I run a small business in Sydney and have been doing so since 2004. I felt that my website was starting to look a bit old and tired and needed some modernisation to bring it up to date and represent my business in a more professional manner.

So the journey began! A business acquaintance of mine introduced me to his developer who gave me all the ho-hum on Search Engine Optimisations, etc and when they put in a proposal offered to solve all my problems for $8000. Now I don't know about you but this is a lot of money so my business partner suggested I'd better go out and get some more quotes. I contacted a friendly business associate who I knew was in the game and asked them to put in a quote which they did offering to solve all my problems for $3600. Again, my business partner wasn't satisfied, so another acquaintance referred me to freelancer.international. I undertook a search and asked to be introduced to a freelance web developer who had Joomla skills and was based in Russia. This person offered to do the job for $1000. The rates were based on those advertised but we agreed to fix price the project with 50% paid up front and 50% on delivery and "my satisfaction".

The freelancer approached the job with professionalism making sure we both agreed on what needed to be done, provided simple agreements, suggested templates that best met my needs, undertook the graphic development and integrated the subscription services with my provider.

I'm now a happy owner of a new website and saved myself a fortune on its development. This successful project was only made possible because freelancer.international introduced us. BTW, the freelancer and I are now working on phase 2 ... and tomorrow the world!