DoIt Site Help

[John Klyne]

Okay, I had started this project about 5 months ago...and stopped it, here I am, restarting it again.

The site, is going to be one that people make an account on. That is simple.
It then has a section where a person requests someone else to do something.
Then there is a section that lets people upload a picture/video of themselves doing it. These videos or pictures can be commented by users.

What is so special? This is like YouTube?....that is where a person thinks wrongly about it.

On this site, people request someone to do something (like eat x worms, or walk around the mall with nothing but their boxers on...)
In order to request something, you have to set a price. (To do so, you say "Okay do this...and you will get this amount of cash").
The person who posts their proof (video/picture) of doing it, gets the money DIRECTLY deposited into their (bank/paypal/any other payment form).

So is this that hard to create?....
I have to say, right about now, I am running low on cash, my construction company is not doing well, (getting sued all over the place...Obama still has not enacted more public works that my company can take control of).......who has not worked since...ow lets say the end of November...until now?

Well bills pile up.

Okay, I am really in need of cash. This is the reason I am creating this site. (It will help bring me some income)...how???

Well when a person completes a request, and gets paid x amount of dollars for doing something, we take x% of that amount, for our nice service.

Well let me say this......I SWEAR ONTO MYSELF, that if any income is generated, I WILL GLADLY SHARE IT!! Why??
Well I have no scripting knowledge.

I have not seen ANYTHING OUT THERE that could help me get this done. Well...this is where you earn cash for the rest of your life, as long as the site stays up....

Simply help me with the scripts....it might have to be from scratch.....
Well, anything help at all......if the site does get done, I GUARANTEE YOU, 100% that you will get paid if the site earns cash.

Well feel free to post below what you think.

 

[Anna]

sounds like a pretty cool idea Unfortunatly I'm no scripter either... So I can't be of any help (well I know html, but that doesn't get us far does it?)

 

[John Klyne]

I am not sure about html, you can probably help with the site homepage, but I was thinking maybe php work would be needed.

 

[tittat]

It looks like a nice idea.Iam not well in coding from the scratch but i think i can search for those ready made scripts from this world wide web.Is there any such site already exists?? If so can you show me the preview or post a link to it.

 

[John Klyne]

No such site exists. It is a pure 100% idea I have come up with.

these are the scripts I believe would be needed though...

registration script....
a script/paypal integration where people buy points for example 1 point = 1.00$ .... use these points as a way to pay members for doing something, in which later on can be cashed in.
a script allowing members to upload a video or picture, in which people can comment on.
a page where people see a list of things people are paying to have someone do (so a script that puts the things requested in a alphabetical order for example).

That is all there basically is, for this so far. But may not be all of the scripts needed.

I appreciate all the help you are all giving me.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HELP SO FAR.

 

[GrandeMike]

John,
What you should be looking at is a CMS (Content Management System) that will work best for the type of work you need. This isn't very easy to identify most of the time, especially if you don't have any real coding experience. But they will be the underlying infrastructure, or foundation, you can build upon.

The second part to this, is you would most likely need custom modules and components for such a CMS to handle the tasks you wish to specifically perform on the site.

When running a business model as it is like this (money for service), it is my opinion that you need to think of accountability first and foremost and base the project around that. By accountability I mean how are you going to get 'A' to pay 'B' without complication blah blah blah... I'm sure you can see where I'm going with that and there are many ways to solve the problem.

Overall, I think you should definitely have a clear and defined plan of what you want and how you want to achieve it before progressing. Something that is going to be successful on the web cannot be subject to change on a whim without a clear process behind it. Having just read what I wrote, please don't think I'm coming off harsh or personal. Just trying to provide feedback from someone that's been around the block once or twice. :biggrin: