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JeremyWhiteley.ax469JeremyWhiteley.ax469 

Is using sites really economical?

I am thinking about developing an Ecommerce site using sites, however I am running to some economic issues. First being costs.   If I have an ecommerce application, which would get millions of hits a month, the cost to host it per month is going to be north of 3k.   Then when I add customers that want to check thier accounts, I understand that I need a customer portal license as well.   So if I have 20k customers, I am looking at 20K per month in portal fees, yet maybe only 200 or 300 users will log in to thier portal each month.    

 

I am wondering if I am missing anything here?   I have tried to talk to sales about this, but I haven't heard back.

 

Thanks

 

 

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BulentBulent
Ask about the login based licenses where you pay based on number of login vs. number of users

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Scott JorgensenScott Jorgensen

The part you are missing is that Customer Portal licenses for 200-300 users per month will not cost anything close to $20K per month.  It would be a lot more like $1000 per month, maybe more maybe less... but certainly not $20K per month.  

 

Talk with a sales person at salesforce.com to get pricing for your scenario.

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Ask about the login based licenses where you pay based on number of login vs. number of users
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