The chart below shows the actual costs involved in delivering services to 100 customers using three methods: 1. Per Site Hosting. This is a pay-by-site third party hosting service that doesn't allow root access or privileges. 2. Running your own dedicated server through a third party server farm provider. 3. Developing sites using the Phase Engine platform and hosting solution. |
WHAT IS YOUR TIME WORTH? Costs of managing 100 sites |
1. Per Site hosting (Real 100 sites cost: $75/mo/site avg) |
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2. Dedicated Server (Real 100 sites cost: $89/mo/site avg) |
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3. Winner!: PHASE ENGINE (Real 100 sites cost: $25/mo/site avg) |
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per mo @$25/site |
per yr |
if you charge $50/mo hosting |
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per mo |
per yr |
if you charge $50/mo hosting |
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per mo |
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if you charge $50/mo hosting |
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revenue/yr |
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revenue/yr |
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revenue/yr |
| Hosting Services: |
2500 |
30000 |
60000 |
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300 |
3600 |
60000 |
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2500 |
30000 |
60000 |
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| Employee Labor: (@ $20/hr) |
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Web developer Non-chargeable site updates (1hr/site/mo) |
2000 |
24000 |
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2000 |
24000 |
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n/a |
n/a |
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| Programmer/server admin salary (80hrs/mo) |
0 |
0 |
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1600 |
19200 |
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Included |
Included |
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| Technical Support (1hr/site/mo) |
2000 |
24000 |
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2000 |
24000 |
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Included |
Included |
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| Customer billing and management (0.5hrs/site/mo) |
1000 |
12000 |
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1000 |
12000 |
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Included |
Included |
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| 100 New Site Creation @ 1hr/site |
automated |
automated |
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2000 |
2000 |
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automated |
automated |
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| Features |
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| New features(ex:calendars,message boards,etc.) |
limited |
limited |
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expensive |
expensive |
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Included |
Included |
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| Add capabilities (ex:gateways,UPS/Fedex,etc) |
no |
no |
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expensive |
expensive |
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Included |
Included |
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| Site design capabilities |
HTML files |
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Per site custom development |
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Per site custom development Plus optional templates, online wysiwyg page editor, db uploads, and more. |
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cost/yr |
profit/yr |
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profit/yr |
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cost/mo |
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profit/yr |
BOTTOM LINE: MINIMUM profit/loss for 100 sites |
$7500+ |
$90000+ |
-$30,000 |
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$8900+ |
$84800+ |
-$24,800 |
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$2500 |
$30000 |
+$30,000 |
Total costs to keep these sites with new features and capabilities |
loss: $300/customer This customer will leave when new features are required. |
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loss: admin $$ x 2 time consuming & expensive to add and manage new features per site. |
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gain:$0 cost + more profit to you! New features added all the time at your request at no additional cost. Plus!: Increase your profits with every feature the customer uses. |
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Development fees for new sites In all cases you retain 100% of web development fees. |
unlimited |
unlimited |
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unlimited |
unlimited |
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unlimited |
unlimited |
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| ROI |
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