It appears that I may be lucky enough to land my first online store client. But ... what criteria should I use to assess what I should charge? Should I charge in accordance to the number of categories and/or subcategories? ... Like for every category with x to y subcategories the charge will be ... ? And if so, what is the usual range per category? ... Or maybe there is another criteria to use? ... I would appreciate any help anyone can give me with this! Also, what shopping cart app do you think is best in terms of ease to configure?
Thanks for your response! We've not completed a goals worksheet; but the discussion thus far is that they want an online store (new) to complement the bricks & mortar store in which they sell imported items. I envision as a minimum: 1) organizing items for display on-site in categories and subcategories, 2) maintaining inventory counts which will include appropriate notifications for low stock items, 3) sales promotions, 4) sales reports and analyses, 5) future updates for current items, and 6) future addition of new items. Items 1 - 3, I think, would be my first phase (design, ...., publish); what criteria(s) are normally used to assess charges? Are there other things we should be considering besides 1 - 6 above? ... Also, items 3, 5 & 6 would be ongoing ... what's a normal range to charge for this maintenance work? What's a good shopping cart w.r.t. cost, support, and ease of configuration.