Looking for customers
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Forum Name: Getting Started
Forum Description: Installing, activating, and getting started with ProductCart
URL: https://forum.productcart.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=2820
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Topic: Looking for customers
Posted By: JamesD
Subject: Looking for customers
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 4:20pm
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I'm a reseller looking for customers. Is there a place on this forum where I can post a request? Also, if anyone has any other helpful info, I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks,Jim
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Posted By: Greg Dinger
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 4:27pm
Posted By: JamesD
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 4:46pm
| Yes, thanks -- I just posted there now. |
Posted By: netprofits
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 4:58pm
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Hi Jim, I saw your post on the Product Cart Partner forum. I would strongly encourage you to NOT use GoDaddy hosting for Product Cart sites. Although they are very inexpensive, they are riddled with problems. You can do a search in the forums and see a number of users who have tried to use GoDaddy and the headaches they have had. ------------- NetProfits Internet Consulting Certified ProductCart Developer http://www.nicwebdesign.com" rel="nofollow - Our Site |
Posted By: Greg Dinger
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 5:09pm
Posted By: JamesD
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 5:25pm
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I don't believe I'm de-valueing the product or my time. The last half-dozen customers I've had were just looking for a some very simple customization to the base ProductCart -- background theme, colors, logo... things I could do very easily. There seems to be a market for that. However, some do request an overhaul, and I do of course charge extra for that.
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Posted By: cognecy
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 5:37pm
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I "Third" that motion NOT to use GoDaddy for ProductCart sites.
GoDaddy is your typical 'budget host' and you really do get what you pay for. If I had a few pages that I needed hosting for cheap and did not have to worry about a database, then GoDaddy might be a good. However, when it comes to applications hosting and in particular, ProductCart, they really fall short on a lot of levels.
------------- Mark Shipp Cognecy Solutions, LLC Hosting/Design/Customization/Database Migration www.cognecy.com www.cognecy.co.uk |
Posted By: JamesD
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 6:00pm
| Is the consensus that there's more of a market for sites with advanced customization? I'll gladly take any advice I can get. I need to generate business fast. |
Posted By: netprofits
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 6:16pm
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Hi James, if you are getting business on the low end and can afford to build sites for $1500 by all means stick with it. We have been building web sites for over 11 years and specifically working with Product Cart for about 6 years. The majority of our work is Product Cart sites which usually includes purchasing and setting up the site, providing hosting, creating a nice design, integrating the design into the PC template, doing some programming customizations, training the client on how to use PC, etc. For many of our sites, the customization cost is more than everything else combined. There is no way we can earn a living charging only $1500 for a site including the PC license. As Greg hinted, we spend a lot of time working with the customer, making sure the design is professional, and they understand how to optimize their site for search engines and conversion of sales. ------------- NetProfits Internet Consulting Certified ProductCart Developer http://www.nicwebdesign.com" rel="nofollow - Our Site |
Posted By: Greg Dinger
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 6:23pm
JamesD wrote:Posted By: newseed
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 6:32pm
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I have been in the web development business for 5 years and have worked with Product Cart software for about 1 1/2 years now and I don't think a client's investment of $1500 is wise by using some ready made template, bit of styling and above all things, host it on GoBaddy. They might as well go at it alone and save about $700 because they will end up with a site with no unique design and probably, in some cases, disappointed.
For those that are serious about doing business on the internet using Product Cart (or any other shopping cart) should have a professional developer to produce a professional unique design that will give the prospecting visitors a shopping experience that will keep them coming back. I have seen many sites that were not visually done well in which I would never buy from.
'fast and 'cheap' will result in just that...fast but cheap.
In case you are wondering, no, I am not a resellar for Product Cart. I have dealt with enough sites to know how and what it takes to get a professional looking store up and running. It just so happens that most of them are Product Cart.
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Posted By: netprofits
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 7:06pm
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Another recommendation...post on these forums. When product cart users have questions, provide helpful answers. We have had quite a few clients ask us to do work for them because we were able to provide good advice here. ------------- NetProfits Internet Consulting Certified ProductCart Developer http://www.nicwebdesign.com" rel="nofollow - Our Site |
Posted By: Hamish
Date Posted: 26-June-2009 at 9:59pm
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Hi James, I'm not sure what you including in the $1500. One area you could/should focus on is "value add". The process of finding and signing up a customer takes time and money. One approach, to keep the "cost" down is to leave the customer to add all the categories, products, images etc. However, many businesses are already busy and prefer to focus on their area of expertise. You can offer a range of optional services as well as the basic website such as :- - Admin user training - Product Image Sourcing - Category & Product setup - Custom Code ------------- Editing ProductCart Code? See http://wiki.earlyimpact.com/developers/editcode" rel="nofollow - WIKI Guidelines for Editing ProductCart's ASP Source Code |
Posted By: JamesD
Date Posted: 27-June-2009 at 8:09am
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Currently I'm having them do all the category/product insertion, and product images. I'm providing training as needed. But that's a good suggestion to spell out those services up front. Thanks |
Posted By: intour
Date Posted: 01-July-2009 at 5:12am
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It is a very competitive market and there are many different types of customers.
Some want a quick (and cheap) setup and others are prepared to pay for a quality service, training and backup and support. Unless they have experience of running an online store they will need this. It is not unusual for these customers to also require some form of help with SEO.
I find the ones that want the cheap service and say they don't need the extra support are the ones that call me the most!
My personal experience with productcart is that all clients require help and support and a reasonable amount of intial training. This takes time so has to be built into the cost.
Adding yourself to the partner list here and uploading your sample stores is a step in the right direction but you will need to do a lot more marketing in other areas to win business and survive.
Nigel
------------- http://www.innerview.co.uk - Innerview Productcart Platinum Reseller Web Design/Hosting/Virtual Tours |