Help wanted for script left ruined
Posted: Sun May 24, 2009 9:17 am
Hi,
I am one of two owners of the php reciprocal link script reciprocal links pro.
Our site does very well in search engines and is number 2 in google for term reciprocal link script. It currently receives about 800 unique visitors a month. (This is with next to no promotion for reasons we will outline below)
The company is owned by myself Gary McHugh and Harold Stone. Our script was built back in 2004 when we met online and had had a mutual moan that there really wasn't a simple to use reciprocal links script that encompassed the features that webmasters would actually use. We built this script using one programmer who we can not now find, based on ideas from webmasters rather than programmers which made it very popular.
The original script was one of the few scripts to actually write html links pages within directories, which search engines loved. However with the release of php5 this was no longer possible and the script produced errors.
We then proceeded to have the script made php5 compatible. Here the problems began. A string of bad and "Vanishing" php programmers have not only nearly completely broke our company financially but have left the script full of bugs and unsalable.
We obviously still have the script and have very good knowledge of how it should be working.
We are looking for a competent reliable php programmer to partner with us in exchange for a third of all the companies revenue in the future. We retailed the script at $59.99 and it sold fairly well despite the fact we could not advertise very hard due to continuing bugs left by these bad programmers. With promotion this script could earn serious revenue, we are prepared to do that promotion we just need the script working first.
The script is encoded when sold and a call home licensing system is in place to stop piracy and protect and increase revenues.
We have plans for a monthly lease for the script for those who cant afford a 1 hit license payment. Also we would like to create a 1 month trial for the script to increase sales.
The programmer/partner would need to
1. Go through the entire script removing unused code and check that all script functions work as they should most of them do not currently.(We can help with the testing part)
2. Work on the install routines to make them easier
3. Do a little work on our billing and licensing routine to facilitate free trials and monthly payment versions.
The urgent task is to just get the script working as it should.
Perhaps after seeing the script the successful applicant may want to build it from the ground up rather than fix the bad programming either way works for us we can help with that too. You can see a full feature list of the script at the site reciprocallinkspro.com
We have also been asked by webmasters for features the script does not have which we thought could be salable in future as additional purchased modules for those who want them.
PLEASE NO TIME WASTERS
We are looking for a dedicated programmer who is willing to work now for some residual income later, a developer for our scripts future, someone who will care as much about the project as we do.
I am really sorry we can not pay a fee initially as the string of programmers have literally sucked all we made from the script down to $24.
It would be a real shame to abandon this script as it has real earning potential plus a well established and busy domain.
Please apply to
Gary@reciprocallinkspro.com
With past experience and why you would be interested in this project.
Again PLEASE experienced, communicative and AVAILABLE programmers only.
Any questions just reply to the post.
I am one of two owners of the php reciprocal link script reciprocal links pro.
Our site does very well in search engines and is number 2 in google for term reciprocal link script. It currently receives about 800 unique visitors a month. (This is with next to no promotion for reasons we will outline below)
The company is owned by myself Gary McHugh and Harold Stone. Our script was built back in 2004 when we met online and had had a mutual moan that there really wasn't a simple to use reciprocal links script that encompassed the features that webmasters would actually use. We built this script using one programmer who we can not now find, based on ideas from webmasters rather than programmers which made it very popular.
The original script was one of the few scripts to actually write html links pages within directories, which search engines loved. However with the release of php5 this was no longer possible and the script produced errors.
We then proceeded to have the script made php5 compatible. Here the problems began. A string of bad and "Vanishing" php programmers have not only nearly completely broke our company financially but have left the script full of bugs and unsalable.
We obviously still have the script and have very good knowledge of how it should be working.
We are looking for a competent reliable php programmer to partner with us in exchange for a third of all the companies revenue in the future. We retailed the script at $59.99 and it sold fairly well despite the fact we could not advertise very hard due to continuing bugs left by these bad programmers. With promotion this script could earn serious revenue, we are prepared to do that promotion we just need the script working first.
The script is encoded when sold and a call home licensing system is in place to stop piracy and protect and increase revenues.
We have plans for a monthly lease for the script for those who cant afford a 1 hit license payment. Also we would like to create a 1 month trial for the script to increase sales.
The programmer/partner would need to
1. Go through the entire script removing unused code and check that all script functions work as they should most of them do not currently.(We can help with the testing part)
2. Work on the install routines to make them easier
3. Do a little work on our billing and licensing routine to facilitate free trials and monthly payment versions.
The urgent task is to just get the script working as it should.
Perhaps after seeing the script the successful applicant may want to build it from the ground up rather than fix the bad programming either way works for us we can help with that too. You can see a full feature list of the script at the site reciprocallinkspro.com
We have also been asked by webmasters for features the script does not have which we thought could be salable in future as additional purchased modules for those who want them.
PLEASE NO TIME WASTERS
We are looking for a dedicated programmer who is willing to work now for some residual income later, a developer for our scripts future, someone who will care as much about the project as we do.
I am really sorry we can not pay a fee initially as the string of programmers have literally sucked all we made from the script down to $24.
It would be a real shame to abandon this script as it has real earning potential plus a well established and busy domain.
Please apply to
Gary@reciprocallinkspro.com
With past experience and why you would be interested in this project.
Again PLEASE experienced, communicative and AVAILABLE programmers only.
Any questions just reply to the post.