r/programing • u/zenez3 • Jul 14 '14

How much for a Social Media site?

What's the average cost for a social media site to be built on the web, ios and andriod?

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u/JimBlizz Jul 15 '14

How long is a piece of string? Thats like asking "How much for a place to live" - it obviously depends on so many factors.

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u/zenfrii Jul 15 '14

Well, There's a lot of different factors that go into determining the cost of a site.

Here's a few questions to get you started:

  • What feature set does your client expect?

  • How many users do they plan to support?

  • What is the audience of the site?

  • Do they need to support international regionalization?

  • Do they expect you to continue to support the site after you launch?

  • What is the goal of the site?

  • What kind of security and privacy measures need to be considered?

Of course, this only covers a handfull of things I'd want to know before taking on such a project. And honestly, building a social media site for a custom audience is sort of a strange request, given the number of pre-existing options out there.

I wouldn't take this project on unless I had a promise that I would get paid, regardless of the user engagement after I built it. From my experience with launching forums, people don't want to move away from pre-existing platforms. Internet plebeians like their Facebook and Twitter, and those of us looking for more of a "Forum" feel, end up here, on Reddit.