Going to build a support ticket system...

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Hi everyone... I am going to make an excellent support ticket system very soon. I think that support ticket systems are definitely used most alongside web hosting, so I ask all of you hosting providers for help.

Please let me know of all the features you feel this product should include!

Thanks to everyone in advance!

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Kevin, do you know how many ticket support systems there are out there? If you want to create a product that can compete with the market, it has to be fast, secure, feature-filled and cheap.

Here are some existing helpdesk links...

http://www.kayako.com/
http://www.deskpro.com/
http://www.inverseflow.com/
http://www.phpsupportdesk.com/
http://www.perldesk.com/ (free)
http://www.ubersmith.com/ (billing and heldesk)
http://www.modernbill.com/ (billing and helpdesk)
http://www.perlbill.com/ (billing and helpdesk)

The list goes on and on...

Anyways, good luck.

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It is my opinion that they are all quite expensive, only catering to those who have that much money to spend. I constantly see new web hosting biz's popping up, most with low budgets.

Well, do you have any suggestions or a request for a different product?

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Kevin, some are expensive, but not all of them.

Perldesk is free (which is why a lot of smaller hosts use it). Modernbill is $14.95-$24.95/mo (even a smaller web host can afford that much) and it includes billing and client management. Kayako is like $250 to buy.. etc..

I'm not saying don't do it. I'm saying that a helpdesk is a very big project and that you should think about before starting working on such project. If you think you can offer a better product at a lower price, then by all means, do it.

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