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Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by petervandijck on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @05:39PM (#6562300)
Notice that how, after being explicitly asked about your product, you still won't even mention what it is? Give that some thought.
Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by fbliss on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @06:51PM (#6562581)
Couldn't see the forest for the trees for a moment.

It is an E-commerce solution for SAP Business One clients. Like SAP, each client's needs are base toolset + customization work. It is a vast step forward over the current solutions available. We've enabled the systems to work together and greatly reduce the order fulfillment cycle while leveraging the SAP B1 tools.

More Detail:

The next steps are to add a CRM module (original client is funding this work) so that their CSR staff can avoid using any of the POS system SAP comes with, which is pretty terrible from the interface perspective and takes a long time to process orders. The CSRs prefer to run through checkout with phone orders due to these improvements. The client is a 5-10-mil/year client, and we will have replaced their in-house order intake process entirely by leveraging the web tools. Phase 2 also included broker/outside sales staff order processing tools.

Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by petervandijck on Thursday October 17, 2013 @09:44PM (#6569297)
Great. Do you have a website that showcases your product and gets you new clients?
Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by fbliss on Thursday October 17, 2013 @10:02PM (#6569357)
Not yet. I have a name picked out, but I haven't had the ability to hire the creative talent to start working on a decent identity for it, and that's not where my time is best spent right now. The plan is to sell another and then put aside some of that for the branding and website.

The first working version was just wrapped and went live in the past couple of weeks, to clarify the timeline - we've just begun, but this is something I could turn around and sell, I just need to start spreading the word.

Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by petervandijck on Saturday October 26, 2013 @07:32AM (#6617060)
You don't need an "identity" etc. You just need a landing page to capture emails of potential clients. Buy a landing page template, or throw one together. Shouldn't take more than a few hours.

Ping me if you need some help :)

Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by fbliss on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @01:25AM (#6632192)
Thanks Peter! You're right, I really have nothing to lose to risk a few hours making a landing page.

Thanks!

Re:Ask HN: I'm sick of watching junk software outsell mine. by palidanx on Wednesday October 16, 2013 @05:45PM (#6562324)
Agreed on this point. Although I do Ruby now, I did e-commerce for many years and could provide a sounding board.