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Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by ErrantX on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @05:53AM (#1376941)
Either say "no bullshit" properly or drop it. You can definitely get away with that line in many arenas now - if you are targeting the "indie"/liberal types it will hold sway (so long as you hold up to it!). However outside that it might put people off.

I'd work a little more on the app design; space it all out more and go for a "clean" look so that your screenshot can appear less busy (it draws the eye a little too much on the landing page).

The app itself is a little confusing (but looks a good start nonetheless).

First the colours are not to my personal taste; you have too many on the page for a start (stick with 3 colors and 5 shades if possible). More importantly they are all pastels - which becomes hard on the eye. I recommend spending some time on http://www.colourlovers.com and pick a palette with the proper ratio of bold/highlight/background colours

As to the app - it's a little difficult to navigate initially; it was a bit unintuitive adding "partners" especially as it is not clear what a partner is (this isn't typical terminology in most places - it sounds perhaps law centric?).

I quite like your landing page though; apart from the screenshot it is pretty solid. As pointed out you should clarify what mini means (possibly just scrap that terminology for the moment - I guess you plan to add paid-for plans later so you can always bring that in at a later stage). Maybe call it beta for now.

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by middayc on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @06:31AM (#1377008)
It's somewhat a joke "no bull*" and then a fox on the right. It might also have additional meanings :) bull invoicing vs fox invoicing

As I said to the paraschopra, this is sort of a test/joke and it will change according also to the feedback of people like you. So your comment is appreciated and will be part of the equation.

about app design. Thanks, we will try to improve it / make it less busy (although I don't like the Basecamp "template"). I want more focus on "effective" / aka gmail and similar apps. We will also iterate on color usage. Thanks for the link.

About "partners" , you notice a bug in screenshot that I missed. That is the old screenshot. App now uses term "Clients". I am fixing the screenshot imediatelly. THANKS!

About front page. You are right about mini, there will be not-mini :). I will try to make that part less consfusing.

Thanks a lot for very constructive feedback!

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by ErrantX on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @06:36AM (#1377019)
> About "partners" , you notice a bug in screenshot that I missed. That is the old screenshot. App now uses term "Clients". I am fixing the screenshot imediatelly. THANKS!

Ah, that makes more sense (the app still has the odd "partner" used in it btw)

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by middayc on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @07:52AM (#1377122)
Screenshot is fixed. I made it over VNC to home computer where I have the gfx program :).

The text inside app will be fixed by tomorrow.

Thanks again!

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by middayc on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @06:53AM (#1377044)
Ah. Thanks for noticing.

Not-mini version will have send/received invoices and by so Clients and Suppliers. Is there any term that includes both of those? (We use partners here for it)

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by scorpion032 on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @06:28AM (#1377004)
> Either say "no bullshit" properly or drop it.

Or, you know, say "BS Free invoicing".

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by middayc on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @06:32AM (#1377009)
hehe :) haven't thought of that. I also like the form of the sentence better than what I used.
Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by trafficlight on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @01:34PM (#1378013)
I read that as "Free invoicing that's bullshit."