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This lecture covers key costs and ecommerce components to consider when identifying expenses for building or improving an ecommerce site.

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Hajrë Hyseni, University of Hertfordshire

Dec 2011

eCommerce Budgets

1

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

Project planningProject planningCreative, technical, integration, budgeting, testing and

promotion

Setting and agreement of project goals and constraints

Assembling and briefing the project team

Brainstorming creative ideas

Competitor and market analysis

Analysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

2

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

3

Project planningProject planningProduct modelling and database design

Promotion design and logic

Design of decision support tools to help shoppers select, choose and experience

Writing of all text pages (Terms & Conditions, Privacy)

Design and implementation of CRM integration

Design of customer service processes and systems

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

4

Project planningProject planningAnalysis of business logic (selling, fulfilment, returns)

Wireframing/diagramming of processes and functionality

Agreement of functionality, specifications and plan within budget

Selection of platform, tools and hosting environment

Graphical design (within brand guidelines)

Conversion of design into templates and style sheets

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

5

Project planningProject planningDesign of testing regime and tools

Implementation within shopping software, CMS or from scratch

Integration with stock and ordering systems

Integration with payment partner

Photography

Collection and manipulation of content

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

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Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

√√√

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

√√√√

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

√√√√√

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

√√√√√√

Wednesday, 14 December 11

6

Ways of making the project cheaper?Ways of making the project cheaper?

Shopify, Magento

Get the client to do as much of the project as possible

Accept a share of the revenue (or the business) instead of fees

Adapt templates etc from other sites

Use low cost solutions such as Shopify or Magento

Do additional work as revenue starts to flow

Consider outsourcing tightly defined parts of the project

√√√√√√√

Wednesday, 14 December 11

7

How much does a day cost?How much does a day cost?

Suppose a member of staff costs £25,000

National insurance adds 12.8% £3,200

Recruitment adds 15% £3750

Share of rent adds £2,500

Share of bandwidth, computer, desk etc adds £2,500

Other costs (stationary, telephones, travel, entertainment) adds

£2,500

Total other costs (57% oncosts) £14,450

Wednesday, 14 December 11

8

Total cost per day around £200 (and remember that billing for every day is hard)

Wednesday, 14 December 11

9

Most people cost much more:

sales (£60k)

project managers (£30-40k)

creative director(£60k+)sys admin

(£35-45k)

design(£30-40k+)

programming(£40k)

project managers (£30-40k)

twitter manager(£35-45k)

Wednesday, 14 December 11

10

What do most companies charge?

Blended rates (across all staff) range from £600 - £1200+

per day

Wednesday, 14 December 11

11

Q/A

Wednesday, 14 December 11

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