San Luis Obispo, Calif. (July 14, 2011) —  Rate My Contractor, an online rate and review service launched a new website developed by HATHWAY, a San Luis Obispo-based web marketing agency.  Serving as Rate My Contractor’s lead digital agency, HATHWAY built the site from the ground up, creating a space for homeowners to find reliable, trustworthy contractors.

Rate My Contractor, based in Sacramento, CA was created with the goal of helping homeowners connect with the right contractor for their project. With a free membership, the site allows users to the leave reviews for contractors in a variety of trades. Members may also use previously posted reviews to search for quality, trustworthy service professionals along with access to the Rate My Contractor Call Center and educational emails. Contractors may also set up fee-based profiles and advertisements on the site.

“This site is an excellent example the great things HATHWAY can do for emerging businesses,” said Jesse Dundon, CEO of HATHWAY. “Rate my contractor combined open source software and custom programming to ensure that all the clients needs were met and the user experience is seamless.”

The site, www.ratemycontractor.com was built by HATHWAY using Joomla, open source software. Joomla components, JReview and JomSocial were key in development giving the site review and community functionality.  The Rate My Contractor online payment system was custom programmed by HATHWAY using the Sassy payment processing system in conjunction with CimStorage.