Quote Originally Posted by dherik View Post
The scrap industry is a large industry, and there are a lot of software solutions out there. One thing I've learned is stop trying re-invent the wheel. And find a niche in the industry instead.
I agree, what I have ran into over the last 6 years selling software to scrap yards across the county is that most solutions in place right now require too much up front costs and the hardware needed to operate the software to scan ID's, capture images, fingerprints and signatures stops a lot of yards from getting top quality programming designed within the last decade.

What we are hoping to do is leverage technology and deliver the feature set of the more expensive programs for a lot less money thanks to smartphones, tablets and companies like BlueStack and their WinDroid product.

Thanks for the Niche, advice, this is why we are launching our first program to the beverage container recyclers where getting electricity is a huge problem, hardware in the past didnt do enough and cost too much, as I have sold over 50 of these mobile units and watched them pay upwards of $6000 per location and still pay a annual support fee on top of that.

What we are proposing is to eliminate the expensive hardware, thanks to the very powerful smartphone features, eliminate any up front costs and simply charge 1 low monthly fee for the software.



I appreciate the input