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Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by drikerf »

eden_h wrote: post #9

It's pretty! The Basecamp styling is really clear, and it's nice to see the interface on display There's a few unanswered questions that I hope it's helpful to point out; * Importers -> If I want to switch, how long will it take me to move from a potential system (Excel, Google Sheets, Salesforce, etc) into Wobaka? * Integrations -> If I send an email can that come from my Outlook Gmail and be shown? Can I see emails…

Thank you for the great feedback :)!

I just finished up an importer this weekend so it's easy to import your contacts from csv files.

Def going to make that GIF and look into colleague engagement more :).

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by dawie »

drikerf wrote: post #5
luka-birsa wrote: post #3

Went to check the landing page, looks nice. Does not answer why I would choose this over all the other 1000000 of CRM offerings (just in our office we tried Zoho, Close.io, Salesforce, Pipedrive,....). Plus, not fully sold on the "Built to last - Wobaka is like your favorite craft beer or artisan coffee. Made with love and hand-picked ingredients. No mega-corp here." pitch. Great effort tho.

Thanks! I know there are many CRMs out there. I'm trying to build one that I enjoy using and that is specifically made for small businesses. This way I can remove a lot of the stuff I don't care about and still have a nice and efficient system that is easy to stay on top of :).

They shut down Highrise and I am pretty sure there is a place for small business CRM. When I looked a while ago, I could not find a good Highrise replacement

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by everythingswan »

drikerf wrote: post #5
luka-birsa wrote: post #3

Went to check the landing page, looks nice. Does not answer why I would choose this over all the other 1000000 of CRM offerings (just in our office we tried Zoho, Close.io, Salesforce, Pipedrive,....). Plus, not fully sold on the "Built to last - Wobaka is like your favorite craft beer or artisan coffee. Made with love and hand-picked ingredients. No mega-corp here." pitch. Great effort tho.

Thanks! I know there are many CRMs out there. I'm trying to build one that I enjoy using and that is specifically made for small businesses. This way I can remove a lot of the stuff I don't care about and still have a nice and efficient system that is easy to stay on top of :).

I'd echo the parent comment. I hope you can get some paying users to sign up. The first place I would spend money is on a top-notch copywriter. I really like some of the copy but it feels disjointed as a whole.

When you say that it's for small businesses and it's really efficient and light, I think people will identify with that. As long as features keep getting added to platforms, we will always need a super lightweight version. Again, I hope you get some paying users right away!

I think I'm just missing something and I see these as clashing messages that don't get fully explained: this platform will make you smile and you'll have fun using it, this platform is faster than other platforms, and it's built for small businesses. I'd ask you "How?" for all three of those.

Just some thoughts from a marketer who thinks about positioning and looks at lots of landing pages. I hope you ignore all advice, trust your gut, and have tons of success :)

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by sswaner »

Congrats on building this. It looks great. Two bits of feedback: I didn’t see any mention of an API. Comments indicate an uploader function, but to get into anything close to enterprise you will need an API yo manage the data. The API will need to be able to get data in and out. After that, larger customers will expect customizations. Big companies always want to customize the software.

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by davedx »

Looks great, well done for launching it (and getting onto front page of HN!).

What I really like is when there's a video showing what it's like to use the product.

I launched my leave tracking app (https://leavetracker.app) a couple of months ago and once I'm finally happy with the design I'll be making a video for it, I think it can really help with conversions.

I'm always impressed when one person alone builds a product and actually ships it. It's a very different journey to working in a team on a startup. Best of luck!

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by nickjj »

Looks really nice but I wonder if you went too far with Basecamp's look.

The brand colors look so similar that you could get the impression that it's a Basecamp product. It almost looks like you took their background color and changed it by the smallest amount possible just so it wasn't an exact match if you compared the hex colors.

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by drikerf »

sswaner wrote: post #15

Congrats on building this. It looks great. Two bits of feedback: I didn’t see any mention of an API. Comments indicate an uploader function, but to get into anything close to enterprise you will need an API yo manage the data. The API will need to be able to get data in and out. After that, larger customers will expect customizations. Big companies always want to customize the software.

Hey! Thanks for the feedback!

There will be an api later on. I'm building this for small businesses, so I don't want to bother them with enterprise features they won't use :).

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by drikerf »

davedx wrote: post #16

Looks great, well done for launching it (and getting onto front page of HN!). What I really like is when there's a video showing what it's like to use the product. I launched my leave tracking app ( https://leavetracker.app ) a couple of months ago and once I'm finally happy with the design I'll be making a video for it, I think it can really help with conversions. I'm always impressed when one person alone builds a…

Thanks! That makes sense. I'll def make a video/gif! The product has changed quite frequently so didn't want to redo it every other day :)!

Re: Show HN: I made a CRM system to make sales fun

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Post by [deleted] »

everythingswan wrote: post #14
drikerf wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Thanks! I know there are many CRMs out there. I'm trying to build one that I enjoy using and that is specifically made for small businesses. This way I can remove a lot of the stuff I don't care about and still have a nice and efficient system that is easy to stay on top of :).

I'd echo the parent comment. I hope you can get some paying users to sign up. The first place I would spend money is on a top-notch copywriter. I really like some of the copy but it feels disjointed as a whole. When you say that it's for small businesses and it's really efficient and light, I think people will identify with that. As long as features keep getting added to platforms, we will always need a super lightwe…

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