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RE: FN-FORUM E-Commerce Site Quotation required ......
date posted 1st November 2002 11:45
Oops! Should have gone direct to Paul Ford!
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Kerry K-C
Sent: 01 November 2002 11:23
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: RE: FN-FORUM E-Commerce Site Quotation required ......
Hi Paul - thanks for your comments, and sorry it's taken so long to get
back to you.
I tend to agree with what you're saying, and we've decided that we're
not going to propose a price to the client for an e-commerce option at
this stage as they really aren't sure quite how they want to do this (if
at all!). However, we are going to try and guide them through a more
comprehensive analysis process so that they can identify whether they do
actually wish to proceed with this part of the project. I'm sure you
know what it's like - sometimes you not only have to design a site for a
client, but you also have to write the content, decide what they would
include, wipe their bums, etc!!
We're keeping a note of all interested parties and will certainly get
back to you if & when the client decides to progress the e-commerce side
of the site (that's assuming, of course, that we get the site
development in the first place!!)
Thanks for your help so far.
Cheers
Kerry
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL REMOVED]
[EMAIL REMOVED] On Behalf Of Paul Ford
Sent: 25 October 2002 10:03
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Subject: Re: FN-FORUM E-Commerce Site Quotation required ......
It's not just the server that your client has to consider. There are all
sorts of other issues, dealing with returns, organising shipping,
customer enquiries. In business steady growth is ususally preferable to
mad leaps - I think it's wise for him to dip his toes in the water. Make
all his mistakes with a small site, get used to the whole process, and
then decide whether to move up.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kerry K-C" [EMAIL REMOVED]
To: [EMAIL REMOVED]
Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 9:34 AM
Subject: FN-FORUM E-Commerce Site Quotation required ......
> I'm currently quoting on a site for a small company that "aren't sure"
> if they want to go the e-commerce route. They think they may like to
> simply put their top 10 'best sellers' on an e-commerce site but (and
> I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong) I really wouldn't have
> thought this was viable as the cost of setting up a full e-commerce
> site is surely not dictated by the number of products (apart from
> database population)??
>
> I suggested that if he wants to simply sell the top 10 products on
> line, he'd be best to have a simple order form that doesn't allow for
> on-line payment, but simply requests a telephone number so that the
> purchased can be contacted 'asap' for payment details.
>
> However, he would like to consider a full blown e-commerce site and
> wants quotes on this. I've been following some of the recent threads
> about e-commerce, notably with regard to OSCommerce, but I'm not
> certain this is something I'm (a) comfortable with doing and (b)
> capable of quoting accurately!!
>
> So - two options :
>
> 1. Can anyone suggest how long it would take a 'beginner' to build a
> basic e-commerce site using OSCommerce (excluding population of
> database with pics, details, prices etc) ?!
>
> 2. If anybody has an existing e-commerce site they could adapt would
> they like to quote me for doing so ... The client has around 2,000
> product lines but I suspect would only wish to put some 200 to 400 on
> the site. I guess anyone interested in quoting on this basis should
> really e-mail me direct [EMAIL REMOVED]
>
> Thanks folks
>
> Kerry
>
>
>
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