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Originally posted by Dale Wiley
I also believe in less is better. If a program can do a digital image design, great. If it computes quanities, and cut and fill, and allows me to lay out sprinkler systems, better. If it lists plant materials as I drag and drop, if it LABELS the plant materials prior to drag and drop and after, good, and if it can put it all together in an editable proposal that meets my needs in presenting it to the clients, then we have a workable product.
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Our product offerings (DynaSCAPE Software) are more or less 'end to end'.
We do not do digital 'imaging' if you mean the frontal view that you add plants to.
Our value proposition starts with high quality 2D plan view designs. Our design tool is integrated with our online plant encyclopedia which will allow you to insert photos of specimen plants and the like.
Your individual plants/groundcovers/pavers are labeled using a link to our business management component. This facilitates our other major value point: integration. As you design, you're building a quote/estimate. You can, for example, measure paver areas in square feet, and have a material assembly set up to calculate the labor, screenings, etc, and any other cost item for you.
Once your design is complete and labeled, you can export it to our Quotation product with a few clicks - no data re-entry, and you'll have prices pre-computed for you. Once your price list is set up, this can be a huge time and effort saver. You can then output your quote/estimate for presentation to the customer in any number of editable formats.
Our Quotation product also allows you to do more advanced tasks like produce plant care packages for customers, again through the link to our online plant encyclopedia. A beefed up version of our Quotation product also allows for detailed job costing, links to accounting, and other higher end business management functionality.
We're really looking to service landscape design/build/maintenance end to end, and we're looking to improve both on the presentation side (ie color and irrigation components) and on the business management side (providing implementation services for our customers).
Our 'flagship' package is not $1500, however. Everyone can have different needs, but there are some common ones that I think we address pretty well, for what it's worth.
We do offer a risk free trial if this sounds interesting to anyone.
F.