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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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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.