Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing

Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by lunaru on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @07:49AM (#1377116)

It's no exaggeration to say that there are probably more invoicing apps than there are URL shorteners. Having run one for nearly two years, I can say that there are certain key differentiators that customers in this market are looking for. For starters, "simple" and "no bull*" do not have as strong a pull in invoicing as say in project management. When it comes to financial applications, users are going to expect some level of sophistication. I strongly advise the OP against leaning only in simplicity as a key differentiator, since TBH all 20+ competitors in the market could claim the same thing.

To the OP if you're seriously committed, shoot me an email and I can give you some pointers that I've learned over the last 2 years.

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Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by middayc on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @08:44AM (#1377223)

>> For starters, "simple" and "no bull" do not have as strong a pull in invoicing as say in project management.
Thanks for the info.
>> I strongly advise the OP against leaning only in simplicity as a key differentiator, since TBH all 20+ competitors in the market could claim the same thing.

Thanks again. Yes, I can see that you are right. Our main* focus is "efficiency" (not claiming that it's a specially god focus, but it is our main) With this I mean speed & and focus on functionality/work-flow and less on decoration / packaging.

As for all webapps, simplicity is a very important factor to, but I can agree with you that it's not a good differentiator.

Invoice.ly doesn't have a goal to become a service accountant would use. But it has more in terms of what a SMB owner would use than invoicing. Invoice.ly is US adaptation of app I made for my (EU based) country. Besides "mini" that you can see there is also a "norm" which will offer a more rich set of features.

I'm definitely serious, where can I find your email? My is janko DOT itm AT gmail.

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Re:Rate my startup: Invoice.ly - no bull* invoicing by lunaru on Tuesday May 25, 2010 @09:18AM (#1377309)

Hmmm, I have it in my profile, but I guess it's not displayed to the public. It's lwang at you-can-guess-the-rest.

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