Re:Ask HN: How do SMBs afford such expensive software engine...
by gmays on Sunday July 04, 2021 @02:35PM
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My wife owns a ~$1M business in retail. She's never hired a software engineer and primarily relies on SaaS, though I research/setup everything for her.
SaaS solutions these days are pretty robust. Some examples of what she uses:
- Shopify + a number of add-ons to run the store, including Shopify running on iPads + bluetooth scanners for the POS.
- WordPress + Gravity Forms to run the jobs site with an automated job application flow.
- WordPress + Gravity Forms for custom order flows.
- Quickbooks
- Nest for remote security system
- Shopify email marketing (used to be Constant Contact)
- Google Workspace for email/docs
- Misc. apps like TSheets for employees clocking in-out.
- Facebook/Instagram for marketing, including weekly Facebook Live shows they started during the pandemic and continued because people love them.
They have thousands of products so inputting/maintaining inventory, adding images and unique descriptions, etc. is still cumbersome (e.g. getting CSVs from vendors).
SaaS solutions these days are pretty robust. Some examples of what she uses:
- Shopify + a number of add-ons to run the store, including Shopify running on iPads + bluetooth scanners for the POS.
- WordPress + Gravity Forms to run the jobs site with an automated job application flow.
- WordPress + Gravity Forms for custom order flows.
- Quickbooks
- Nest for remote security system
- Shopify email marketing (used to be Constant Contact)
- Google Workspace for email/docs
- Misc. apps like TSheets for employees clocking in-out.
- Facebook/Instagram for marketing, including weekly Facebook Live shows they started during the pandemic and continued because people love them.
They have thousands of products so inputting/maintaining inventory, adding images and unique descriptions, etc. is still cumbersome (e.g. getting CSVs from vendors).