Hi All,

I am starting a premium group buying site/brand in London and am looking for a designer/programmer to build the site for me.

I DO NOT want a 'Groupon Clone' and although there are some quite good 'off the shelf' scripts available I would rather have a unique site look and feel. I simply do not trust a company to design my site that do not even have a UK phone number or any previous sites as testimonials.

I have a wealth of experience and contacts in the bar/restaurant industry, but no knowledge of programming/HTML so would need a very easy to use backend console. It would have to allow me to create 'daily deals' in a premium clean/way, and then run the process automatically from the listing through to the payment and voucher code being sent to the customer and merchant e.t.c

The back end console of this script is similar to what I am looking for, but again I AM NOT looking for a clone of this, and only give this link to show you the kind of thing I'm after - http://demo.groupscript.net/demo/backend.html (user: admin, password: password)

I really want to find someone I can work closely with on this (preferably in London so we can meet face to face at the start of project). I have worked as a project/account Manager both Client and Agency side of large creative businesses in the past, so understand the design/briefing process well.

If you are reading this I will assume you are aware of the group buying business/website model, but I have listed the key functions that my site will need:

* Option to share the deal via email, facebook and twitter
* Option to refer a friend and get a reward (once when friend bought anything deal). Ability to track manage affiliates
* Option to rate previous deals
* Info about the total number of vouchers bought
* Option to add/choose cities as we grow
* Facilitate users to sign-up for a daily e-mail alert
* Secure payments with PayPal
* PayPal Website Payments Pro can now be used to accept credit cards.
*Site allows to save all buyer info into a CSV file for both admin and company.
* Merchants can open their own accounts and add campaigns.
* Google maps.
* Partners can follow progress of their campaigns from their own section.
* Possible to buy coupon for a friend.

If you think you can help me please get in touch, as I am looking to launch the site at the end of Jan and have 6 months of deals lined up already. Domain, trademark, hosting, database, mailouts e.t.c are all sorted so just need the site developed as above (inc logo) then I'll be launching,

Payment terms: 40% upfront – 60% on completion/sign off