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πŸ“£ A little #buildinpublic update.

Over the last few weeks we've been working with customers to get their local stores on @OrdalocaHQ , and have completely reworked product variants and modifiers.

The best bit? It's now unlocked loads of new ways to run local businesses! 🀩
Over the last week, we have spoken to our first 5 key local businesses about @OrdalocaHQ and ALL 5 signed up and have given extremely good feedback. This week we will hit 1.0 release and will be overseeing their onboarding. Here we go... πŸš€

#buildinpublic
πŸ‘‹ Hey #design #ui #indiehackers #buildinpublic #designers #animator #animation folk.

Any recommendations on best, lowish cost tools for simple SVG animations (not AE). I also use Sketch mostly for vectors, so the fewer steps to integrate the better.

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Our drip email Crisp plugin has been test running over the holiday break and so far works like a charm. Next is production for Ordaloca. Some UI polish and maybe release in the marketplace?

Anyone interested in running long running drip campaigns using Crisp?

#buildinpublic
What started as a β€œquick” idea has expanded into working on our first plugin for @crisp_im - any ideas what it could be for?
#buildinpublic
What started as a β€œquick” idea has expanded into working on our first plugin for @crisp_im - any ideas what it could be for?
#buildinpublic
πŸ€” Funny, I often come back to wishing I had continued MakeItLaunchIt. It would be great for #buildinpublic as I like pure update timelines of how something gets built. Rather than just a series of social posts.
πŸ”₯ Radial search for @OrdalocaHQ was pretty quick to build. In fact this whole discovery page I think has taken less than 2 days in total, including filtering (scoring via functions).

πŸ”Final step is search box for stores / products...

#buildinpublic #shoplocal #startups
Just been rapidly building a POS interface based on our store APIs. This is running as a web app but feels pretty responsive.

So local businesses can have a simple POS alongside everything else in ⁦@OrdalocaHQ⁩

#buildinpublic #nearcommerce #shoplocal #startups
😴3 days clearing down 50+ bugs on Ordaloca after just 2 user testing sessions.

It's really pulling together and making it faster and easier each time to get a local business up and running. πŸ”₯

Next user test incoming... 🧨

#shoplocal #buildinpublic #exmouth #nearcommerce
A quick break from posting about building Ordaloca. What a beautiful, chilly day in #exmouth #devon

#buildinpublic
Sooooooo many test stores on my dev machine 🀣

But we are currently in beta testing right now (wahooo!) and things are moving along fastπŸ’¨ - crunching through bugsπŸ›

#buildinpublic #startups #shoplocal #devon #exmouth #nearcommerce
Feels like @louisgillies and I have been like this for years now trying to build @OrdalocaHQ πŸ˜…

But we are crossing the (first) finish line 🏁

Nice one mate! It’s hard juggling family, health, work and earning money!! πŸ‘

#startups #buildinpublic #shoplocal
πŸ”” Today’s update.

Lots of long pair programming sessions recently to get finished. Down to just last few major bugs (for now)πŸžπŸ›πŸͺ²πŸͺ³πŸœ

We’re pooped but excited! 😜

#buildinpublic #startups @OrdalocaHQ
πŸ”₯ Today's Update

πŸ‘€ Preview mode as you are building your local store. So whilst your "coming soon" landing page is up, you can preview your store coming to life behind the scenes. Right through to test orders!

#buildinpublic @OrdalocaHQ
πŸ”₯ Today's update (I love updates like this one)

❀️We are auto-generating images that our business customers can instantly share on social media.

Each day taking some of the pain out of being a small local business! πŸ’ͺ

#buildinpublic #shoplocal @OrdalocaHQ
πŸ”” Today's update

That didn't take long before we had to cater for users with more than 1 local company!!!

(And yep 2nd logo width is a bug 🐞)

#buildinpublic #startups #nearcommerce #shoplocal
πŸ””Today's update

Ordaloca launch page for businesses is almost live! Just been screen grabbing every device!

#buildinpublic #shoplocal #startups @OrdalocaHQ
To date I've had nothing but incredible customer experiences with Crisp.chat.

Each time I get more blown away how such a small team can obliterate the big competition on all levels?!? 🀯

Use them! β€οΈπŸ‘

#buildinpublic #startups @crisp_im
πŸ”” Today's #shipping update

We are finalising the steps for customers to create "coming soon" pages, whilst they build a store. This tells local customers they are launching, who can then follow for updates + rewards.

#buildinpublic #nearcommerce #shoplocal @ordalocaHQ