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by ChadB 1538 days ago
I'm also working on a similar product, but targeted toward small businesses (https://assetbots.com/). I agree that the simplicity is nice here. I've done a lot of customer interviews and demos at this point, so here's my free advice:

- Custom fields are a must.

- An IRL link (an "asset tag") is nice, but honestly not critical, even for most small businesses. This changes as users become more accustomed to having an inventory.

- Users say they want hierarchies but they almost never do in practice (e.g., nested folders or containers).

I'd love to chat inventory product design any time. Feel free to email me (my email is in my profile). Good luck!