Tweak, don't pivot: how we solved our product's identity crisis

http://blog.handcraft.com/2011/05/tweak-dont-pivot/

by primigenus • 15 years ago

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wccrawford• 15 years ago

Sounds to me like they missed an opportunity to also host, in addition to being a prototyping site.

The correct answer for that client was "If you want to host that site with us, the URL will be X and it will cost you Y per month."

Chances are they just wanted free hosting, but if they didn't, you've got more income and an additional revenue model. Without much work.

BenSS2• 15 years ago

Right, a seamless deploy to a 'production' site would be worth an added fee to a lot of people. From the blog post, it seems like they spent a lot of mental effort around the development direction and sidestepping a possible added revenue stream. The hosting doesn't have to be part of the core product - a 'publish site' button to a hosted solution would be great for the users who want it (and not horribly complex).

primigenus• 15 years ago

We're considering that kind of functionality, eg. a button or something similar allowing you to publish the prototype to your own site. But that's different from hosting a live site within Handcraft.

lessthanideal• 15 years ago

Even if they don't want to host it themselves, they could partner with a host and coordinate the single button click push to production for their customers.

Tweak, don't pivot: how we solved our product's identity crisis

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