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  "markdown_url": "https://ireadcustomer.com/en/blog/the-500k-baht-mistake-why-cheap-software-development-costs-ruin-thai-businesses.md",
  "title": "The 500k Baht Mistake: Why Cheap Software Development Costs Ruin Thai Businesses",
  "locale": "en",
  "description": "Learn from a real Thai business nightmare where an 80k Baht website build turned into a 500k Baht rescue mission. Discover the truth about real software development costs.",
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  "summary": "There is a classic tale in the Thai business scene that you’ve probably heard of (or maybe even experienced firsthand). It’s the story of trying to save as much budget as possible on IT, only to find that your <strongsoftware development costs</strong end up skyrocketing so high it almost bankrupts the company. <a id=\"the-80k-illusion-how-a-steal-became-a-500k-nightmare-a-idthe-80k-illusiona\"</a The 80k Illusion: How a \"Steal\" Became a 500k Nightmare <a id=\"the-80k-illusion\"</a Let me tell you about Khun A, a wholesale business owner in Bangkok who wanted to digitize his B2B orders. He hired a",
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  "tags": [
    "software development costs",
    "technical debt management",
    "man-day pricing model",
    "it procurement thailand",
    "custom software development"
  ],
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  "datePublished": "2026-04-01T17:42:46.281Z",
  "dateModified": "2026-04-18T09:42:49.204Z",
  "author": "iReadCustomer Team"
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