I just started working on Elance and have been easily able to pick up work there (http://www.elance.com/experts/crawford_georgia/ecommerce_zencart/1428902?catid=10183)

You will not find me by doing google search on zen cart consultant. That is not all I do because I would starve! It must be hard to find someone for zen work (according to my grateful customers) but thatsoftware guy knows what he is talking about.

http://www.deliawilsondesign.com/ecommerce.php

I can recommend a Uk company called handcoded. Their URL is http://www.handcoded.co.uk/

I used them having ahd a very bad experience with another consultancy and the difference was remarkable!

Have a look at my website if you like to see what they did for me.

Part of this, however, is that I am wanting to subcontract the work for my own business, so I need to find someone who does not need to charge a very high rate.

Here is what I have found: It is very hard to find people when searching on, say, “Zen Cart Consultant”. Maybe I’m crazy, but I’m not seeing it. Perhaps, mind you, except for the ones that are charging more up into the higher end of the scale. As someone who’s looking for someone to rely on, I’m noticing that a lot of people say they do everything – NOT INSPIRING AT ALL!

[TheCartBlog: The great thing about the price system is that it contains a feedback mechanism.
If you're having trouble hiring at "not a very high rate," this means you need to raise the rate. Problem solved!]