One customer does not a entire niche make. It sounds like a standard VAR scenario, you being the VAR. You'd augment what exists ( satchmo, other COTS system, et.c.. ) with some value and resell it to him. I you find yourself picking satchmo and doing several of these installations, then it might make sense to kick some generic stuff back to satchmo for inclusion.
You should always harvest working stuff to build a framework / general solution, rather that start out with a grand plan, then go looking for customers that fit what you've built. ( http://martinfowler.com/bliki/HarvestedFramework.html ) - Griffin On Aug 31, 2009, at 11:07 AM, Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 9:47 AM, Griffin Caprio <[email protected] > > wrote: > > I think that's a gross generalization. A large percentage of people > don't even sell products with bar codes. > > Being a major development doesn't mean it's a good one. I like > Satchmo for what it does and the fact that it's configurable. My non- > technical users love it for the Django Admin system that makes product > management & order management a snap. It Just Works. > > - Griffin > > > I didn't meant to denigrate the good work that's already been done. > I'm just trying to learn what Satchmo can and can't do. > I should have waited 'til I knew more. > > I asked about customer tracking and bar code reading because I have > an outstanding request for that right now, from someone I know > personally-- > a guy who has a good bricks-and-mortar store now, combined with a > poorly-performing > shopping cart. He sees online sales as his only avenue towards growth, > because although the walk-in trade is lucrative, it's been static > for several > years now. > > He wants a soup-to-nuts system, that builds an inventory database with > a bar code reader, that integrates with a shopping cart, that > provides him > with point and click customer tracking and report writing.....in > order to identify his best customers, > best performing products, etc. > > The money he is (almost) prepared to spend is amazing. I don't know > enough > to supply him with what he needs just yet. But it makes me think > this is a lucrative > niche that needs filling. > > > > -- > /* Colin (Sandy) Pittendrigh >--oO0> */ > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Satchmo users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/satchmo-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
