Why choose i2b Global?

i2b Global Inc. brings to the table Experienced Professionals, Innovative Solutions, the right tools and uncompromising Customer Service. These elements together are the foundation of our business.

Our team of software professionals has a passion for the business, backed by solid industry experience.

The secret of survival and success in today's rapidly changing IT landscape is staying on top of the latest technologies. Our commitment to the industry standards guarantee that we have the first look at emerging technology trends and mandate continuous education of our professional staff.

And lastly, we stand behind our work with a written guarantee, backed with uncompromising customer service and technical support.

Quite simply Yes! Of course we are a slightly biased in our opinions. But seriously, if you have a product or service that you retail or donate to the public, then you should have a Web Site to augment your existing marketing activities. Remember, having a Web Site is now considered one of the key components of a successful marketing and sales strategy. You don't need to sell on line to justify having a Web Site. Quite often Web Site's are simply used to provide current and up-to-date information about your business, hobby, event or charity organization.

 How much potential business are you losing by not having an effective on-line presence?

Perhaps the best way to gauge this is to change hats. Wear the hat of your prospective clients. Then, ask yourself, how can I find out what organizations offer the product or service that I am looking for. How would you find your business. How does your business stack up against your competition in terms of a Web presence?
The general consensus is that as time goes on more and more individuals are using the internet as their primary source of pre-sales information. So if your not there, then you will be passed over.

 How much does a Web Site cost?

We offer affordable web sites starting at $49.95 per month (all costs included) Check out our Turn Key Solutions Page for more details regarding this package. Typically, the average custom designed static web site runs about $2,500. An average custom designed web site with some dynamic content such as an on-line catalogue, and content editor, order form, hit counters, and various other administrative tools runs about $4,500. Add another $1,500 for full blown eCommerce with on-line credit card processing.
Please note, these prices are approximate, and vary depending upon many factors including but not limited to quality and quantity of creative design elements (flash animations etc.) and size of your on-line catalogue, depth of content on Web Site, etc. etc.

 Why is there such price disparity among web developers?

This is a difficult question to answer, one which we ask ourselves from time to time. There isn't enough room on this page to explain all of the factors that influence the cost of a Web Site. So we'll try to keep it simple. To a certain degree the old adage "You get what you pay for!" applies. Now that statement may be a bit crass, but there is a certain amount of truth in it. Somewhere along the line "wanna-be" Web Developers forgot how much work is involved to design, develop, test, implement and support a piece of business logic (a computer program or subroutine). Perhaps it's because the newer technologies always boast that they make "things" easy. Well it's simply not necessarily the reality. Things are more complicated and have more places to break than ever before! And as such demand highly skilled and educated software developers to debug and correct the problems. Let us not forget to mention the Supply vs. Demand equation which has negatively affected the IT market for the past couple of years.

Before you rush off and give the task of creating your corporate Web Site to your friends son who'll do it for next to nothing... ask yourself this question... Do I want to be able to call someone to fix or make a minor change to my Web Site next month, next year, or in a couple of years. Do I feel confident that my Web Developer will still be so keen to provide the free services now that I have questions and problems or he/she has gone off to University or graduated from University?

Caveat Emptor

 Web Site or Web Application?
The answer to the question also partly explains why one Web Site costs more than another.
A Web Site that simply acts as an on-line brochure providing a few pages of information about your products and services might be classified as a "Web Site". However a Web Site that provides more than simply static information, for instance, has a product catalogue, interfaces with your supplier's warehouse, supports wireless applications, and manages your on-line order fulfillment processes would most likely be considered a "Web Application". In other-words, you have a Web enabled application software package. Typically Web Applications are much more expensive than their Web Site counterparts, and require more sophisticated web servers to run them. This translates to higher monthly hosting and transactional costs. However the time they save and revenue they generate should more than offset the increased operating costs of a Web Application.

 Why on-line shopping is here to stay.
"E-commerce is set to grow partly because well-publicized mistakes of early pioneers have become lessons to aid the success of current players."
According to his book,""The truth is, on-line retailers fail because of poorly executed business plans and unrealistic expectations, not because on-line retailing doesn't work. The fact that Canadians spend over a billion dollars every year shopping the Internet," says Rick Broadhead, Toronto-based co-author of numerous books about the Internet, including the recently published Selling Online. He believes Canadians shopping on-line will reach 7.2 million by 2005."A lot of the dot-coms have come and gone. A lot has been learned over the last few years about what works and what doesn't work and what consumers want," Broadhead said.

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