Chapter 7. Cost Structure of Multiple Sites

Key Concepts

Classify costs into initial versus operating costs and IT versus line of business costs

Understand the savings of each type of cost that can be achieved by using a shared platform

Before undertaking a large companywide project to develop a shared infrastructure, a business should understand and predict the cost savings that result from using a shared infrastructure for multisite commerce when compared to independently developed and maintained sites. However, depending on the nature of each business, the cost structure and corresponding savings will vary, and it would be impossible in this book to predict the anticipated savings in a generic way. The goal of this chapter is ...

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