there are so many open source shopping carts these days, I'm not sure you can get away with charging for the software unless the client is utterly clueless. We tend to use suggest OpenCart these days. Recurring revenue more often comes from support contracts for the website/hosting
On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 2:46 AM, Matthew Smith <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yes sir, great explanation. The razor and blades is a wonderful analogy. > Would you mind contacting me off list? I really have no idea what to > charge and could use some help. [email protected]. I would really > appreciate it! > > Thanks, > Matthew > > > On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 7:28 PM, Bryan Stevenson < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Having gone through the dot com craze where IPOs were plenty and > > everyone was offering stock options and a "piece of the pie" - I will > > NEVER work for a percentage of sales again ;-) > > > > I am talking about charging a licensing fee for your software - has > > NOTHING to do with the customers sales (other than you may want to have > > tiers of monthly charges for various levels of transaction volume). > > > > Don't get caught up in their sales or your hosting costs - it is > > software as a service (SaaS) - Microsoft doesn't ask for a piece of the > > $ their clients make using their software - they charge what they think > > it's worth and enough to make them a profit (MS bashing aside....and yes > > I'd be on that bandwagon). > > > > The way I handle it (as my system is customized for most new customers) > > is that I charge my cost to do the customizations (or do them for free > > if they are not too over the top). Then I make my money on recurring > > revenue froma per transaction fee I charge to access to my system and > > the professional services that come with it. As long as I am getting my > > fee I enhance the system for free and add reports and other > > customizations for free. Those are the broad strokes. > > > > In other words - give them the razor (install/config/test/launch > > services) and then sell them the blades (your monthly fee for as long as > > they use you). > > > > Hope that better explains what I was on about ;-) > > > > Cheers > > > > *Bryan Stevenson*B.Comm. > > President & CEO > > Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. - makers of FACTS^(TM) > > phone: 250.480.0642 > > cell: 250.920.8830 > > e-mail: [email protected] <mailto: > > [email protected]> > > web: www.electricedgesystems.com <http://www.electricedgesystems.com> > > and www.fisheryfacts.com <http://www.fisheryfacts.com> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > > -----CONFIDENTIALITY------ > > This message, including any attachments, is confidential and may contain > > information that is privileged or exempt from disclosure. It is intended > > only for the person to whom it is addressed unless expressly authorized > > otherwise by the sender. If you are not an authorized recipient, please > > notify the sender immediately and permanently destroy all copies of this > > message and attachments. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:358560 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
