[AlexanderT]

It surprises me that the market for specialized vB designers is currently still so small. When I browse the various vB boards, it appears to me that demand for custom vB designs is *very* high. Look at Corey in the past, for example: He had so many inquiries that he couldn't manage to catch up with the immense work load. And yet, today we can count the available designers with five fingers. :disappointed:

I agree that coding vB is perhaps more complex than standard (x)html. But once someone understands the template system (which is much more intuitive in vb3 than in vB2, btw), it isn't a great barrier of entry for a designer anymore. I see so many capable designers who are looking for jobs and who do cheap work (a look at yaxay is enough), and I am surprised that most of them didn't get the idea yet to invest some time learning the vB (perhaps even buying a leased license) template system, and do custom designing the grant way Ravio did (without ripping customers off at the end, of course!).

I think Chris is a very capable designer, his alfaowner.com looks very advanced; unfortunately, it is not the kind of style I am looking for (too heavy gfx) and it is difficult to judge a designer's capability to change his designing style if his portfolio is so small.

Greets

Alex