How did the Find Madeleine website cost £36.000?

[Alice Purjorick]

From a blog dated 2007

So there you go - whatever the "sceptics" are inferring by questioning the cost of the FM website, let's hope this gives them "pause for thought".

It gives me pause for thought.
It'll cost 32 grand.
How much ?
OK 16 grand then.
Ding dong.

[Alfred R Jones]

It gives me pause for thought.
It'll cost 32 grand.
How much ?
OK 16 grand then.
Ding dong.

You obviously didn't pause for long enough.

[slartibartfast]

Nope, not a 32k website.

[G-Unit]

I said this earlier, not sure where. I created a website around 2007 using a hosting company and a template provided by them. The cost was very small. Findmadeleine.com looks like a  site built using a template to me, not a bespoke one, they usually have the name of the company which created it at the bottom and 'all rights reserved'.

 The find Madeleine website was created in a day by Calum MacRae. He was part-owner of Infohost with his father, a scottish policeman. I would imagine the £36,000 was for the year, as the merchandising was also being organised by Calum. Interesting mention of 'Missing People' in the article;

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12766979.Millions_have_contacted_the_Madeleine_McCann_appeal_website__Who_runs_it__Three_teenagers_from_Ullapool/

[Alice Purjorick]

You obviously didn't pause for long enough.

Maybe you should have read the paragraph preceding the bit you quoted from the blog?
More complex websites can cost anything from £1,000 to much more. It all depends on what you want. But BEWARE if a web-developer starts quoting you anything around the £5,000 mark before really talking to you, then walk away. There are too many sharks out there. Let me tell you a story:

http://www.iwantawebsite.co.uk/how-much.html

[Alfred R Jones]

Maybe you should have read the paragraph preceding the bit you quoted from the blog?
More complex websites can cost anything from £1,000 to much more. It all depends on what you want. But BEWARE if a web-developer starts quoting you anything around the £5,000 mark before really talking to you, then walk away. There are too many sharks out there. Let me tell you a story:

http://www.iwantawebsite.co.uk/how-much.html

If only the McCanns had read the blog first, eh?  Perhaps they could have saved some money, but then their minds were probably on other things at the time.

[lordpookles]

I said this earlier, not sure where. I created a website around 2007 using a hosting company and a template provided by them. The cost was very small. Findmadeleine.com looks like a  site built using a template to me, not a bespoke one, they usually have the name of the company which created it at the bottom and 'all rights reserved'.

 The find Madeleine website was created in a day by Calum MacRae. He was part-owner of Infohost with his father, a scottish policeman. I would imagine the £36,000 was for the year, as the merchandising was also being organised by Calum. Interesting mention of 'Missing People' in the article;

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12766979.Millions_have_contacted_the_Madeleine_McCann_appeal_website__Who_runs_it__Three_teenagers_from_Ullapool/

Interesting thanks for the link. So, would perhaps be reasonable to assume his team of 6 were paid £36k in total and he says they spend 12 to 20 hours a week working on it. Not sure if that's a large amount of money... all depends... the Madeleine website certainly would have been updated a lot in the early days especially with all the developments and press coverage there was.... so the website was a continuous job... sounds like it from the link...  when you consider the daily rate for these people - we don't know if they are charging 100/200, maybe more, a day...

[Alfred R Jones]

Interesting thanks for the link. So, would perhaps be reasonable to assume his team of 6 were paid £36k in total and he says they spend 12 to 20 hours a week working on it. Not sure if that's a large amount of money... all depends... the Madeleine website certainly would have been updated a lot in the early days especially with all the developments and press coverage there was.... so the website was a continuous job... sounds like it from the link...  when you consider the daily rate for these people - we don't know if they are charging 100/200, maybe more, a day...

I shouldn't think they were charging that much if there were 6 of them working on it for a year, that's only 6 grand a piece for a year's work, less if the cost of website and wristbands etc is part of the £36k

[Alice Purjorick]

I shouldn't think they were charging that much if there were 6 of them working on it for a year, that's only 6 grand a piece for a year's work, less if the cost of website and wristbands etc is part of the £36k

Were it transparent you wouldn't be floundering around trying to guess or justify. It would there for all to see;
no fuss no muss 

[sadie]

Were it transparent you wouldn't be floundering around trying to guess or justify. It would there for all to see;
no fuss no muss 

I bet YOU dont fuss with insignificant details with other Funds, Alice.


I wonder how much they spent on paper clips and tea bags? %&5%£

Surely they will have got that detailed up *&*%£

[mercury]

I shouldn't think they were charging that much if there were 6 of them working on it for a year, that's only 6 grand a piece for a year's work, less if the cost of website and wristbands etc is part of the £36k

For doing what exactly? It seems all rather ridiculous. At best.

[G-Unit]

I bet YOU dont fuss with insignificant details with other Funds, Alice.


I wonder how much they spent on paper clips and tea bags? %&5%£

Surely they will have got that detailed up *&*%£

£36,000 I expect. Everything had to be the best, after all. No need to be frugal if it's not your own money.

[stephen25000]

If only the McCanns had read the blog first, eh?  Perhaps they could have saved some money, but then their minds were probably on other things at the time.

Yes we know.

The fund.

[Benice]

£36,000 I expect. Everything had to be the best, after all. No need to be frugal if it's not your own money.

What a cheap shot.

The fact is the McCanns could be living in luxury if they had not decided to put over a million pounds of their own money into the fund - apart of course from the £50,000 settlement they received for libel - which they gave to two charities.

[stephen25000]

What a cheap shot.

The fact is the McCanns could be living in luxury if they had not decided to put over a million pounds of their own money into the fund - apart of course from the £50,000 settlement they received for libel - which they gave to two charities.

So first class travel and 5 star hotels were never used..............

As to the libel payout to the charity, useful PR eh.