Comments on: Edocr re-launches with fremium model, new features and API. Will it work?

By: VentureIQ

VentureIQ — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:19:52 +0000

Edocr re-launches with fremium model, new features and API. Will it work?…

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By: Josh Stomel

Josh Stomel — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:45:28 +0000

I don’t even know where to click on the home page and what the heck I am looking at.

Is it me, or is the UI / EX kind of confusing?

By: Manoj Ranaweera

Manoj Ranaweera — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:27:06 +0000

Shafqat

We launched today our first commercial application in the form of a business directory. See http://www.edocr.com/organisation. There are number of other applications in the pipeline with much higher priced version which would appeal to larger clients. In the meantime, we believe our current proposition will appeal to most companies.

Best regards
Manoj

By: Tomas Sancio

Tomas Sancio — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:24:00 +0000

Good luck with your venture but as Rob points out, the name is kind of off-putting. First thing I read was Edocr = Eee-dee-oh-cur, which rhymes with “mediocre”. Sorry about that but that must have come out in focus groups discussion.

By: Shafqat

Shafqat — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 18:11:36 +0000

If they are really going for enterprise customers, charging 25 GBP a month might scare them away. That’s right: it’s too little. For a really good product, with the right security, robustness, after sales support etc, they should be charging a lot more. I wouldn’t be surprised if there is a linear correlation between price and demand until they hit the correct pricing (which is a LOT higher than 25/month).

By: Tapio Liller

Tapio Liller — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:10:34 +0000

Speaking of scalability and international appeal, I’d like to throw Calaméo’s hat in the ring (http://www.calameo.com). The Paris-based document publishing service is available in 7 fully localised versions (just recently added German, Japanese, Portuguese and Italian).

Pro-user subscriptions with full design customisation, API access and more start at 12€/month.

(Disclosure: I help Calaméo with PR and social media relations. See http://www.oseon.com/news/calameo/ (German))

By: Manoj Ranaweera

Manoj Ranaweera — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:07:51 +0000

Hi Rob,

edocr stands for electronic document repository.

Our aim is to work with businesses (whilst offering free accounts to those who may not wish to benefit from value added functionality), allowing them to realise the true power of documents, e.g. documents as a sales lead generator.

Best regards
Manoj

By: Rob Murray

Rob Murray — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 14:42:53 +0000

I find it very hard to see how this will compete with Scribd. Also whats with the name? I get Scribd but Edocr? Am I missing something.

Possibly its a great product but its not different enough for me.

By: Beavis

Beavis — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:06:52 +0000

A can of http://blatanttruth.org/turd-polish.gif springs to mind?