Web Programing For Under $100

If anyone has looked around, you will find all sorts of software systems for just a few dollars which proclaim to allow you to run your own myspace or youtube type websites.

The problem is, they lack any serious architecture that would support any significant number of users. The programmer builds something easy and that can run on any average website. And in most cases, the user will never achieve capacity since 99.9% of all new websites fail very quickly.

The market shows a false front on what programing should actually cost. People belive that a website like ebay can be built for a few hundred dollars or google for under $100.

But there is a reason why Microsoft spent over $100 million dollars programing their own google clone. If they could have done it for $100, I am pretty sure they would have opted for that route instead.

Getting the average user to understand the cost of quality programing is almost impossible becuase of the extent of lousy programing being offered and the number of scammers offering services that they can't really provide.

It is nice to think that you could outsource the programing of google to India for $100, but very unrealistic. Sure they can build you a search engine, but never near the capacity of a real search engine like google. You might get a search capable of searching a few web pages but nothing more.

The same is true for most applications. They will support a few people, but if the site has any success, it will overload crash and burn.

If the website owner knew that the website could only manage 200 users before maxing out the server, they probably would never start since they expect 200 million users in a few short months.

So what is the serious statup supposed to do? How can anyone afford to get their foot in the door?

If your startup is starting with a software budget of $100, you might want to consider the actual potential. How far will the programing take you? How far will your investment take you?

You wont go far with a $100 budget. You can of course be taken by someone that wants your $100 and will feed you a sloppy off the shelf application installed on a low end hosting account.

My advice is to avoid trying to take over the world. If you only have $100 to spend, stay in a market your can afford to compete in.

You can certainly build a website for under $100 and even install some pretty wonderful shopping software to sell products. Or use a system like pagebuzz for even less money for a complete website and shopping cart.

Like any business, if the sky is the limit, there will be more scammers than legit players. There will be more deals than dealers and there will be room for more people to lose everything they have.

You need to think reasonably. Why do companies spend millions of dollars on programing? Why do programers make $100,000.00 a year. And how much time is that programmer going to spend writing your software for $100?

Thinking you can buy a website for $100 is like thinking you can buy a car for $100.

Although you certianly can, we all know what kind of car we can buy for $100.

Just compare the value of that purchase to the value of buying a website software system for $100.

Neither one is sound investment.