Name of your website?Quaffee - Fine pure Arabica coffee and coffee machines
Your name?
Warren Machanik
Your Location (city, etc)
Cape Town
Speciality roasted pure fine Arabica coffee beans, and quality coffee machines and equipment.
What inspired you to launch your own website?
To spread the word about speciality coffee in South Africa
When did you launch your first website, and what was it?
1 Nov 2006
How did you decide on a name for your website?
It was a combination of the word Quality and Coffee with a play on the old English word Quaff
What makes it different from other, similar offerings?
We only do coffee and coffee machines in Cape Town and nothing else
What is your eventual goal? (To sell it, keep it for income, secure a book or other mainstream media deal?)
Have 10,000 people by 2009 having tasted our coffees
How does your investment of time and money balance against your success?
Good
If you had an unlimited development budget for development, how would you change your site?
No, need to get the word out there for a little amount of money
If your site got really big, really quickly, would you be able to keep up with the demand?
Probably not
What unexpected costs and headaches have you had to deal with?
ISP unreliablity
What has been your biggest challenge?
ISP hosting that is not expensive but still reliable
What method has been most successful for promoting your website?
Word of Mouth
How has running your website differed from your expectations?
It has been okay to expand, but needs constant maitenance
How long have you run the site already, and how long will you continue to keep it up if you don't enjoy big gains in traffic, income or popularity?
18 months
What is your website address?
Quaffee - Fine pure Arabica coffee and coffee machines
