How much would a developer charge me to make a social networking site?

[Enrique]

The site will let users post pictures, create groups, find friends and message them.
I need to have an idea, to set a budget.... so a price braquet would be good... from $100 to $500, from $500 to $1000 and so on..
thanks,
It will be something like a facebook... a basic facebook.
I had someone quote me $2500, just wanted to see if its fair.

[HurlGurl]

Im right into web design and can make you a free site if you like. It's one of my hobbies.

[myredneck g]

I recently checked into this, and I had estimates ranging from $3000 to $10,000.

[jonhni.clark11]

well it may cost a a bit of money to start it up but after a while if it is successful then you could get like businesses that want to have ads on your site and they would pretty much pay for it

i dont know how much it would cost but it would probally be a good investment

[mdigitale]

The web design skills required to build a social networking site are not uncommon -- essentially you want someone or a small group familiar with a database like MySQL, some scripting languages like PHP, C#, ASP.net, etc. Also be sure you get a reliable webhost, preferably with a dedicated server.