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Dear fellow entrepreneurs,

Please visit our web application at: www.megaventory.com

its about managing inventory and the application is 100% web based.

Thank you very much in advance for your comments and criticism,

Kos

Overall it looks like a nice set up, the layout is clean and uncluttered, and it`s easy to understand right away what you offer.

What I don`t see upfront is why this better for me, as a potential user, than setting up something on my PC to do much the same thing .... in other words, what are the pros-cons of your system vs my own PC inventory system?

How reliable is it?
What if your server goes down and I can`t access my area?
What if my internet access is interrupted and I can`t get online at all ( not something you can control, but it may happen sometime, and a user may want to think twice about working online after that ).
What type of security is in place to protect my information?

Many web hosts state on their home page things like guaranteed uptime, security features, etc., which might be something for you to consider doing to create a bit of a comfort level right away.



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Thank you. This is the kind of comments I am looking for.

I would love to see more criticism coming!

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This would be an excellent place for a video or Flash! demo. I like the steps below, with their explanation. But I couldn`t "see" the inventory as it would look. I saw a link for "Demo," but then saw I had to sign in or set up an account. Not interested. I just want to see what I would see after I`ve filled in my stuff. 

@Webline: You are absolutely right about this, I slightly modified the homepage text to account for the "desktop software" comment. The "data reliability/accessibility" part that you mentioned has been added in the form of two paragraphs to a secondary page and is accessed when the user clicks "Read on". According to my analytics, most people that open accounts, click "Read on" anyway. I wouldn`t want to add text and info on the home page as it would make the home page heavy. Well, thank you!

@vwebworld: At the moment there is no API. Megaventory uses a basic ordering system of its own to deal with sales and purchase orders. We decided to implement a generic (and not application specific) API on a later stage since our main target group are small businesses that are unlikely to use another web app. We need to specify this and we think I nice place to mention it would be in the FAQ section. Thank you!

@CraigL: The flash video is a -must have- in my opinion as well. Is on its way; we have outsourced it to a company doing flash presentations. The "demo" link takes you to a page that you only have to type demo demo to log in. We thought was straightforward but apparently we were wrong! It happens when you see the application 20 hours/day. We changed the demo page and made this part look bold; we guess now the steps to see the demo are clearer for the user. Thank you!

More comments are more than welcome.

Why have any kind of log-in at all for the demo? Just use a link, "Watch a Demo" and be done with it. I think Intuit does something like that on their QuickBooks site.

Hello CraigL,

I will pass that to our developing team. Thanks for the reply. Can you please send me this link. I went through their site but couldn`t find it.

Go to "this link" and click the QuickBooks Simple Start Free Guided Tour link, about halfway down the page.

It gives me a "file not found error"! does this work for you?

Anyway, I got your point. I just wanted to see it in action and how they technically connect two discrete applications together (the website with the locked quickbooks application).

Many thanks to you and the other kind people participating in my request. More comments are always welcomed by anyone. I am also interested in the GUI part of the application (the one that is accessible by the demo user here: http://www.megaventory.com/LoginDemo.aspx). A lot of people cant seem to find their way or understand what the application does. If there has to be a tutorial, how and where this has to be placed? Any useful links with similar tutorial material?

Thanks again!