Stockor
Web and SaaS
erp
SHOW HN2014
46points
27comments
#701of 2,272 in 2014
Top 31%of 2014 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
4 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 1 critical, out of 12 comments about the project. Thread score +0.15.
Design: 2 for, 1 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 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
Polished demo and look and feel
From 3 comments
Is it a coincidence that the page says "It's 11 o'clock in the morning, do you know where your inventory is?" and I'm reading the page at 11 o'clock? Creepy Everything looks very…
yebyen on HNLooks really comprehensive. It's impressive. It's been a while since I've been in this domain so I can't comment on the functionality, but the look and feel of the demo is quite…
pointilist on HNLook very nice. Looks allot like Pimcore http://pimcore.com The demo stuff was laking good test data on most pages. That was my initial thought.
callesgg on HN
Comprehensive feature set
From 1 comment
Looks really comprehensive. It's impressive. It's been a while since I've been in this domain so I can't comment on the functionality, but the look and feel of the demo is quite…
pointilist on HN
Objections
Website is an afterthought compared to the demo
From 1 comment
The demo doesn't look bad, but it seems to suffer from design-by-programmer. It also seems like the stockor.com website is more of an afterthought, even though it's a critical…
gizmo on HN
Lacks credibility for customers trusting a business to it
From 1 comment
Thanks for the feedback. I agree that that's a 100% accurate assessment, since well, it was designed by programmer. I haven't lost hope on stockor.com at all. I'm hoping that the…
nathanstitt on HN
Pricing engine lacks pricing libraries
From 1 comment
Good points. I don't cover that at all on the landing page. It is 100% API driven using a a JSON REST api. As part of the open-sourcing process I'll be documenting that, but it…
nathanstitt on HN
Requests
Document the API
From 1 comment
Interesting attempt. Key questions I would immediately ask an ERP vendor that I do not see answered on your homepage: - What kind of interfaces/APIs does Stockor provide? Both…
pinaceae on HN
Support for VAT and multiple currencies and languages
From 1 comment
Interesting attempt. Key questions I would immediately ask an ERP vendor that I do not see answered on your homepage: - What kind of interfaces/APIs does Stockor provide? Both…
pinaceae on HN
Manufacturing support
From 1 comment
do you think this can be used by a small scale manufacturing industry as an Internal ERP ? ( there no need for Store sort of thing ). Reason I am asking is that I had to do a…
ing33k on HN
Questions
How much revenue has it generated
From 1 comment
Just curious, how much revenue it has generated up to date?
2810 on HN
How it differs from Shopify
From 1 comment
Having a 2 second look at the demo, it looks like a lot of useful kit. But what makes this different to other software, or indeed compared to Shopify and the like?
dougaitken on HN
Alternatives named
Shopify
From 1 comment
Having a 2 second look at the demo, it looks like a lot of useful kit. But what makes this different to other software, or indeed compared to Shopify and the like?
dougaitken on HN
Pimcore
From 1 comment
Look very nice. Looks allot like Pimcore http://pimcore.com The demo stuff was laking good test data on most pages. That was my initial thought.
callesgg on HN
QuickBooks
From 1 comment
Yeah, I've been in talks with my accountant on what would be take to interest accounts. Quickbooks has a neat feature where they package up all the postings and send them to the…
nathanstitt on HN