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by zizee 2306 days ago
I created a test account to have a play around. Looks like a solid start.

> 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.

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Thanks for taking the time to test it out and write this feedback! Definitely one of the main hurdles to overcome is gaining trust from users. Right now the approach is to take it slow and gain users one by one, starting with the ones who are the most comfortable with cloud software.

Great point about making it easy to export your data. Would an "export to google sheets" work for you, or is there any specific format you have in mind?

I'm not in your target market, but csv/xlsx/ods would seem to be the natural export formats.
Got it. If I may ask, when you say not in target market, meaning you're not a startup, or prefer non cloud solutions, or something else?
Not a startup, but also a data sovereignty thing. I realize this doesn't play very well with SaaS though.