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

#51

Post by dotancohen » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

rrggrr wrote: post #49

As someone who evaluates CRMs pretty much for a living I'm sad to report there's nothing new here. Great UI - Kudos. But, this is way more expensive than Pipedrive whose UI is arguably as user friendly. I think you've got potential here... but you're priced same as close.io with far fewer features and a similar UI.

You evaluate CRMs for a living?

If I may, an off-topic question. I am completely unsatisfied with any addressbook software and have been looking at a ton of CRMs for personal use. I would prefer something open source, but anything self-hosted would do.

The one feature that most CRMs are missing is CardDav and CalDav syncing. I need my contacts on my phone. Do you know of any opens source or otherwise self-hosted CRM that supports CardDav and CalDav for contacts and appointments?

Thank you!

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

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Post by cpursley » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

drikerf wrote: post #38

wzy wrote: post #36

Can you tell us about the backend stack of this venture?

Backend is Clojure, frontend is ClojureScript :).

Nice. I'd love to hear more about that.

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

#53

Post by ckluis » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:32 PM UTC

dotancohen wrote: post #51

rrggrr wrote: post #49

As someone who evaluates CRMs pretty much for a living I'm sad to report there's nothing new here. Great UI - Kudos. But, this is way more expensive than Pipedrive whose UI is arguably as user friendly. I think you've got potential here... but you're priced same as close.io with far fewer features and a similar UI.

You evaluate CRMs for a living? If I may, an off-topic question. I am completely unsatisfied with any addressbook software and have been looking at a ton of CRMs for personal use. I would prefer something open source, but anything self-hosted would do. The one feature that most CRMs are missing is CardDav and CalDav syncing. I need my contacts on my phone. Do you know of any opens source or otherwise self-hosted CRM…

Check out https://www.monicahq.com/ for a self-hosted CRM (personal).

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

#54

Post by robbiemitchell » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:33 PM UTC

dotancohen wrote: post #51

rrggrr wrote: post #49

As someone who evaluates CRMs pretty much for a living I'm sad to report there's nothing new here. Great UI - Kudos. But, this is way more expensive than Pipedrive whose UI is arguably as user friendly. I think you've got potential here... but you're priced same as close.io with far fewer features and a similar UI.

You evaluate CRMs for a living? If I may, an off-topic question. I am completely unsatisfied with any addressbook software and have been looking at a ton of CRMs for personal use. I would prefer something open source, but anything self-hosted would do. The one feature that most CRMs are missing is CardDav and CalDav syncing. I need my contacts on my phone. Do you know of any opens source or otherwise self-hosted CRM…

Have you checked out Monica?

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

#55

Post by dpcan » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:34 PM UTC

bochoh wrote: post #35

On your sign up page, this one sentence isn't quite clear to me. - "That's a total, no matter how many people your are."

I agree, this sentence is strange.

And when a company of 100 signs up...... oops.

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

#56

Post by dpcan » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

watbywbarif wrote: post #10

Same price for 5 ppl as for 500? WTF?

This is going to be a tough lesson to learn.

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

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Post by taphangum » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:35 PM UTC

Is there a guide or a book you'd recommend on designing software like this (in terms of the UI)? You've done very well.

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

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Post by drikerf » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:36 PM UTC

cpursley wrote: post #52

drikerf wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Backend is Clojure, frontend is ClojureScript :).

Nice. I'd love to hear more about that.

I'm very happy with it! I'll write a blog post about it soon, meanwhile I do tweet some development stuff about it on @drikerf :).

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

#59

Post by bbmario » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:40 PM UTC

rrggrr wrote: post #49

As someone who evaluates CRMs pretty much for a living I'm sad to report there's nothing new here. Great UI - Kudos. But, this is way more expensive than Pipedrive whose UI is arguably as user friendly. I think you've got potential here... but you're priced same as close.io with far fewer features and a similar UI.

What would you recommend for a mom and pop ecommerce? Trying to find something for a couple of friends, but everything is bloated and complex.

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

#60

Post by randall » Mon, Aug 26, 2019, 1:43 PM UTC

rrggrr wrote: post #49

As someone who evaluates CRMs pretty much for a living I'm sad to report there's nothing new here. Great UI - Kudos. But, this is way more expensive than Pipedrive whose UI is arguably as user friendly. I think you've got potential here... but you're priced same as close.io with far fewer features and a similar UI.

*close (they got close.com)