Comments on: Operating update

By: Andrew B

Andrew B — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 02:14:23 +0000

15,000? 16,000? 17,000? more?

By: Rod Drury

Rod Drury — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:40:26 +0000

Yes – or something like that

By: Michael Porter

Michael Porter — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:07:21 +0000

ROD – Isn’t Xero as most SAAS models with wide potential – ideal for a referral discount for existing customers. A model where a user who recommends a friend then receives a discount, say 10% and thus can earn themselves to a lifetime of free usage – but the upside is plain to see, 12,000+ strong sales force.

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» Why Xero doesn’t have a Hard Mode — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 13:30:10 +0000

[...] customer every month. In order words, we need to convince our customers to stick with using Xero 12,000 times a month, and the moment any customer feels like they’re being asked to compromise more than [...]

By: Rod Drury

Rod Drury — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:33:57 +0000

We don’t know how people will use Xero and Salesforce together so we’ll get our first version up, then listen to feedback and prioritize what you want.

It’s quite a different pace working with Salesforce compared to our other great partners. Sorry it’s taking a while to clear these hurdles.

By: Mike Pedlar

Mike Pedlar — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:25:29 +0000

OMG – Salesforce integration ? is it a full integration , i.e can i see transactions from Salesforce ? Any date ?

i am a salesforce consultant and would really love to know more details for my clients.

By: World Ship

World Ship — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 02:53:31 +0000

Thanks for your answers , Rod . i hope salesforce connector comes out very soon – it has been more than a month since they said”Security Review” – and i am sure many U.S business would love Xero for that .

The .Net component is very important element – since it makes the job much easier for developers to implement Xero.

By: Omar Kassim

Omar Kassim — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:33:34 +0000

Woah. Salesforce Connector. Rod – when are details of this expected? Just a taste of a date?

By: Rod Drury

Rod Drury — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:10:18 +0000

Hi World Ship. It must be nice to live on a boat.

We have lots of US customers using our global version and we are certainly listening. We’ve addressed the markets we know about first and have been refining the product ready for a full US version.

Our SalesForce connector will go live soon. We’re in the last stages of our security review. It does seem to get through the machine of those larger companies.

Code samples coming but there is a 10 minute video that goes through the basics. We’ll have an updated api wrapper shortly.

By: World Ship

World Ship — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 05:41:59 +0000

Great ! i have a few questions – why Xero does not pay attention to U.S customers ?
- they have been saying since April that Salesforce integration is done – yet they are not releasing it
- No code samples for .NET API yet

By: Harry

Harry — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 00:50:43 +0000

Hows that hockey stick chart looking now?!

By: Earl Rudolfo

Earl Rudolfo — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:06:25 +0000

Way to go, Xero! Rod, it sounds like Xero has found its niche. Guess you’re now ready to “boldly go” into the Canadian SMB marketplace? You know that resistance is futile -:)

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:06:49 +0000

…and from this distance I might need a telescope (lol)

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:56:12 +0000

@rod – polishing that magnifying glass even as we speak…

By: Rod Drury

Rod Drury — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:45:17 +0000

Hi Dennis, we get our high level operating metrics out as soon as we can. Our interim report with financials and commentary will be out in November. We look forward to your magnifying glass then.

Rod

By: James Hughes

James Hughes — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:26:42 +0000

Congrats to all at Xero!

Regards

James

By: Xero Update | Kiwiblog

Xero Update | Kiwiblog — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:24:51 +0000

[...] Drury has blogged: We put out our first half operating update this [...]

By: John Younger

John Younger — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:23:41 +0000

Great report….

I would particularly like to comment on Xero introducing the first live bank feed in the UK. I know how difficult that was to achieve, given the extreme apathy of the banks over here. I well remember Hamish pulling his hair out over it, many times…. and consoling him with (too many) beers.

Congratulations Xero

By: Dennis Howlett

Dennis Howlett — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:11:41 +0000

@rod – do you have numbers against which we can parse these results?