What does it take to develop a piece of software?

[Techxan]

I do not know much about programming, but there is a tool I want to have made for sale as a product. Its a tracking program, but all it tracks is what you manually put into it. It needs to be able to filter the data into various categories, and create txt reports for output. All input will be text as well, and it will need an integrated timer.

From a how-to stand point, who do I need to hire (obviously a programmer, but I assume all programming is not equal), and what do I need to expect to provide them to do the work?

I also want to own this product outright so I can sell it from now on, unless someone partners with me, is that areasonable request, and should I have to pay additionaly for full rights or is that more or less what I hire someone for.

I know in most cases (images and video), if I hire you to create something it is mine, is that true with software?

 

[pavan]

based on the kind of software or web app
for web application you can hire a php coder
if you need a windows based application then you should go for .net or c# programmer

you just need to state your requirements and show the demo if you have any
unless stated by the coder, if you hire someone to develop a custom application for you by default you are the owner of that application
you can resell it or use it for any commercial activity

if you purchase a software you don't get reselling rights
custom bots and software are always costly
you need to have a good budget for getting a custom made application

 

[NetCrime]

Or if it's not that hard you could try and learn to code it yourself.. there is plenty of good beginner tutorials in youtube

 

[LakeForest]

based on the kind of software or web app
for web application you can hire a php coder
if you need a windows based application then you should go for .net or c# programmer

you just need to state your requirements and show the demo if you have any
unless stated by the coder, if you hire someone to develop a custom application for you by default you are the owner of that application
you can resell it or use it for any commercial activity

if you purchase a software you don't get reselling rights
custom bots and software are always costly
you need to have a good budget for getting a custom made application

Yeah, if this is web based, you should be looking into PHP SQL.

pavan, does the software developer/coder have to say whether they are selling it or licensing? And what if they don't say anything, what is assumed in that case?

 

[pavan]

Yeah, if this is web based, you should be looking into PHP SQL.

pavan, does the software developer/coder have to say whether they are selling it or licensing? And what if they don't say anything, what is assumed in that case?

they have to explicitly mention that they reserve the rights of the software
if not mentioned it has to be considered as that you own everything which is included in the final product including but not limited to source code, images etc.

You are hiring someone to make a custom bot and you have to pay a good amount of money for that
if you had the same product already available in the market then you wouldn't be paying even 1/10th of the actual cost

 

[qrazy]

Yeah, if this is web based, you should be looking into PHP SQL.

pavan, does the software developer/coder have to say whether they are selling it or licensing? And what if they don't say anything, what is assumed in that case?

OP, for the skills required by the developer, you should mention what kind of software you're gonna develop. i.e web based or desktop application.


It's better to sign the NDA with the developer that you own the full right of the software including the source code and any resources that are part of the software. In some cases NDA also covers that the developer should not be working on similar product line in the future for a certain period of time. Again you can't do anything with this agreement if the developer is from any 3rd world country as the laws aren't that stringent.

 

[Techxan]

OP, for the skills required by the developer, you should mention what kind of software you're gonna develop. i.e web based or desktop application.


It's better to sign the NDA with the developer that you own the full right of the software including the source code and any resources that are part of the software. In some cases NDA also covers that the developer should not be working on similar product line in the future for a certain period of time. Again you can't do anything with this agreement if the developer is from any 3rd world country as the laws aren't that stringent.

I need a desktop application that runs on windows. So I need a c+ or .net programmer. How much in the US can I expect to pay this person per hour? How do I estimate the hours needed?

For people who do this kind of work is a JV something they might consider to become partners in a product like scrapebox, by that I mean a long term sell life? A product that will be on the market for years.

 

[BassTrackerBoats]

In my opinion, working out a JV with someone is the only way to go on something like this... software needs to be updated on a regular basis and if you have a partnership with someone that end is handled.

Any of the technical services I offer, and I have a handful (some are not IM related), I have technical partners on board. It works out extremely well 99% of the time as we lay out who handles what and move forward.

Look for a solid coder, Tex, and turn this into a nice revenue stream for yourself.

I need a desktop application that runs on windows. So I need a c+ or .net programmer. How much in the US can I expect to pay this person per hour? How do I estimate the hours needed?

For people who do this kind of work is a JV something they might consider to become partners in a product like scrapebox, by that I mean a long term sell life? A product that will be on the market for years.

 

[Techxan]

In my opinion, working out a JV with someone is the only way to go on something like this... software needs to be updated on a regular basis and if you have a partnership with someone that end is handled.

Any of the technical services I offer, and I have a handful (some are not IM related), I have technical partners on board. It works out extremely well 99% of the time as we lay out who handles what and move forward.

Look for a solid coder, Tex, and turn this into a nice revenue stream for yourself.

Thank you all for your input, I really appreciate it.

 

[SliceGFX]

Simply put: If you have no experience building software or managing developers, you have no business quoting hour estimates or project deadlines. Let someone with more experience than you handle that for you.

 

[member8200]

I do not know much about programming, but there is a tool I want to have made for sale as a product. Its a tracking program, but all it tracks is what you manually put into it. It needs to be able to filter the data into various categories, and create txt reports for output. All input will be text as well, and it will need an integrated timer.

From a how-to stand point, who do I need to hire (obviously a programmer, but I assume all programming is not equal), and what do I need to expect to provide them to do the work?

I also want to own this product outright so I can sell it from now on, unless someone partners with me, is that areasonable request, and should I have to pay additionaly for full rights or is that more or less what I hire someone for.

I know in most cases (images and video), if I hire you to create something it is mine, is that true with software?

If this is a web based application then you need a good phpmysql programmer to do the job. you're gonna need a lot of budget for this one, considering you want proprietary to the software. In any occasion, you should make yourself clear to the developer that the software being develop will be yours and the developer will have no part of it.

personally, some of my clients also have the same situation, they want the proprietary of the whole software i was developing and it doesn't matter to me as long as they pay me good money.