Comments on: Chris Garrett Starts Blog Design Service

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 21 Aug 2006 09:40:49 +0000

I wouldn’t give Â£449 to a person who doesn’t know the difference between “you’re” and “your”.

By: varun

varun — Tue, 15 Aug 2006 06:39:22 +0000

That means that I need to see Chris’s Work samples

By: David

David — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:16:25 +0000

I thought so too, until I looked at other designers promising the same service. Most were in the 2-3k USD range…

By: varun

varun — Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:45:32 +0000

seems over priced !!

Nearly 1000 USD for a blog design /porting ?

By: Gerard @ Interweb World

Gerard @ Interweb World — Thu, 27 Jul 2006 11:50:58 +0000

That’s a very enterprising notion, considering the limited amount of work being done – Chris seems to have been very specific about what will be done.

Essentially a lot of designers could offer this service with some good XHTML/CSS frameworks and then customise for each client.

As a web designer, it’s not a bad idea, because you get the one-time introductory work, avoiding scope creep, and possibly repeat work when templates need tweaked.

By: Justin

Justin — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:29:08 +0000

I have worked with Chris Garrett in the past and his work far exceeds any other designer I have ever worked with. Chris’s assistance and expertise has lead to some of the most attractive sites I have interaced with.

If you read, way to go Chris, fabulous idea! Hope it works out for you (by the way this is cheaper than your last quote to me )

By: Mike again

Mike again — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:05:12 +0000

What is better, to have the same design as many others … or your very own unique one? If you are a reputable business, I would suggest to stand out with something that’s only yours. Sure, a lot of great blogs have the same themes (some are even blogspot ones *shudder*), but you shouldn’t miss out on an opportunity to impress your potential customers. Even if it costs a few extra bucks

Mike Dammann

By: Pete

Pete — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:29:12 +0000

Yes and you can also buy a $1,000 car so why buy a $30,000 one?

Jeez give him a break. He is a professional designer not someone that does it as a hobby and is happy to get $20 for his “design”

By: Donna

Donna — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 01:38:17 +0000

But, you can find designs just as nice (if not nicer) for FREE at any open source web design place. Heck, there are nicer ones on themes.wordpress.net.

By: Mike Businessblogs.org

Mike Businessblogs.org — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 16:07:27 +0000

I believe that blog designs can range in the 1,000s easily and be more than worth it. How would you like to have a blog such as http://www.catavino.net ?

How much do you think he paid for it? If you have a blog for many years, a good design can be one of the best investments you’ll ever make

- Mike Dammann

By: 59ideas

59ideas — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 09:39:28 +0000

If you look hard enough, you could outsourced it to some Indian, Chinese or East Europeans freelancers for much much less.

On the other hand, not many of them (the outsourced alternatives) are well verse with the latest “Standard based design”, CSS, AJAX and the hype.

By: Shawna

Shawna — Sat, 22 Jul 2006 05:53:40 +0000

Are people serious? Nearly $1,000 for a blog? What un-knowing people are buying designs at such rediculous prices? This is obviously for people who have money burn.

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Increase in Transparency in Professional Blog Design Pricing | blogHelper — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 19:02:42 +0000

[...] And if Chris Garett Media’s (is this the same Chris Garett at Performancing? lol, probably not) new 499 project (via Blogging Pro) is anything to go by, up-front pricing seems to be the new marketing strategy. And now that prices are all in the open, cheaper prices to attract those shell-shocked from the $XXXX prices quoted earlier seem to be the result. Chris Garett, for one, is just (think comparatively) charging a fixed Â£449 (or around US$830) for a complete blog design – from homepage to search results page. [...]

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16BITS.net: Blog Archivos » Buen diseño de blogs por 830USD — Fri, 21 Jul 2006 13:44:24 +0000

[...] Chris Garrett Starts Blog Design Service. Últimamente veo todos los días una nueva empresa de diseño de blogs, en este caso tenés buen diseño (tampoco el mejor diseño) por un precio asequible. Gracias Jorge. [...]