Daniel, Thanks for the response. No, what I develop for my employer is not eCommerce related. They are mostly for internal processing. Some of my web application are used by our call centers.
Among the 3 options that you have stated, I think I will go with either #1 or #3. If I go with #3, do you know where I can find such application? Also, can you tell me what is the going rate for a contract job like this? $50/hr, $100/hr, or more? I don't have any idea at all. Thank you very much for your help and all the other posters' help! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Daniel Watrous" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 10:00 AM Subject: Re: [OT]web development fee > Epyonne, > > First off, I don't think that you hijacked anyone's thread, but this list > seems to be very sensitive to that (and perhaps more affected by it than > other lists I have seen). > > From my experience there are a couple of options you can pursue: > 1) You could build the application from the ground up and charge an hourly > rate. The rate will have to be agreed upon by you and the person > contracting you. > 2) You could develop the eCommerce application at your own cost and sell a > license to it. In this case you would have more direct control over the > features you build into it. Also, while this costs you more up front there > is more possibility to recover the cost in selling multiple licenses. > 3) You could purchase a license to an existing application and adapt it to > meet your clients' needs. In this case you would likely charge a flat fee > to recover your hard costs for the purchase and an hourly after that for any > adaptations. In this case I personally would ask for the hard costs up > front so as to not go to the expense and then have the client change his/her > mind. > > Now about the way you asked your question, I'm not sure if the "web > application" you have developed for your employer is an eCommerce > application. In the event that it is eCommerce related you will likely use > that as a base for whatever you build for your new client. In this case you > should discuss with your employer how he feels about you building off of a > code base that he has funded. It may be that you could work out an > arrangement with your employer to accomplish option 3 above, and that your > employer will give you a "license" at a significant savings to you. > > As far as contracts go, you should probably consult with a lawyer for that. > > Daniel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "epyonne" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Tomcat Users List" <tomcat-user@jakarta.apache.org> > Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 7:26 AM > Subject: [OT]web development fee > > > Since I am using Outlook Express, I did not realize that I was attaching to > someone else thread and I apologize for that. I am starting a new thread > here and hopefully someone can help me. > > I have been developing Java web application for my employer for a few years, > but these are all running on our company's intranet only. Now someone is > asking me to develop an eCommerce site. I don't know how to charge him. Can > someone please give me some ideas of the going rate and what kind of > contractual agreement I need? Is there anything else I need to watch out > for? > > I am in the United States and I plan to use a commercial hosting company to > host the site. It will cost around $30-40 a month. > > Any help will be very much appreciated. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
