Featured: bidahorse247.co.za 4
michaelbain in conjunction with pixelmagic (the excellent designer I work with mostly) completed a project for http://www. bidahorse247.co.za in record time and at an below-market price.
We built:
http://www.bidahorse247.co.za – a landing page for the venture. (michaelbain built the “request to put a horse on auction” form which caters for file upload, validation and emailing of the request details, with attachment).
http://blog.bidahorse247.co.za – a blog for the venture. (michaelbain installed, set up and assisted with the theming of the blog site).
http://auction.bidahorse247.co.za – the full-featured auction site for the venture. (michaelbain installed the auction solution, customised the auction solution, assisted with editing the content on the site and assisted with the theming of the auction solution. michaelbain coded custom functionality for the auction solution in PHP and using a MySQL database.
A little about the site:
And I quote:
“Horse racing, show-jumping and dressage (and indeed most equestrian sports) have always been coined ‘The Sport of Kings’.
We may enjoy these sports and do them to the best of our abilities, but very few of us have the bank balance to match! The purchasing and selling of horses is costly enough without adding to it the stress of commissions and viewings. For this reason, the team at BidAHorse247 is bringing you a cost effective, but efficient way to sell and purchase quality horses. Our easily accessible and user-friendly website will allow you to search our extensive database of available animals.
Quality service brought to you by a dedicated, knowledgeable and trustworthy team will ensure your purchasing experience is pleasurable and stress-free.”
A little about the blog:
Well the venture needs a blog too!
In their own words at http://blog.bidahorse247.co.za/2009/10/welcome-to-our-site/:
“We owe a HUGE debt of gratitude to the genius of graphics and ”Wonder Girl” Meryl www.pixelmagic.co.za who came to our rescue along with “Mike the Miracle” www.michaelbain.co.za and the girl who has a way with words Dayle of the very aptly named www.getitwrite.co.za (she always does) together they have achieved in under 2 weeks what those before them had tried and failed to do in close on 5 months, I have no doubt that Tina T had you guys in mind when she wrote “Simply the Best” coz that,in a nutshell, is what you are……”
A little bit about the auction site:
There’s not much to say. The auction site allows you (as a registered user) to bid on horses that have been put up on auction. Good luck and start bidding at http://auction.bidahorse247.co.za.
You forgot to mention that we got it all up and running in less than a working week
Yes dear … you are SO RIGHT!
I challenge anyone to beat that!
When we first approached the “A Team” we asked if it was possible to build and have the site up and running by the end of October, we where told “perhaps”~ “its possible” and “depends what you are looking for” so we left the initial meeting thinking ,here we go again(we had been down this road a gazillion times) broken promises,unexpected hiccups,hidden costs and then the white flag being raised 1 day before deadline,and the inevitable “ooopss sorry” finale….how wrong we were to put you guys in that category,we came looking for you to build us a Mini in a month you gave us a Rolls Royce in under a week, we have had nothing but positive feedback regarding the site from the racing fraternity,who are notoriously super critical and as a result they have supported us from the get go and will continue to do so, I have recommended you guys to everyone that has come within earshot and will continue to do so in the knowledge that those whom i have told to make use of your services will forever be in my debt
…keep up the great work and continue to set the standards for others to follow, I wish you all well in the future…..George and the entire bidahorse247 team
Well done “A Team”! I look forward to hearing such very positive news from your clients in future. Keep up the good work through what I imagine could only have been achieved through dedication and long hours – these must have been instrumental in your successes thus far!……an interested admirer on the periphery, but an admirer nonetheless.