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Dear, Just go to yahoo.co.in (this is yahoo India web site) and search for website devolpers make sure you just search india search only and go from their it will be lot cheap and relibale too.

You get what you pay for. See this post for some ideas:
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2007/10/how-to-create-1.html

Also, look at getting a free content management system, like Expression Engine or Joomla or Drupal and building the site yourself from templates. Have fun.

As you can see from other responses there are many cheap ways to get your website designed in India or Asia for "pennies on the dollar" compared to doing it in the States. I have used elance.com for small business applications and have been quite pleased (their rating system for service providers is very good). I have also referred people to Elance for creating websites. However, it seems to me that you are after a turn key solution - website design, website (and perhaps data) hosting, and other potential services (monitoring, security, hosted applications, e-mail, etc.) For a solution like this I would suggest you use a company that can provide comprehensive services. Alternatively you can outsource the web design and then outsource the hosting through a data center - but this means managing different outsourced relationships and doing quite a bit of due dilligence.

The main issues to ensure that you are happy with what you pay for is that you:

If you'd like the name of one or more companies that provide comprehensive IT/IS solutions in Asia, I'd be happy to provide this. Otherwise, I hope this helps.

Good Luck,
AsiaAgro

Short answer - it's NOT the same. Your assumption is that all web designers/developers offer the same skills, knowledge and experience, and some of us charge too much (the ones that know what they are doing) while others charge pennies on the dollar. It's a commodity, anyone can do it, right?

Do you pay pennies on the dollar for your accountant or lawyer? Do you pay pennies on the dollar on your food? Would you buy roast beef for 39 cents a pound? Or would you be suspicious that something just isn't right.

Elance is the refuge of the 3rd rate (and 3rd world) developer, who can't get work other than via low-ball and low-quality tactics.

People who think they are getting a value rarely understand all the work that goes into a quality website - proper coding (no one ever gets this one), optimized graphics, ease of maintenance, search engine friendliness, as well as on-going support and help that's not half-way around the globe. And I've looked at the sites mentioned here as examples of 'quality' elance work - and I stand 100% behind my statement. There's even a few threads (the Dog Supplies site is one I recall) that talk about this very issue - elance developer ripping off a business owner.

You do get what you pay for, and if it's cheap enough, you can go through the laborious process again and again, wasting months (years!) of time and frustration (and yes, money), while your smart competition hires a real pro who builds them a great website that provides an actual return on investment (money made, time saved, etc).

Your choice.

Perfect! A classic example of what I was looking for. (grin)