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Long week – Ebiz #1 update

September 8th, 2008 by Kenric

I apologize for not updating this blog in four days.  It’s probably the longest this blog has gone without a post.  I’ve been working on a few things during the week and they all involve sitting in front of a computer so I get burnt out on sitting in front of a computer and just want to shut it off.

I’m stilling working with my developer from India on my revamping my ebiz#1 site.   There are so many more features than my current site that I feel like my current site was significantly handicapped.

Some of the new features on my site are:

• Integrated paypal checkout
• Integrated google checkout
• Automatic international shipping calculations
• Super improved admin panel (my old one really sucked)
• Coupon codes

One thing that I like about using developers from India is that they always make the changes that you ask.  They don’t ask for change orders when you want new features or keep changing the colors of the banners. 

However, I did ask for a change in my checkout page last night.  This time his response:

jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:18:41 PM): that will be big change
jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:18:50 PM): whole process will effect
jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:19:26 PM): for cost I can do that

BTW, we communicate exclusively through IM.  India is 12 hours ahead of me, so he usually gets to work at 9pm my time.  I send him all my comments and we usually chat until 1am.  Then I go to sleep and when I wake up at 8am I check his responses, review the changes and make comments.  It’s an odd set up but it works.

Anyway, this is the first time he has asked for more money.  In the developer world, I see a big change as many many hours of work.  I had no idea how much he was going to ask to make this “big” change. 

jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:19:50 PM): we can keep as min as $75
Kenric  (9/4/2008 11:20:33 PM): hmmm

I just said I’d think about it and didn’t mention it again.  Then after 8 minutes he said:

jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:28:10 PM): ok
jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:29:40 PM): pay me $50 I will do automic registeration for all orders
Kenric  (9/4/2008 11:30:46 PM): $50 is ok
jxxxxxx (9/4/2008 11:30:52 PM): ok

See this is exactly why you never toss out the first number during negotiations.  In the US, a “big” change in development usually means alot of dollars.  Honestly, I don’t know what number went through my head but it was certainly more than $50.  Sometimes we forget about the economic differences in countries when outsourcing our work.  I think I’m getting something for very cheap and he’s probably getting paid alot for his work.  It’s a win win.

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