Well yes, I do want to harvest already working stuff. That only makes sense. But OFBiz does do all the above now. That generalized framework is already built, and ready to rock and roll.
Mom and pop retailers don't have much money to spend on infrastructure. But high volume retailers do. And what they do routinely spend on software would make your head spin.* I think there is some relatively low-hanging fruit* between those two extremes......between mom and pop and Cabelas, Land's End, etc. I'm not going to mention any business names, but I do know of one service that is reselling OFBiz for a small fortune--and yet they are still a lot cheaper than the proprietary competition. That was case number two. That guy said to me and said "this service is what I need, but I can' t possibly afford what they want." I looked at their sales brochures, and at their website, read between the lines and came away pretty certain they were selling a product support umbrella on top of OFBiz. I'm not a big fan of Java Servlets programming I spent several years doing it, two jobs back (SleepyCat and/or Exist XML database, with Google GWT interface). But I know it well enough to go that way, if need be. I just want to look around a bit longer, before I commit to a development direction for the next year or so. I don't see my hoped for functionality as a grandiose plan. I see it as the ultimate destination all store-front systems should be working towards. I'll drop out and be quiet now. Satchmo looks cool. On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 10:33 AM, Griffin Caprio < [email protected]> wrote: > 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> */ > > > > > > > > -- /* 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
