$1 a product @ 300,000 is pretty good to me, but then, as Matt stated above, it is physically impossible for that to happen with one person. You would need to fly to Bangalore and hire a hundred people to do 3,000 products each.

I usually figure around 3-5 minutes per product, once I get everything set up, so I base my estimate on that, but don't charge by the hour for product entry.

If you're charging $15 per product, it seems a little steep at $300/hr, but if you can swing that, have at it. With a store of 2000 products, you'll be making $30,000 on product entry. Again, a small to mid-size business with 2000 products prob. doesn't have the budget for $30,000 on top of whatever you charge for the set-up.

This is a great thread, thanks Lynne. How'd it go?