[RTC List] Phone solicitation for web creation

[Dave Thewlis]

The really interesting thing about this thread is that the offshore 
outsourcers are moving down the food chain -- and perhaps that 
responding to the apparent opportunity is moving down the food chain in 
the provider country.

Used to be they were major companies mostly in India like Infosys and 
Tata, approaching major companies here (mostly vendors, or companies 
with large IT development or support staff).  Now they are shifting to 
possible customers at the SMB level, and thus competing at our local 
level. 

This isn't entirely new, as we've seen some indicators for a number of 
months. But quite recently (since the new year) there has been a sudden 
growth in apparent "suppliers to small businesses" of this sort, 
contacting small businesses (like us).  Of course we don't know if these 
are independent small suppliers with Skype accounts, or new marketing 
directions for the big providers like Infosys, although my guess is the 
former. 

Thus local providers will face the same competition in the same way as 
has already happened on a more global level.  Although the "local" sell 
may be a bit harder.  But it seems it is starting to be incumbent upon 
local vendors and providers to be more aggressive about what they offer 
and the broadness of their offerings, since the example given certainly 
suggested that they could offer stuff that local providers couldn't or 
wouldn't.  All untrue, and thus a fairly stupid assertion.

BTW he was much more likely to be in Bangalore or Hyderabad (or the new 
names for them).

Dave Thewlis


M Welch wrote:
> Chances are that he was **in** New Delhi or the vicinity.
>
> There is nothing they can do for you that a local cannot do. Though I do know of local web folks that farm their excess jobs out to overseas coders.
>
> Dwight Winegar wrote at 02:44 PM 3/30/2009:
>  
>   
>> the same locally without having to deal with some rogue salesman  
>> transplanted to New Jersey from New Delhi. 
>>     
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