Small Potatoes is a family-operated seed business that has grown rapidly. Small

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Small Potatoes is a family-operated seed business that has grown rapidly. Small Potatoes specializes in supplying home gardeners with the finest seeds and gardening supplies. Until now, the firm has done all its business by placing ads in gardening and health magazines, and taking orders using a toll-free telephone number.

Now, the family has decided to establish a Web site and sell online, but there is some disagreement about the best way to proceed. Some say it would be better to develop the site on their own, and Betty Lou Jones, a recent computer science graduate, believes she can handle the task. Others, including Sam Jones, Betty’s grandfather, feel it would be better to outsource the site and focus on the business itself. Suppose the family asked for your opinion.

What would you say? What additional questions would you ask?

Explanation / Answer

The answer of this question depends upon factors like Cost of outsourcing, Time for completion, Skills for the website, idea for Website like design parameters, user friendly etc.

So if cost of outsourcing is not that much then its better to outsource the website because it is a one time investment only and you can better foccuss on business rather than handling the website content.

Secondly Time: If you dont have much time to wait then again outsourcing option is better because high skilled professional have better knowledge and give you complete website in less time than time taken by you itself.

Skills required: No if you have enough skills and have prior experience in website making and have full confidance then its better to not waste money on outsourcing and make it in own house.But yes it will put little effect on your existing business.

Idea of what to create in website ,what ti include and what to exclude these all things comes from experience. if you dont have anyexperience then its total waste to develop its own because website needs many factor to be successful like user friendly, capable of handling load, easy to use etc.

So according to me outsourcing is better.

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