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I thought a client's website migration would be a two-day job, it took three weeks
Honestly, a client asked me to move their online store from an old platform to Shopify. They said all the product info was ready in a spreadsheet. Ngl, I quoted for two days of work. The spreadsheet was a mess, missing images, wrong prices, and half the descriptions were just one word. I had to rebuild almost every listing from scratch using their old site and pictures I had to download myself. It took me three full weeks, working nights and weekends, just to get it looking right. I lost money on that job for sure. Has anyone else had a simple migration turn into a nightmare because the client's data was useless?
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miaa415mo ago
That spreadsheet mess sounds way too familiar. Last time I got a "clean" product list, the colors were coded with internal warehouse numbers only their old staff knew. Had to cross-check every single item with their old site photos just to figure out basic info. Makes you want to add a data audit fee to every quote now, doesn't it?
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fiona1305mo ago
Ugh, that's brutal. Did you end up charging them more for all that extra work, or were you stuck with the original quote?
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