service sector and would to like to please ask for your help.

I'd like to set up a website which has a similar format to www.ratedpeople.com, which has:

1) a customer side (http://www.ratedpeople.com/post-your...r&jobFormUri=/)
2) a supplier side (www.ratedpeople.com/new-signup/d/0f05541d86b4)

I would like to have an attempt at building the website myself and then if required, I would pay contractors to develop the bits which are too difficult to develop myself.

Please can you kindly point me in the right direction and provide some ideas of where to start?

Would using services like Squarespace help me develop a slick website?

What services does www.ratedpeople.com use to develop their website? I found the following www.builtwith.com/ratedpeople.com but I cannot see what platform they are using e.g. squarespace.

Thank you so much for your help in advance.

Kind regards,

Thomas

Heyhey,

 

personally I prefer Wordpress. Haven't had a look into Squarespace yet.

 

In WP you can set up different user roles which enables specific visitors to see specific sites, register forms or whatever you need to hide from normal visitors.

 

You could write the website as far as you can and let a WP developer implement your theme and maybe make it a bit dynamic with the ability to change content via the admin area.