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sales proposal software
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Side project passed $2.5k/mo revenue after 2 years (Phoenix and Vue)
news.ycombinator.com#sales proposals#quote software#proposal builder#time tracking
How HN took it
9 positive, 24 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 7 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score +0.06.
Design: 2 for, 4 againstIdea: 3 for, 0 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Clean, impressive UI and design
From 2 comments
wow, UI looks really great. I wish I can work on this product, are you guys hiring? ;)
happppy on HNThis is amazing. I have been part of a startup working on 401k industry, and everything there is custom and time consuming. I helped build a very user-friendly tool to build 401K…
tehlike on HN
Useful for proposal and billing workflows
From 2 comments
This is amazing. I have been part of a startup working on 401k industry, and everything there is custom and time consuming. I helped build a very user-friendly tool to build 401K…
tehlike on HNLooks impressive. Anything involving billing has the potential to be huge. If you shopped this around to VCs you would definitely get some bites. Maybe you guys should go "all…
fergie on HN
Objections
Homepage has too much text and unclear what the product does
From 2 comments
Too much information and text on your site. Cut it down to salient information. Same with pricing page, too many plans and too many features. Consolidate features at high level.
akg_67 on HNThe project looks neat and definitely does way more than quite a few services in the same category. Here's some feedback: 1) The video isn't visible on mobile (at least in…
cosmodisk on HN
Video not shown on mobile and hard to find
From 2 comments
The project looks neat and definitely does way more than quite a few services in the same category. Here's some feedback: 1) The video isn't visible on mobile (at least in…
cosmodisk on HNHey, I’m a senior consultant at a small consulting company (c17 people) and pretty interested in your product actually - it looks great. My main feedback would be that it would…
Closi on HN
Missing customer testimonials and case studies
From 1 comment
feedback from a potential customer (we use pandadoc.com right now, previously proposify.biz): the main unanswered question I have: "is this for me?". (My company is a marketing…
hayksaakian on HN
Enterprise tier design may deter clicks
From 1 comment
No advice, but just from looking at your pricing options - do you actually get interested parties to click on the "get in touch" button for the Enterprise tier? I wonder whether…
kleiba on HN
Requests
Video demo on the main page
From 1 comment
Hey, I’m a senior consultant at a small consulting company (c17 people) and pretty interested in your product actually - it looks great. My main feedback would be that it would…
Closi on HN
Currency support
From 1 comment
Thank you for the feedback, and thank you for trying it out! I'm a bit surprised to hear about complexity, but perhaps I've been using it for so long now that I have a skewed…
enraged_camel on HN
Integration with CRM systems like Salesforce
From 1 comment
The project looks neat and definitely does way more than quite a few services in the same category. Here's some feedback: 1) The video isn't visible on mobile (at least in…
cosmodisk on HN
Questions
How to find and hire a sales person
From 2 comments
Any tips for finding such a person if you don't know anyone in your circles?
Palmik on HNYou need to onboard a sales/marketing person. Someone with a few years experience in business software sales. Will the sales increase be enough to pay for the new person is not a…
xbmcuser on HN
How the product differs from Salesforce or Zoho
From 1 comment
How would you say this differentiates from existing platforms like Salesforce/Zoho? Currently using Zoho. Curious what would make a company want to switch. A video of the…
caseymarquis on HN
Why Elixir and Phoenix were chosen
From 1 comment
As someone who isn't a software developer by trade, how did you decide on the software stack? I hadn't even heard of Phoenix (I am not a web dev by trade, so maybe that's why!),…
koyote on HN
Alternatives named
Salesforce and Zoho
From 1 comment
How would you say this differentiates from existing platforms like Salesforce/Zoho? Currently using Zoho. Curious what would make a company want to switch. A video of the…
caseymarquis on HN
PandaDoc and Proposify
From 1 comment
feedback from a potential customer (we use pandadoc.com right now, previously proposify.biz): the main unanswered question I have: "is this for me?". (My company is a marketing…
hayksaakian on HN
Clockify
From 1 comment
I would need to see an example to say for sure, but it does sound like you might be able to replace the Excel document, yes. Each line item in the estimate would be the weekly…
enraged_camel on HN