B2C/B2B web service in need of layout

Kilpailuta.Se

Hello to all artist’s and designer wizards!

Our company provides a web service for private consumers and businesses (B2B). Our service is new type of bidding service which is based on everything individual or unique. Our website enables customers (private consumers or companies) in need of service or product to leave bid requests which are then distributed to matching service or product providers.

Our motto is that customers don’t have to be experts in their own needs and that is how our service is working. We provide one of a kind “mapping tool” for ones needs and with the information gained by mapping tool, our service matches suitable providers for ones individual needs.

We don’t sell any end user products or services and we are not online store. We are in fact consulting service for everyday life needs that cannot be found from store shelf’s and usually are expensive or tricky purchases for normal consumers and little and middle size companies. In addition to creating viable business we want to encourage healthy competition between service providers.

Kilpailuta.Se (http://www.kilpailuta.se) is finnish and what it says or means is that it kind of orders one to make invitation for tenders (or bids).

Our target audience is wide. It ranges from companies from basically any industry to individual people in need of help in renovating. Basically our target audience consist persons that are 25-60 years of age. Products and services that are bidded trough our service are those that cannot be found from straight from store shelves.

1 main page, 1 subpage

We hope to create an image that is reliable, sensible and affordable and won't blend in with websites that are online stores (we don’t sell any end user products or services and we are not online store). We are looking for something modern/contemporary that conveys clean and responsible image but not looking hard-line corporate.

Our logo is blue but rest of the layout doesn’t have to be. Logo is in 4 deg angle

Websites we like, but not limited to following examples:
mint.com
balancion.com

Header consists of
-adbanner and ad for it
-our logo
-place for a slogan
-links to pages:
-login/my info link
-link to register as a service user / provider
-search field
-links to facebook and similar sites

Footer consists:
-link to Terms and conditions
-Company info
-other relevant info and links

Main page is landing page and it consists header, footer and content area

Contentpage consists of header, footer, content area and left and right side columns which are category tree (for example of tree, see eveonline.com) and adcolumn.

In the mockups you can see different content elements we will provide.

Output needs to be layered psd file and all the used fonts should be freely available.

Layout in mockups isn’t written in stone so you can use your imagination about the layout. For example the logo doesn’t have to be aligned to the left or info box to the right.