Sonic DB, excellent info. Thank you, sir!!! This is very helpful.
I initially tried $79 per month, but some test marketing showed me that it was too much. While I agree that it is still a small price for the value, I've met with better success at $49 per month. Perhaps I can look into upgrade features in the future (ala carte) to increase the monthly fees for some.
I'm looking for long-term reocurring revenue, as opposed to building one-off, custom websites. I'm getting out of that game
Getting lazy, I guess. I had built a property management website for my own purposes, then realized how much value it held for others and decided to market it. I think its a great idea and hope it will gain a lot of traction in the future. Hoping so, anyway.
OK, for pay structure, here's what I'm thinking:
$1,000 per month base pay
$60 commission per sale (10%) - 2 sales per day works out to $2,400 per month
So, that's $3,400 per month for 2 sales per day, or $4,600 per month for 3 sales per day.
Regarding the employee/independent contractor issue, I think I can get by with 1099s. Check this out:
http://www.entrepreneur.com/humanresources/hiring/article29988.html Sure would relieve a lot of the overhead burden from me.
Since the person will be working from their home, I really need them to do ONLY sales for me. Perhaps they can also be working on selling other companie's products to add a little variety. I'm looking here at a VOIP solution that I think offers online reporting of call activity, so I can track the calls to make sure they're happening:
http://www.simplesignal.com