That's the plan :) Its a condition of BootUp Camp that we put the company on auction, but we are already planning on taking the service forward.
Glad to see people are paying attention! -Ryan On Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 12:24 PM, Jonathan Clarke<clarke.jonat...@gmail.com> wrote: > > btw, OpenOnDemand is currently up for auction. If you guys like it so > much why not buy the entire company too. ;) > > > More details at: > http://flippa.com/auctions/72224/Open-On-Demand---web-based-CRM-hosting > > 2009/8/10 Jonathan Clarke <jonat...@beilabs.com> >> >> btw, OpenOnDemand is currently up for auction. If you guys like it so much >> why not buy the entire company too. ;) >> >> More details at: >> http://flippa.com/auctions/72224/Open-On-Demand---web-based-CRM-hosting >> >> >> >> 2009/8/10 Geoff McQueen - Hiive Systems <geoff.mcqu...@hiivesystems.com> >>> >>> Hi Mike, >>> >>> >>> >>> As Ryan and Elias have mentioned, we might have something for you. It isn’t >>> free, but it is great quality and has a lot of social features and >>> automation that other products lack. We’re also pretty flexible on trial >>> periods, especially for our Silicon Beach friends, and we’re putting the >>> finishing touches to an intro special which will cut the price down for >>> small teams compared to the numbers you’ll get out of our online quote form >>> [ http://www.hiivesystems.com/affinity/quote/ ]; our plan is for >>> organisations to be able to start at <$50/month. >>> >>> >>> >>> Also, on pricing, we only charge for some users, rather than all users as >>> is commonly the case (our “Standard” user class is completely free), so you >>> can probably get most of your organisation using the thing for free. >>> >>> >>> >>> We’re doing a live demo of Affinity at lunch time on Thursday; it’s >>> web-based, so if you (or anyone else in the zone or curious) wants to join, >>> feel free to sign up at http://www.hiivesystems.com/affinity/webinar/. >>> >>> >>> >>> Of course, feel free to drop me an email off-list or call my office on 1800 >>> 2 HIIVE (1800 2 44483) if you’d like to talk more about your requirements... >>> >>> >>> >>> Geoff >>> >>> >>> >>> From: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >>> [mailto:silicon-beach-austra...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Ryan Cross >>> Sent: Monday, 10 August 2009 9:56 AM >>> To: silicon-beach-australia@googlegroups.com >>> Subject: [SiliconBeach] Re: low cost CRM/ Sales mgmt system >>> >>> >>> >>> Hey Mike, >>> >>> >>> >>> I'm biased, but I would definitely check out OpenOnDemand - its based on >>> vTiger CRM and provides really good value I think. There was even an open >>> source iPhone app for it released for beta about a week ago. >>> >>> >>> >>> There are plenty of other open source CRM's that you can use and host >>> yourself, but you'll need to install them yourself which can be varying >>> levels of pain. >>> >>> >>> >>> In regards to other "Social" CRM's - highrise is the only one that I can >>> think of in this category, or maybe CiviCRM which is focused on NPO's >>> instead of the traditional sales focus. I think highrise for most >>> businesses is going to be nice to get started if you're unfamiliar with >>> CRM, but will very quickly have difficulty scaling with your business. >>> Plus, the vendor lock-in is very strong there - which is one of the reasons >>> we decided that OpenOnDemand would make both painless to get in AND get >>> out. Each customer has a private database on our system and this makes it >>> much easier to control your own destiny we think. >>> >>> >>> >>> @Tyrone - fwiw - basically OpenOnDemand takes vTiger and turns it into a >>> cloudbased CRM. Demo is online, and only $10 for the first 3 months. >>> >>> >>> >>> Happy to get feedback from everyone, both in features and pricing. Also, >>> we're keen to work with people directly in this early stage so we can >>> improve the whole experience. >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Ryan >>> >>> >>> >>> P.S. Also, definitely look at Geoff's CRM from Hiive Systems - great >>> company and i'm confident he can also deliver quality for you. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Aug 9, 2009 at 11:08 PM, Tyrone Castillo >>> <tyrone.casti...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Further to Pieter's question; any suggestions for cloud-based CM that has a >>> decent demo (3 months min) or free basic product (say for 1-2 users)? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> TC >>> >>> 2009/8/9 Pieter Peach <m...@ppeach.com> >>> >>> >>> >>> What are some of these "social" CRM tools that I've heard people >>> talking about. Like Highrise, where (from what I gather) there is >>> more emphasis on customer conversations than just an inventory of leads. >>> >>> Any open source "social" CRM type solutions? Or do vtiger and sugar >>> do that well enough? >>> >>> Pieter >>> >>> On 09/08/2009, at 9:33 PM, Kev wrote: >>> >>> > >>> > We are giving Vtiger a go - it is a "fork" of sugarCRM - open source. >>> > >>> > Seems good functionality wise but not a "polished" and "delightful" >>> > user experience :) >>> > >>> > Kev >>> > > >>> >>> Pieter Peach >>> m...@ppeach.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Guidelines on discussion: http://tr.im/ujKF No lurkers! 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