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[cgc0202 Friend cgc0202Join date: August 2007Posts: 2244Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 206 Thanked: 262 times in 1 posts]

#140368

This is more a reminder in reaction to the ridiculous pricing of the Magento product — priced at US $9,800 per server per year.

No matter how much lipstick, whistles and bells, etc. placed in a site, in an attempt to dazzle the visitor, in the end, what matters is the quality of the contents (for information sites), or the products (for eCommerce) that will persuade a visitor to visit again, or buy a product. In case of anything involving transactions, the perception of trust will be another significant factor before the potential buyer will entrust their credit card.

Here is a very simple site:

Beadforlife
http://www.beadforlife.org/index.html

it is not even using any of the Joomlart template or any good template. No price comparison for eCommerce, no fancy shopcart, essentially not the best example of an eCommerce site.

But, it was so successful and more important, it made a difference in changing lives of people in Uganda. More than likely, the beads you can buy at half the price or even less in Walmart, and even another commercial chain also having the same goal (to help people in developing countries). But, women were sometimes buying not one but several of them — because the articles and the photos about the lives of the people persuaded the customers that they too can be part of making a difference.

It was the word of mouth from clients that eventually got them more attention from the press, that in turn got them more exposure.

I have heard or read of similar success stories of eCommerce. Sometimes, internet shops of single product (or just a few products) from Mom and Pop operations — quality built their customer base.

I must remind myself this dictum once in awhile because I myself gets anal trying to find the best template rather than focusing on the contents.

Cornelio

[mfcphil Friend mfcphilJoin date: September 2007Posts: 2866Downloads:3Uploads:218 Thanks: 211 Thanked: 388 times in 133 posts]

#301768

At the end of the day if you can get a service for $9,800 that does the job you want and your happy to pay that, Great!….but if you know that you can get the same job done for a lot less money, then more fool you for paying way over the odds!!

Alas some people have that much money they don’t care what they pay!

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#301771

Open Source should mean just that. I cannot see the open source community wanting to develop for the profit of others., I know I wouldn’t.

I am happy to help the Coppermine community in any way I can because they have stuck to their guns in developing a free package. Same goes for Joomla.

Yes, people need to make money somewhere but it should be from additional things such as plugins, templates, customised setup fees etc. The core of any open source product should be free. Surely this goes against the licencse it is published under.

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