Your sites on the other hand, always seem to have diverse, smiling business people. Are these images supplied or stock? If stock, can you recommend some stock photograph suppliers? The only sites I’m working on now are for non-profits (both are for free in my spare time), so obviously money is a concern. I’ve looked at a few, and I can’t ask my church to drop $350 on an image.

ps – If anyone actually looks at my site – I’ve taken some time off from web design, so if my site seems ugly and table-based and inaccessible,… well, it is. Since designing i I’ve learned a lot about CSS and standards and therefore I am redesigning. Hopefully no one visits until after my new design is up.

The way I look at it the scenario is probably like this… My bandwidth allows me to produce 10 static websites per month at a price of $3,000 apiece or 5 websites with ecommerce at a price of $5,000 per month. While it is generally easier to work with a smaller number of clients, the tradeoff would be that 1) I wouldn’t be able to make as much money, 2) my business would be complicated substantially by having to manage partnerships or arrangements with an entirely new set of contractors in order to provide ecommerce services, therefore increasing the risk of failure on any given project, which would lead to unsatisfied clients which isn’t good for anyone.

On the other hand, if I only focus on static websites there is more than enough demand to keep things busy, I can make more money, and I’m focusing on what I’m good at, therefore increasing the chance of success with my clients, and happy client refer more clients.

To me, offering ecommerce seems to present a big cost without much benefit. Plus of the people who contact us I would guess one in a hundred is interested in ecommerce anyway.

It sounds to me like you are after a different demographic that my bootstrap experience, and yet the way I look at your sample page, it looks like it is talking to me…

None of these would have to be your services but rather contracted with other providers and bundled for the customers convenience.

I don’t see the logic of the subscription because it essentially turns into financing. It doesn’t match what’s being provided. If there is no ongoing service then why would there be an ongoing fee? And if there’s a lot of work up front, why wouldn’t the customer pay for it up front? The only answer is if the work is being financed, and I don’t want to get into the lending business, because then you’re also in the business of trying to collect from people who don’t pay. For me it’s going to be 100% up front payment.

How about a subscription price?