David Thiel on Aug 15 2007 | Filed under: Etail Costs, Etail Site Features, IT concerns, Project Risks, Site Building
Those of us buying web services often demand a fixed price from those of us supplying them. And in many cases, that price is determined well in advance of the project requirements and specifications. (Clients often think this forces the “risk” of the project onto their vendors backs, but ultimately it means that […]
David Thiel on Jul 18 2007 | Filed under: Etail Costs, Project Risks
Interesting article on TechCrunch about how advertisers may be facing a Googleopoly. While that’s not exactly news to many of us, TechCrunch has pulled a few interesting stats out of the report it cites*:
To equal Google-DoubleClick’s level of market concentration in the intermediary online advertising market, one single financial services company would have […]
David Thiel on Mar 19 2007 | Filed under: Etail Costs, User Interface Design
A while ago I found myself in need of an LCD TV mounting bracket for my kitchen. A quick trip to MountsandMore.com not only satisfied that need, but provided an EXCELLENT concept in etail.
Returns cost us all — a lot. And they’re a pain, for both retailers and customers. Mounts and More […]
David Thiel on Mar 12 2007 | Filed under: Etail Costs, Site Building
Recognize the Sales Function of Your Home Page:
When you enter an offline store, what do you see? PRODUCT. When you enter most online stores, what do you see? CHEST-BEATING. Thats right, many online retail sites put themselves — not their products — up front. (Aren’t we great?)
That said, there are some key “about our store” […]
David Thiel on Mar 04 2007 | Filed under: Etail Costs, Project Risks, Site Building
I had a great conversation with a potential client on Wednesday. This (particularly astute) prospect was quite realistic that the cost of developing an online retail web site would be absolutely dwarfed by the costs of aligning the supply chain, integrating ecommerce information flow with the site, establishing pick/pack operatins, integrating the marketing functions, […]
