How to sell your Software !
Continuing in my vein of fiendishly hard*/terminally boring*/how long is a piece of string* questions (*reference my 3 unanswered questions to date), here is another-
e-commerce scale up for Access Applications – how ?
& I don’t mean nuts & bolts programming – done all that
As an Access developer who now has a run-time system ready for the market place, I would like to explore the options:
- Setting up your own e-commerce web site
Benefits - retention of control over the whole operation. No middlemen creaming off profits. Complete freedom over web site design. Freedom to set your own prices.
Constraints - Web site build and maintenance falls to the developer. Have to manage e-commerce financial transactions (credit card). All risk carried by you, the developer.
- Partnership with a small e-commerce business
Benefits - Site build can be done by partners. E-commerce transaction machinery already available. Shared financial risk if sales are poor or zero.
Constraints - Less freedom to control the project. Have to manage e-commerce financial transactions (credit card). Profits are diluted. Conflicts might arise over pricing.
- Sale through a big name distributor (e.g Yahoo.com)
Benefits - High profile well respected internet shop window. Professional & secure financial payment processing. E-commerce transactions handled for you.
Constraints – Loss of control over the project. Profits could be highly diluted. Pressure to withdraw if poor sales. Difficult to get foot in door.
Any experience ? Like to share it ?
jobo123 - Specialists are people who know more and more and more, about less and less and less, until they know absolutely everything about bugger all.
Continuing in my vein of fiendishly hard*/terminally boring*/how long is a piece of string* questions (*reference my 3 unanswered questions to date), here is another-
e-commerce scale up for Access Applications – how ?
& I don’t mean nuts & bolts programming – done all that
As an Access developer who now has a run-time system ready for the market place, I would like to explore the options:
- Setting up your own e-commerce web site
Benefits - retention of control over the whole operation. No middlemen creaming off profits. Complete freedom over web site design. Freedom to set your own prices.
Constraints - Web site build and maintenance falls to the developer. Have to manage e-commerce financial transactions (credit card). All risk carried by you, the developer.
- Partnership with a small e-commerce business
Benefits - Site build can be done by partners. E-commerce transaction machinery already available. Shared financial risk if sales are poor or zero.
Constraints - Less freedom to control the project. Have to manage e-commerce financial transactions (credit card). Profits are diluted. Conflicts might arise over pricing.
- Sale through a big name distributor (e.g Yahoo.com)
Benefits - High profile well respected internet shop window. Professional & secure financial payment processing. E-commerce transactions handled for you.
Constraints – Loss of control over the project. Profits could be highly diluted. Pressure to withdraw if poor sales. Difficult to get foot in door.
Any experience ? Like to share it ?
jobo123 - Specialists are people who know more and more and more, about less and less and less, until they know absolutely everything about bugger all.
