Hi Suz,
In a message dated 8/9/98 8:45:08 PM Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> With translations, be sure
> to estimate enough to cover both the translator fees and a markup of
> anywhere from 20 to 50% of the cost if you're billing the translations
> through your own company. You could set a base price for your design, then
> add $X for each translation.
Right. I'm going to have a lot of cutting and pasting to do, I'm sure, which
will take a lot of time.
> I would also recommend that you estimate on the high side for the shopping
> cart. Whether you build it yourself, or use an off the shelf commerce site
> like Americart, MerchantPlanet, ShopSite or Viaweb, I guarantee you that
> the process will eat up quite a lot more time than you can imagine. My
> clients set up their own shopping cart on the site (actually two different
> services on mirror sites) we just finished, and I'm under the impression
> that one woman in the company spent nearly a month, full time, negotiating
> and haggling with the ecommerce companies and credit card verification
> services, figuring out how to enter items into the databases, etc.
>
> Suz
This is excellent information. Knowing me, I'd be inclined to price out the
shopping cart according to what the software or company was charging, then
think I could get by with my usual fee per page. I can't remember if you have
previously recommended a particular shopping cart service of those listed in
your message. The only one that sticks in my head is iCat.
I'd say more, but one time I did a search for my name and several of my
postings showed up in archived messages, and I really don't want the entire
planet knowing my business. I wish there were a way this list could be at
least a little more private. I know, I don't know who's subscribed to this
list and anybody could be, but at least my messages aren't just out there for
anyone to see.
Thanks for your help!
Linda Wishman
TLW Enterprises
http://www.win.bright.net/~twishman/
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