Payment
Cost
29/11/07 17:23
We've managed to keep the cost below £500. It's going
to be £495 and include registration, accommodation
and all meals. More details of daily registration,
etc. later.
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Working Out the Cost
12/11/07 20:57
The advertising postcards arrived safely, so that's
good. Going to try and work out the cost now. Almost
impossible to be totally accurate - how many
delegates will we get, how much sponsorship, if any?
There are fixed costs, like room hire, which don't
vary per person, but costs such as meals, which do.
The latter costs are much more straightforward, we
know if we get x people at y cost the total amount is
xy. It's the fixed costs which are tricky. We just
have to make an estimate of how many delegates we are
likely to get and divide the cost by that number. But
if we get it wrong we either charge more than we
needed to and potentially put off delegates or charge
too little and end up not meeting our costs. Plus we
need a contingency fund for unexpected expenses -
even after years of doing this there are still
unexpected things happen which cost money!
Bed Time
12/11/07 00:03
Shopping Cart
09/11/07 23:10
Signed up for Google Checkout some time ago and now
validated the account. So we can take credit cards
via both Google and PayPal. But I now have to find a
shopping cart so delegates can choose accommodation,
what days they are attending, etc. If everyone just
signed up for the whole conference it would be so
easy! And the fees Google and PayPal charge for their
services are different.
After several hours I think I have the solution to the shopping cart problem. Found a cut down version of FatFreeCartPro, which handles Google and PayPal. Looks like it will do what I want, but I now have to design the form and check the generated html code. Pretty certain it will work with Fuzioned, my hosting company. The contact form works well, so PHP is obviously operational. Also have to design a form for delegates signing up and wanting to be invoiced.
Anyway, time for bed now.
After several hours I think I have the solution to the shopping cart problem. Found a cut down version of FatFreeCartPro, which handles Google and PayPal. Looks like it will do what I want, but I now have to design the form and check the generated html code. Pretty certain it will work with Fuzioned, my hosting company. The contact form works well, so PHP is obviously operational. Also have to design a form for delegates signing up and wanting to be invoiced.
Anyway, time for bed now.