Show HN: A simple order page for freelancers

stagas · 35 days ago

Looks very well done and feature complete. Kudos that you allow new users to enter their admin page and even preview orders without ever requiring them to sign up/login during the process. Thanks for being thoughtful, that's quite a rare thing. Makes for a great demo.

drchiu · 35 days ago

Thanks! Appreciate your kind words.

mattbgates · 35 days ago

What a great idea, thanks for sharing! I was using another invoice program, but I like the idea of being able to offer upsells as an add-on. Also love the fact that I can get started without logging in.. a really nice way of doing things.

drchiu · 35 days ago

Thanks - I found the ability to offer additional services (and to make it known to my clients) made sure I got paid for things they ended up asking for anyway as I could refer them back to the page :).

CiTyBear · 35 days ago

I like the idea and think this is really useful but... there are 4 "create my checkout" next to each others.

This is too much for me and pushed me back from clicking on it actually :/ One or two should be enough to convert people

drchiu · 35 days ago

OP here. Agreed, I had the same thought when I was creating the page and ended up sticking them there as placeholders. I'll need to remove at least 1 (or 2) of those buttons and replace it with something more informative/less intrusive.

natch · 35 days ago

“Free to create”

What’s the catch? How do you get paid? I mean you, the provider of this service, not the people who are getting paid by using it.

I ask this as someone who could potentially be in your target audience.

rookie · 35 days ago

Found on: https://workorder.io/pricing/

A $1.25 per transaction fee applies for orders in the Pay As You Go plan + Stripe fees. There are no transaction fees for users in the Pro plan other than the Stripe / PayPal gateway fees.

natch · 35 days ago

Thanks.

drchiu · 35 days ago

To create the site itself, it's free. This includes hosting the page and the app's management of the SSL certificate, should you decide to use a custom domain.

Thanks @rookie for mentioning the usage-based pricing (ie. the catch) at https://workorder.io/pricing.

natch · 35 days ago

Thanks.

What does that mean, decide to use a custom domain?

I would use my own custom domain, self hosted, so wouldn't I manage my own SSL certificate for that?

Or when you say custom domain, are you talking about a subdomain of workorder.io, like mybigbiz.workorder.io? Again I would not do that, I would do mybigbiz.com and host there... that is fine, right? I don't think you could manage my SSL certificate for that, but I could be wrong.

Sounds like you think I should understand what you're saying, it's just that the information seems contradictory.

drchiu · 35 days ago

Hi @natch,

You can point a custom domain to your Workorder.io site. Here is the guide on setting that up: https://workorder.io/guides/custom-domains/.

So basically, if you have the domain mybigbiz.com, you can set it up (in our app and at your DNS) and Workorder will: (1) Set up the SSL certificate with Let's Encrypt and (2) set up your Workorder site to be accessible at mybigbiz.com.

If you already have your own website, then you can set it up on a subdomain like shop.mybigbiz.com.

As a side note: It's planned that there will be an option to embed the Workorder form right into your website, but this release is not ready just yet.

sedeki · 35 days ago

What if you decide to scam me?

EDIT: I’m genuinely not trying to be a jerk. Just curious how everyone commenting accepts the offer with no questions asked.

drchiu · 35 days ago

OP here. It's absolutely important to be skeptical about online scams nowadays.

Here's the about page for the app (https://workorder.io/about) where you can read about the app itself and about me (the author). The app itself has its own business model (https://workorder.io/pricing), and so the entire thing is designed to be sustainable.