RE: Pricing 2
I wasn't quite sure which message to attach this to so I stuck it on the end. Sorry if it doesn't "flow" well.
For those that want to deploy a cheap web app, are you really sure that it is necessary for every customer to have the app on their own server??
Most people who use PayPal have not installed the PayPal application on their own server. In fact, when you click the Pay Now icon for PayPal it takes you to the PAYPAL server. At that point you are actually on a different server than you started from until you finish making a payment and then it sends you back (so to speak) to the original server. Most users aren't even aware that this is happening.
I plan to make an app available to all of my Trak-It SP users (an application designed specifically for companies that install real estate sign posts) that will be hosted on one server but used by anyone who signs up for the service. If they have an existing web site, they can simply add an icon to that site that will take their customers to the Trak-It SP site.
One server, one WAS, many users.
Each user will have their own copy of the app because the data and lookup tables will all be unique. Organizing it so every company's data is stored in one copy of the application might be possible but would be a nightmare to create and to support. (Let's see, I have 50 companies and I need to delete the existing status info for company #5, pack the data, and append their new status. Hmmm, could be some problems here.)
Of course, in this case, as in any other hosted solution, there will be a small monthly charge but that's usually easier for them to swallow than a large initial fee plus the cost and hassle of owning and maintaining their own server. And, by the time I actually do have 50 users, I will probably need to have a second server - gee, there's a problem I can live with.
Let's assume they save only one hour per day (probably more like 4) of data input time at $5/hour by using this service. (Good luck getting $5/hr. help.) That means that even if they pay what I would expect to be a terribly high price of $100/month they would still break even - $5/day times 20 work days in a 4 week period equals $100. On the other hand, if you are deploying an app that doesn't save your customer time or have some other real value, then are sure it's worth doing?
If it's not possible to deploy an app this way, somebody please tell me NOW.
Cal Locklin
www.aimsdc.net
I wasn't quite sure which message to attach this to so I stuck it on the end. Sorry if it doesn't "flow" well.
For those that want to deploy a cheap web app, are you really sure that it is necessary for every customer to have the app on their own server??
Most people who use PayPal have not installed the PayPal application on their own server. In fact, when you click the Pay Now icon for PayPal it takes you to the PAYPAL server. At that point you are actually on a different server than you started from until you finish making a payment and then it sends you back (so to speak) to the original server. Most users aren't even aware that this is happening.
I plan to make an app available to all of my Trak-It SP users (an application designed specifically for companies that install real estate sign posts) that will be hosted on one server but used by anyone who signs up for the service. If they have an existing web site, they can simply add an icon to that site that will take their customers to the Trak-It SP site.
One server, one WAS, many users.
Each user will have their own copy of the app because the data and lookup tables will all be unique. Organizing it so every company's data is stored in one copy of the application might be possible but would be a nightmare to create and to support. (Let's see, I have 50 companies and I need to delete the existing status info for company #5, pack the data, and append their new status. Hmmm, could be some problems here.)
Of course, in this case, as in any other hosted solution, there will be a small monthly charge but that's usually easier for them to swallow than a large initial fee plus the cost and hassle of owning and maintaining their own server. And, by the time I actually do have 50 users, I will probably need to have a second server - gee, there's a problem I can live with.
Let's assume they save only one hour per day (probably more like 4) of data input time at $5/hour by using this service. (Good luck getting $5/hr. help.) That means that even if they pay what I would expect to be a terribly high price of $100/month they would still break even - $5/day times 20 work days in a 4 week period equals $100. On the other hand, if you are deploying an app that doesn't save your customer time or have some other real value, then are sure it's worth doing?
If it's not possible to deploy an app this way, somebody please tell me NOW.
Cal Locklin
www.aimsdc.net
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