A penny auction is not an ordinary website, since it is necessary that the image on the visitor's screen updates every second. This means that each visitor's browser accesses the hosting server 1 time per second. If at the auction website, for example, there are 150 visitors, which is not much, this means at least 150 calls to the server per second. It doesn't matter if these visitors are registered users or not, wheither they are bidding or just watching.
This means that shared hosting is not very suitable for commercial exploitation of a penny auction. Only for a slow start. Same thing for so-called VPS (Virtual Private Server).
We always recommend that our customers use a dedicated server. Therefore, an offer of free hosting for 12 months gives us the impression that this software will never be used for a commercial run.
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
When we say "No"?
We received the following request. In fact, it was a claim:
"It’s funny how before we signed the contract all I was hearing was yes and now all I am hearing is no".
Here is our answer:
"All the technical details should be finalized and agreed upon during the initial discussions and signing of the contract, but not at the stage of performance. It is the „alpha and omega“ of professional software development. Statistics show, that 70% of software projects are not pursued to the end because of changes during development or implementation. To make changes at these stages is a sure way to kill a project.
We try to meet customer needs as much as we can. But consider two things:
Firstly, our product is a software product from a conveyor, not a software development service, and to make changes is not easy.
Secondly, to discuss each change several experts must be involved, who are not always easy to pull away from their current work.
Therefore, every such discussion is a headache.
We hope this explanation gives you an understanding that we are not swindlers".
Where we found the statistics - here are some old, but still valid surveys:
http://www.it-cortex.com/Stat_Failure_Rate.htm.
Once again, colleagues: second thoughts are best!
"It’s funny how before we signed the contract all I was hearing was yes and now all I am hearing is no".
Here is our answer:
"All the technical details should be finalized and agreed upon during the initial discussions and signing of the contract, but not at the stage of performance. It is the „alpha and omega“ of professional software development. Statistics show, that 70% of software projects are not pursued to the end because of changes during development or implementation. To make changes at these stages is a sure way to kill a project.
We try to meet customer needs as much as we can. But consider two things:
Firstly, our product is a software product from a conveyor, not a software development service, and to make changes is not easy.
Secondly, to discuss each change several experts must be involved, who are not always easy to pull away from their current work.
Therefore, every such discussion is a headache.
We hope this explanation gives you an understanding that we are not swindlers".
Where we found the statistics - here are some old, but still valid surveys:
http://www.it-cortex.com/Stat_Failure_Rate.htm.
Once again, colleagues: second thoughts are best!
Saturday, January 9, 2010
How to start internet penny auction slowly?
If you have a limited advertising budget, then think about a so-called "accelerating penny auction".
It works as follows - initially any auction item has a date and time, when the auction should finish. In general, it is possible to bid on items before this time. The last bidder at the finish time is the winner. But every bid adds 1 penny to the starting price and also adds a short time interval, for example, 90 seconds, to the end time. In fact, after the initial end time the auction works as an ordinary penny auction.
The idea is, that the owner of the auction has more time for advertising and a slow launch of his auction, because the end time of the auction may be a few days away.
It works as follows - initially any auction item has a date and time, when the auction should finish. In general, it is possible to bid on items before this time. The last bidder at the finish time is the winner. But every bid adds 1 penny to the starting price and also adds a short time interval, for example, 90 seconds, to the end time. In fact, after the initial end time the auction works as an ordinary penny auction.
The idea is, that the owner of the auction has more time for advertising and a slow launch of his auction, because the end time of the auction may be a few days away.
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