Hi everybody.
So once again I need your feedback. I hope you will be as helpfull as always.
Up untill now I have always handed over all files for the tours I have produced, so the customer have total control with them. I am now considering to host all future tours I produce. What is your opinion no hosting tours? Advantages vs disadvantages?
PROS:
- The main reason for me to host tours my self is that I will be able to offer more advanced packages. IF hosting tours my selv I imagine that I would provide additional services like:
- An infopage that shortly explain what the viewer is about to see, and how to navigate through the tour.
- Pop up detector
- Centering tour in the middle of the screen. I think the visual experience is better if the tour is centered in the middle of the screen.
- Statistics. I will be able to offer a monthly report telling how many people actually views the tour. That way the customer will get a better feeling of the actual value of the tour I have produced.
Furthermore I think these arguments are good:
- It have never been easier for the client. They just have to insert a link and they are up and running. Many of my customers web pages are CMS sites and that can give a lot of problems when uploading the tours.
- I will be able to charge an annual hosting fee
- It will give me an opportunity to brand my company more efficiently
Cons:
- It will take longer to produce the tours = more work
- So far it have been an important selling argument that the client actually got the files. I gues it makes the "product" more tangible Actually this would be my main argument for why I should NOT host the tours!
- My expences will increase due to increased traffic to my web site.
Bring it on Easypano forum members and Tourweaver users. Let me knwo what you think about it?
Best regards
Morten Andersen
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