Re: [cobalt-users] In The Q

["Cobalt - In The Q" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Gary,

Couple more items you may not have thought of:

Now that we allow ISPs to charge customers for our software, if you install
just 30 copies of our software and charge your customers a small $50 install
fee, the total cost of the software is paid for - and you can still let them
use it for free. You could even tack on $10 a month for SSL and In The Q and
increase your revenues.

It's also terrific way to keep customers around because once the are making
money with their In The Q store while hosting with your service, they will
stick around a lot longer - less churn. You know the software is a piece of
cake to use and will take little support on your end. Since it installs in
less than a minute for each store, the install fees would be pure profit for
you.

Also, if you were to use In The Q for say 5 years on the old program, the
cost would have been $2500 (500 a year for 5 years). On the new program, the
cost is still just the $1500 one time fee for unlimited servers and
unlimited stores.

Jay Falconer
"In The Q" E-Commerce System
www.InTheQ.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "RHLinux" <rhlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] In The Q


> So basically I am paying the extra grand for the following:
>
> $66 for each additional skin
> my competitors being seen on your home page (thanks for pointing that out)
> being able to charge for it, even though I was going to offer it free
anyway
> regardless of the packages I offer
>
> and why should I have to go though all the trouble then to remove all your
> links from the shopping carts, when I would think it would be best for you
> to not incorporate it at all? Your cart has allot of positives, and I am
> starting to regret that I sent in the $500 the other day, which you said
you
> will be sending back to me ASAP.
>
> I see it as a waste of time if a provider like me, paying $1500 a year,
> knowing that if my client hits your url on their shopping cart, browser's
> around and finds all your ISP links, and ends up leaving me. I would drop
> your program in a instant without even thinking twice...I am a small web
> hosting company and running my business on my own, I can not afford to
loose
> my clients because of a link in their shopping cart. Look at any other
> shopping cart on the market, from what I seen, none of them plaster their
> name like you do. a simple copyright line at the bottom would be good
> enough, if you look at it, if I am selling your software or giving it
away,
> I am already plastering it all over my web site, I am having a company
> redesign my site, and the In the Q was going to be plaster all over the
> site, but more I look at it, I am glad you informed me of the price
increase
> and everything I spoke of above
>
> If I can't find a good shopping cart, and I get really really desperate, I
> might look at In the Q again to see if its really worth it...
>
> Gary
> Web Hosting Network
> http://www-hosting.net
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jay Falconer" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 1:19 PM
> Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] In The Q
>
>
> Actually Gary, we changed the ISP program from $500 per year to a flat
$1500
> one-time fee for unlimited web servers and unlimited customer stores.
>
> The new ISP program now allows ISPs to charge their customers for using,
> supporting, and installing our e-commerce software instead of having to
give
> it away for free. ISPs can now include it on only those hosting plans they
> want instead of having to give it away for free on all plans.
>
> We also now include all 15 skins instead of just 1.
>
> ISP can now remove the In The Q links, banners, and copyright notices from
> the generated store pages if they want.
>
> The new ISP program is a much better deal than the old one considering
what
> the long term costs and restrictions would have been under the old ISP
> program.
>
> Jay Falconer
> "In The Q" E-Commerce System
> www.InTheQ.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "RHLinux" <rhlinux@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Cobalt-Users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, 02 March, 2000 03:06 PM
> Subject: [cobalt-users] In The Q
>
>
> > Anyone else recommend any other shopping cart besides In the Q, they
> changed
> > their $500 program to $1500...now thats not worth it...imho
> >
> > I got both raq 2-3
> >
> > thanks
> > Gary
> >
> >
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