Re: WebDNA wholesale ...
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2002
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 41637
interpreted = N
texte = But $15 USD is still $40 NZD and that buys two programmers here.On 17/7/02 2:51 PM, Kenneth Grome
wrote:> Hi Folks, > > In case you're wondering, here's my reason for offering wholesale > webdna services: > > My goal is to earn a profit while supporting my webdna colleagues in > the USA and in other developed countries -- by giving them a > wholesale source of professional webdna coding. This is something > that currently does not exist for webdna, even though it exists for > far better known languages such as ASP, ColdFusion, PERL, etc. > > In fact, offshore programming services are available for *all* > relatively well-known programming and scripting languages. More and > more web development projects are moving offshore as the web > development market gets tighter and more competitive. This is a > simple fact. > > Since offshore programming services are not yet available for webdna, > this puts webdna at an extreme disadvantage in the marketplace. I > recognized this a long time ago, and that's when I began making plans > to deal with it -- thus my goal to train and hire my own offshore > programmers ... > > But unlike others who run this kind of service from the US or from > some other developed country, I live and work right here in the > Philippines. I have a big WebDNA Training and Development Center > here, and all my programmers will be working right here in the same > office as me -- on a daily basis. This means I can offer them > continual guidance and professional support on all the projects I > accept from my overseas webdna colleagues. > > So ... let's say you bid a project at $50 per hour, then you > subcontract it out to me for $15 an hour. That's $35 an hour profit > for you, and you do not have to do any of the programming yourself! > With so little of your personal time invested in the project, your > per hour profit rate will soar, and you will have a lot more time > to bid on more projects (or to enjoy more free time). > > The way I figure it, if you bid lower on some of the projects you > don't really need, you may get some of them -- yet the demands on > your personal time will still be very low and your profits will be > higher -- because we will be the ones to do those extra projects for > you. > > By the way, I will no longer compete with any of my webdna colleagues > for RETAIL webdna programming services. Instead of trying to be the > best and highest paid webdna programmer on earth, my new goal is to > offer the best and LOWEST PRICED webdna programming service on earth. > > So instead of competing with you for the shrinking number of web > development projects out there these days, I will offer my service to > support your efforts. Then you can remain competitive and profitable > in a market that seems to be growing smaller and more price conscious > all the time. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Andrew Simpson Web DevelopmentBlackpepper Interactive Ltd PO Box 99805 Newmarket4 Clayton Street Newmarket AucklandPh: +64 9 520-6281 Mob: 0272733270 Fax: +64 9 524-1849http://www.blackpepper.co.nz------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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But $15 USD is still $40 NZD and that buys two programmers here.On 17/7/02 2:51 PM, Kenneth Grome wrote:> Hi Folks, > > In case you're wondering, here's my reason for offering wholesale > webdna services: > > My goal is to earn a profit while supporting my webdna colleagues in > the USA and in other developed countries -- by giving them a > wholesale source of professional webdna coding. This is something > that currently does not exist for webdna, even though it exists for > far better known languages such as ASP, ColdFusion, PERL, etc. > > In fact, offshore programming services are available for *all* > relatively well-known programming and scripting languages. More and > more web development projects are moving offshore as the web > development market gets tighter and more competitive. This is a > simple fact. > > Since offshore programming services are not yet available for webdna, > this puts webdna at an extreme disadvantage in the marketplace. I > recognized this a long time ago, and that's when I began making plans > to deal with it -- thus my goal to train and hire my own offshore > programmers ... > > But unlike others who run this kind of service from the US or from > some other developed country, I live and work right here in the > Philippines. I have a big WebDNA Training and Development Center > here, and all my programmers will be working right here in the same > office as me -- on a daily basis. This means I can offer them > continual guidance and professional support on all the projects I > accept from my overseas webdna colleagues. > > So ... let's say you bid a project at $50 per hour, then you > subcontract it out to me for $15 an hour. That's $35 an hour profit > for you, and you do not have to do any of the programming yourself! > With so little of your personal time invested in the project, your > per hour profit rate will soar, and you will have a lot more time > to bid on more projects (or to enjoy more free time). > > The way I figure it, if you bid lower on some of the projects you > don't really need, you may get some of them -- yet the demands on > your personal time will still be very low and your profits will be > higher -- because we will be the ones to do those extra projects for > you. > > By the way, I will no longer compete with any of my webdna colleagues > for RETAIL webdna programming services. Instead of trying to be the > best and highest paid webdna programmer on earth, my new goal is to > offer the best and LOWEST PRICED webdna programming service on earth. > > So instead of competing with you for the shrinking number of web > development projects out there these days, I will offer my service to > support your efforts. Then you can remain competitive and profitable > in a market that seems to be growing smaller and more price conscious > all the time. > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > > Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/-- Andrew Simpson Web DevelopmentBlackpepper Interactive Ltd PO Box 99805 Newmarket4 Clayton Street Newmarket AucklandPh: +64 9 520-6281 Mob: 0272733270 Fax: +64 9 524-1849http://www.blackpepper.co.nz------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://search.smithmicro.com/
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