After a false start, we are about 2/3 done with the shopping cart. A little Pinot was consumed and some high fives were given out. :) At this point, the DYI cart and the personal website cart are done for now.

Doing everything from scratch is a hard thing to do and it takes time. Sometimes it gets to be a circular affair because as one page or idea matures it affects text on other pages. Sometimes your writing gets more focused and you need to go back and rewrite other pages so they flow better.

As the work progressed, there was discussion about price points. We are big believers in packages. You buy a package here and end up with a bunch of goodies for free plus the basics are discounted, sometimes a considerable amount. This is especially evident in the WS_1001 Web Creation Package. for $299.95, you get hundreds of dollars more in web design and our personal effort to make your site a success.

We thought about pricing this at $349.95 (and I’m sure we would see no difference in sales) but chose the $299.95 price because we can still make a reasonable amount per hour and if it was us paying, we would appreciate the extra 50 bucks staying in our wallet.

Because we aren’t out to get every last penny we think you have, we do something that few others do. We publish our prices so you can see up front what your web design will cost. In a way, that makes us poor salesmen because a good salesman would evaluate the client for shakedown potential and jack up the price. :)

Hang out, have fun and look around. Sorry, the Pinot is gone though. :D