In an interesting advertising campaign, online software provider Netsuite is claiming that their average customer saves $10,000 annually in electricity costs.
While that may be true (do they work in the dark after purchasing Netsuite?) – no mention is made of the recurring fees associated with Netsuite.
Based on public information you could be spending all of that $10,000 savings — and more (depending upon configuration as shown below).
Some NetSuite Pricing:
—NetSuite license pricing starts at $299 or $499 per month plus $79 or $99 per User
—Advanced Inventory module can be added on to your NetSuite account for $299 per month
—Advanced Financials module can be added on to your NetSuite account for $299 per month
—Advanced Billing module can be added on to your NetSuite account for $399 per month
—Incentive Compensation / Commission module can be added on to your NetSuite account for $299 per month
—Advanced Project Accounting module can be added on to your NetSuite account for $399 per month
—Add the SiteBuilder module to NetSuite for $299 per month (fully customizable Web Design, SEO Optimization, Multi-Currency shopping, Shopping Comparison feeds to Google Base, Shopping.com, Shopzilla, Nextag and more ….)
—Add Advanced Analytics to NetSuite for $299 per month to take advantage of full circle Marketing Campaigns with outbound email promotions tied to Web Store Analytics and ROI per campaign
The first step to success is not to put the cart before the horse. A detailed planning, strategy building, and analyzing process is the key to any professional eCommerce project.