Possible First Client
by Alec ShermanI have been submitting my time logs and invoices to my latest client. Today he asked me if I could make some enhancements to Wizard's Abacus so all staff in his company could use it. He has 30 staff so this would be a nice little monthly contract. A couple months ago I told him I would match a competitor's price of $4.99 per person per month.
The enhancements he wants would allow him to see which staff are logged in and what task they are currently working on. Plus he wants a few anti-abuse features. I estimate the enhancements he wants won't take more than 12 hours.
It would be nice to have the first paying customer of Wizard's Abacus sign up. Currently they are using Deputy.
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Hi Alec!
Getting the first paying customer is awesome but don't try to please them too much! :) You should consider their suggestions but they are not the product owners... especially if they haven't paid you yet!
If they really need custom features you should offer them a custom solution with a minimum contract length or for a 1 time larger payment.
Btw I really like your app's name! :)
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This is actually for a company that I work for. They agreed to pay my hourly rate for 10 hours of enhancements (cancelling one of their original requests). Plus they said they are interested in purchasing entire software to put on their server. I've told them let's postpone that discussion for a month so they can truly fall in love with the service. Then I'll let them choose between monthly contract or large lump-sum for them to install on their own servers.
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