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+# Community FAQ
+
+> If you are an independant software vendor or service provider wanting to offer ERPNext services to your customer base, this is for you.
+
+#### 1. What is ERPNext?
+
+ERPNext is an Open Source ERP application that helps Small to Medium Sized business manage their organizations efficiently. It covers financial accounting, inventory management, manufacturing, human resource management and much more. It is a web based application, easy and user friendly.
+
+---
+
+#### 2. I want to sell ERPNext Service to my customers. How can I do that?
+
+Before you sell anything to anyone, you must be completely convinced that it is the right tool for you to promote. After all, it is your reputation at stake. Before you sell any ERPNext service, we recommend that you evaluate ERPNext very minutely yourself and the best way to do it is self-implementation. Start using ERPNext for billing, customer support, CRM, quoting your customers. Even if you don't wish to use it in production, use it as a test. Once, and if, you are convinced of the application, you should demo it to your customers. Nothing sells better than confidence, so its best to be confident before you sell.
+
+> Disclosure: We use ERPNext extensively in our own organization too!
+
+---
+
+#### 3. Will I get support during self-implementation?
+
+You need not pay for self implementation, you can either use the 30-day trial at [erpnext.com](https://erpnext.com) or use the [Virtual Machine](https://erpnext.com/download). If you need support, you can first go through:
+
+1. [ERPNext user guide.](http://frappe.github.io/erpnext/user/manual/en/)
+1. [Help product videos.](http://frappe.github.io/erpnext/user/videos/learn)
+1. [Ask questions at the forum.](https://discuss.erpnext.com)
+
+If you need priority one-on-one help sessions, you can also buy a subscription service for it.
+
+---
+
+#### 4. What skills do I require to implement ERPNext?
+
+To implement ERPNext, you must have a general understanding of financial accounting, inventory management and how organizations manage their information. Skills in spreadsheet tools like Excel will be handy for data import. If you are good in HTML / CSS, you can also create a website from within ERPNext.
+
+If you also want to offer customization services on ERPNext, you should have some expertise on:
+
+1. [Frappe Framework](https://frappe.io)
+1. Python
+1. Java Script
+
+---
+
+#### 5. Do I need to pay anything to start selling ERPNext
+
+No. This is an open source application and it does not require you to pay us anything. You can charge the customer as you prefer for implementation, training, customization and support.
+
+If your customer wants production support on their servers, you can do it yourself.
+
+Do not forget to list yourself as a service provider on the [community portal](/service-providers)
+
+---
+
+#### 6. As a service provider how do I make money?
+
+With ERPNext compared to other ERPs, the cost of license is zero, so there is more money on the table to ensure a successful ERP implementations. These savings can be effectively used to tailor the ERPNext system to the user's requirements and / or to enhance the ERPNext product itself by adding features that could be sponsored. There is always the usual revenue model for:
+
+1. Implementation Services: Gap analysis, user training, data importing
+1. Integration: Integrating with other applications using the API
+1. Print Formats and Reports: Customized Print Layouts and Reports
+1. Website and Webshop setup: Customizing and setting up the website and webshop via ERPNext
+1. Customization: Creating of domain specific apps, connectors for the customer
+1. Support: Priority phone, in-person support as needed
+1. Maintenance: Support for patches and upgrades
+1. Hosting: Providing hosting services (sponsor's message: though you can always host with https://erpnext.com)
+
+#### 7. What is the general sales / implementation process for ERPNext
+
+1. Ideally, you must first introduce the product and give a quick demo. It is best to highlight that the product is in use in over 1000 organizations across 130+ countries and is also affordable and Open Source.
+2. If the customer is convinced, you can do a pilot order in a new trial or Virtual Machine so that the customer is able to see her own data in the system.
+3. If the customer is willing to go ahead for implementation, you must identify a project champion within the organization.
+4. With the project champion, you can start migrating the master data (Items, Customer, Supplier) from the existing system into ERPNext.
+5. Before going live, it is best to do a few test orders through the system and check if there is any customization that is needed for the customer's process.
+6. Finally before going live, accounting and inventory opening data should be setup and with the help of the champion.
+7. If the customer requires the website to be from ERPNext, you will need to help the customer to create content and setup their master data.
+
+---
+
+#### 8. I would like to be listed at the ERPNext Community Portal, How is that possible?
+
+Listing on our community portal is free. You can list yourself as a Service Provider, and provide details about services you offer on ERPNext. Following are the plan for the paid listing. To become Verified Service Provider, you should fulfil following conditions.
+
+1. Experience of implementing ERPNext for at-least one Customer. 
+1. Your Company website briefing services you offer on ERPNext.
+1. Subscription of $600/year.
+
+---
+
+#### 9. I want to sell services but pass on development support to you. Does that work?
+
+No, we (Frappe Technologies) do not do any paid development. All our energy is used in supporting and enhancing the ERPNext product. If you want to develop a feature or customization, you can engage a freelancer or drop in a request on the [discussion forum](https://discuss.erpnext.com). If you are planning do this on any scale, it is best to [get one of your developers trained on ERPNext](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCAMPcl7NKc&list=PL3lFfCEoMxvzHtsZHFJ4T3n5yMM3nGJ1W).
+
+[It is very easy to build new apps / extensions to ERPNext.](http://frappe.github.io/frappe/user/tutorial/)
+
+---
+
+#### 10. I want to setup my own ERPNext cloud, can you help me?
+
+Yes, we are in the process of generalising our tools that we use to power erpnext.com so that they can be used by companies willing to provide their own ERPNext Cloud. Stay tuned for that on our community forum where we will be posting it.
+
+---
+
+#### 11. I want to sell ERPNext in my brand name, will you do that?
+
+ERPNext is our brand and identity. All work we do will be under the brand name of ERPNext and Frappe. If you want to disguise this as your work, you are free to do it, but don't expect any help from us. If you are using our help documentation, you must attribute us publicly because the documentation is licensed as [Creative Commons BY-NC-SA](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/)
+
+[Check why you should not rebrand ERPNext.](https://frappe.io/blog/general/why-you-should-not-rebrand-erpnext)
+
+---
+
+Still have questions? [Ask them at the forum](https://discuss.erpnext.com).
+
+[Have you listed yourself as a service provider yet?](/service-providers)