Vertical Market Solutions in FileMaker, Issue 0
There’s not a lot of info, I realize, on the web or collectively disseminated about building a vertical market solution using FileMaker Pro as your development and user environment. Many people have built vertical market solutions, but few have actually spoken about it.
Given this is something I feel passionate about and have had numerous experiences in selling hundreds of copies of the InBloom Shop Solution, built in Filemaker, I feel I can throw my hat in the very empty ring, not to steal the limelight, but to begin the dialogue. There’s much to figure out, namely the cost of your solution, plans on distributing your solution, support, software-networking, and more. So starting in the next couple of weeks, I’ll be waxing poetic about this very topic and if you’re interested, tune in.
If you have any ideas or things you would like to see addressed, then chime in on the comments section of the blog.
5 Responses to “Vertical Market Solutions in FileMaker, Issue 0”
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looking forward to it…
I’m just releasing a vertical market product developed in FileMaker Pro 10. I’d love to exchange ideas with people, but I’m not sure how much I’ll have to contribute at the outset.
Will, I’d love to learn a little more about your solution. What is it and where can we find out more info about it?
curious if you’re still working on the series. I’ve heard mixed reviews when using Filemaker over a WAN connection. My biggest concern is data corruption due to client’s loss of connection. You experience anything like this?
I am indeed and am building up more of the research and content to address the questions.
I’ve heard mixed reviews of FileMaker over WAN as well; however, I have noticed some worthy speed improvements using a Separation Method architecture during networking. On startup of Sep Method files, I do notice a slightly slower startup, but I think the performance hit is worth it