Who Was That Masked Web Site Developer?

Beth Cox

Want to know what designer, developer or interactive
agency created a
particular Web site? A newly launched, free directory called WhoBuiltIt can tell you.

WhoBuiltIt, with an initial base of 4,500 URLs, is part of Constructors.com (launching
simultaneously), a business-to-business market-maker or “cybermediary” service
that connects customers with developers to build or upgrade their sites.

The free, searchable Constructors Directory of over 550 vendors combines key
data from listed firms plus online research.

Palo Alto, CA-based Constructors Inc. also offers followup matchmaking and
handholding services paid by referral fees from signed contracts. Partners
include Digital Talent Agency of New York and San Francisco and eLine of San
Francisco.

“The wrong Web-builder can sink or stall a project. Constructors shields
customers from random choices and can save time, money and grief,” said
founder Felix Kramer.
“This industry needs a watering hole, and over time we aim to provide it.”

Other partners include Channelseven.com’s ad network, and for technology,
Sybase Corp., EeryWare Development (soon to be acquired by Pervasive
Software), Lundeen Associates’ Web Crossing, Lightbulb Factory Inc. and
Summary.net.