Show HN: Tool20 – a simple tool tracking software for construction companies

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2 points·atekbiz··6 comments

Love the idea and congratulations on your launch. How does it actually track the location of the tools? Do tools have GPS's embedded in them these days?

Thank you! The tracking is actually manual. The application gives the customer a platform to keep track of who has (or on which job) a certain tool. So when a tool is moved, a user will change the location of the tool in the app.

Cool, this would also be useful for tracking communal or shared gear for other types of organizations, like student clubs (probably a bit pricy for them, though).

How did you decide on the pricing breakdown?

50 tools $20/mo | 150 tools $50/mo | 500 tools $90/mo | Unlimited tools $150/mo

Hey, that's a really cool idea! I hadn't thought of that.

The pricing is more or less an educated guess at what a company would be willing to pay based on the time saved, knowing that it can be changed as we get more information about use cases/value, etc.

For a application that mostly does CRUD stuff (no offense) this seems a bit pricy. Anyway, good luck!

Thanks! More than what the application does, its value lies in where it saves the client money. A big part of this is eliminating the need to buy new tools when one simply doens't know where a tool is.

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