Re: Gartner Group: The Cost Of Ecommerce

[Birgitt Funk <birgitt@minivend.com>]

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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, Steve Cockwell wrote:

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> 
> I thought this may be of interest to the folks on the list:
> 
> (Aside:  If anyone here is a UPS-style lookup guru I'd love to hear from
> you (I'm setting up CanadaPost lookups for shipping within Canada...))
> 
> > Building an enterprise-class Ecommerce site is anything but "cheap,"
> > according to a May 27 Gartner Group report titled "Survey Results: The Real
> > Cost of E-Commerce Sites"
> > (<http://gartner11.gartnerweb.com/public/static/aboutgg/pressrel/052799site_
> > costs.html>). It pegs the average cost of developing and implementing a
> > large scale Ecommerce site at a cool million dollars. 79% goes for labor,
> > 11% for hardware, and 10% for software.

I bet they haven't discovered neither MiniVend, nor Mike Heins'
incredible focussed, fast and hard working approach to build 
such sites for MUCH less.... 8-) 

What you think, after having mused about the enlightening content
of this article, can we live without it or will it enhance our
efforts to use MV to beat the numbers 8-).

Birgitt Funk

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