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I just checked the prices for a commercial EE Licensse and Yikes!! I almost jumped out of my skin. I have a small mom and pop hardware store that wants a website. My apartment is small and is still bigger than their store.  Now I can do a website without using EE, but like, what fool would want to do that?!!! When it is so much better using EE.  Problem is that the commercial license is costly. And I thought I’d ask if there is a tier system according to store sizes (small medium and large)? I do not see him wanting to pay that much just for the CMS.  Anyway I just want to know before giving him prices for the site.

Not an official reply at all since I"m not staff but I don’t think there is a tier system according to someone’s store size - either non-commercial or commercial. However do what most others do, at least I do… and that’s just roll the cost of the EE license into your overall price for web design/development. I just tack on a few extra hours and the client doesn’t even know they’re paying for the license and eliminates all headaches involved with “I have to pay that much for a CMS, let’s just use WordPress” - when EE isn’t really all that much to begin with given the amount of flexibility it returns.

And I thought I’d ask if there is a tier system according to store sizes (small medium and large)?

No, there isn’t, and quite frankly, I don’t expect one, either. They charge what they think their system is worth (and the market will pay), but I don’t see how the size of the company would matter here: in real life the electricity company will charge you the same, too, whether you’re a small corner store or a large office building. The same is true for practically all things needed to run your business.

Thanks for the replies people.  Will have to see what I can do.  Being a store located in East Harlem the prices you all may charge (even minimum) might still be way over what they can afford.

Jose, have you considered using MojoMotor?

Jose - depending on the requirements then MojoMotor may be a better fit. Clients have to realise the benefit of using ExpressionEngine.

Have a play with MojoMotor at http://mojo.digitalevangelist.net - better still, let the client see it and see what they think. If they think it’s too basic then they’re writing the cheque for EE for you 😉

Thanks for chiming in, everybody. Does that answer your questions, Jose?

Thank you all for your replies.  Yes it does answer my question.  The Hardware Store owner wants the website to do things which EE can do but MojoMotor can’t do.  Still, I believe I can still give him a good price.  I will just have to make a slightly less profit.  He did ask me for the scariest thing…creating a commercial cart.  But I will ask about that in another post. Again, I just love this product!

Very glad to see that cleared it up for you. Please post again in case there’s anything else.