| Hey all, Nadim here, I'm the founder of WeKeep. In my previous startup I found that Xero and Quickbooks are not suited for our needs; that they are more geared toward small businesses that need to issue invoices to customers and for typically low volume transactions. You can use their APIs and build an integration, but I found that most startups are not willing to put their engineers' precious hours into this at the early stage – so they end up tracking their financials in a spreadsheet. So I built an accounting software with a spreadsheets-first approach. WeKeep is a double-entry accounting software with in-browser spreadsheets (for the most part) to serve some common use cases, but also has all the advanced features an accountant needs for when you're ready to hand over. A typical use case of early stage startups that we've used WeKeep with:
They don't send out invoices (no accounts receivable), so instead we created simplified invoices - these are invoices paid in cash (typically through a payment gateway or a POS). So they can export data from their backend and paste into the simplified invoice sheet. Same for expenses – typically no accounts payable, just expenses paid for through a company card or a founder's personal card. Right now the product isn't tailored for any geography, so you'll probably find several features lacking (e.g. Stripe integration, bank feeds). I'll surely get these going at some point if I see traction. Would love to know whether this is something you would find useful, and if there are any hard requirements for your geography I would love to hear them too. |
> I found that Xero and Quickbooks are not suited for our needs; that they are more geared toward small businesses that need to issue invoices to customers and for typically low volume transactions.
It sounds like you have identified a niche that you feel WeKeep is designed for. I think that your landing page should reflect that.
I would say that when people are choosing their account software, they really want to know you're trustworthy and are going to be around long term. Are those testimonials all legit? Because that really helps to make me feel comfortable.
Other things I have see similar software do is put on their front page "$1,000,245 in bills recorded", "X invoices tracked and paid". Knowing others are using your software to do their accounting successfully will help people trust you are the real deal.
One thing that I would want to see before I would really start using such software in earnest is the ability to get my data out quickly/easily if I need to switch to another account software provider. Import features would also be important as a "getting started" thing.
Last tiny bit of feedback: I found it a bit difficult to logout as the logout button is hidden in the settings.