[Typo3-marketing] Freelance auction for TYPO3 web development?

[Valery Romanchev]

Hi Daniel

Many thanks for input.

I do not like to damage TYPO3 brand and TYPO3 community in any way.
If I get this idea in mind, someone else can make it in action.

The question on low-budget market is complex.

In user list I answer one Kasper's  question:

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Hi Kasper 

> BTW: Maybe you also answer another thought I had this
> morning: Why in the first place are we having so many people that set 
> out to try TYPO3 but fail? Did they simply bump into the wrong CMS by 
> accident, or did they select TYPO3 because they really need some of 
> what it can do over the more simple packages (like I assume Mambo to 
> be)?

I think many people drop TYPO3 just because TYPO3 have not ready-to-run
packages with nice design. Mambo has a lot of them.
So people want to have full working solution without any efforts... Mambo
give it, but TYPO3 not.

Valery
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Then he answer me:
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I agree.
Who can make this happen for TYPO3? 

It is really a question of efforts into design if you ask me (provided that
the technical installation is fluent)! Because we have all the technology
ready to provide easy-to-install-default-websites.

- kasper
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So, I think there is no tech problems to TYPO3 become like Mambo.
But may be it is not so good.

> Either we can't avoid that and should go with the flow, or we 
> should do everything to compensate and overcome this trend. I 
> opt for the latter.

May be the best way  to compensate and overcome this trend is to take
control of it.
Sertification, memebership etc.


> Two years ago someone tried to auction off a TYPO3 website on 
> ebay. We took legal action to prevent that.

About selling TYPO3 templates or sites.
As I understand GPL, anyone can sell any TYPO3 service (installation,
customisation, template creation etc) with no problem.
But no one can sell (distribute) any product for money.
So it is not possible to make typo3-template shop (with downloadable
products) like templatemonster,
but no problem to make service of creation typo3 sites from standard design
(with standard prices).
But if prices will be low, it is better not to avertize this service with
TYPO3 brand.
I know one example this service (TYPO3 copywrite and branding is OK in
BackEnd and code).

May be you can consider to turn all people, who want to go to low cost
market in this way?


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Best regards,
Valery Romanchev
freelance TYPO3 web-developer
it at webmed.ru
Moscow, Russia