I have been developing a client managment package for our company. I am thinking of either selling/offering for free.

I am interested in seeing whether people would be interested. The features are:


Add/Edit/Delete clients. You can have fields like Username, Password, Domain, Email, Name etc
Instant email generation. This is pretty neat I think as it is intended to be run on a desktop PC. You input the new client's details. Then click a button. They are added to the client database. The best part is a new email is opened in your favourite programme which automatically fills out the details of for example a welcome letter. I will be extending this to cover other common letters like suspension,trial ended etc


I know this is quite basic however I hope to have my basic script up soon. It runs in ASP/Access designed for a desktop,home PC for smaller webhosts as I have found it invaluable.

What do people think of this idea?

That's a fabulous idea. I have my client list built as an offline website on a PC that never sees the net. I'd like the use an online version and access from multiple PCs but am a bit worried about security etc. I don't store cc numbers, that's Paysystems.com job.

Yes, security is a big issue. Mainly the fact that it will store the clients username/password etc. I still need to look into this.

I hope to fit in a bit of development tomorrow in between some of my CCNA revision...

:flamethr: CCNA...

Tough exam. :)

- James

Something similar to this already exists.

Check out http://www.hostinfozeus.com

--JCA Justin

I have developed a similar system in PHP with MySQL. You can add/edit/delete/clients add invoices for the clients. The clients can login and check their invoices, and submit their site to search engines. With the invoice system, you can click a button and it will email the client a notice that payment is due. This is still under construction, however, if anyone is interested, PM me.

My script has everything that hostinfozeus has, except the search, which I probably should/will work on.

Originally posted by zRedDice
:flamethr: CCNA...

Tough exam. :)

- James


Telling me :(




Originally posted by janderfox
Something similar to this already exists.

Check out http://www.hostinfozeus.com

--JCA Justin

I think the idea of my system is simplicity, It will not be an amazingly complicated package, If I did ask a price for it, it would be substantially lower than that.

I think my idea is quite different than iamdave's as mine is geared up to help the hosting company manage things rather than the customers. It is meant as an easy way to have your clients details available.

::Correction:: I added search capability. You can search by name, url, email, or reference number. Other search fields can easily be added.

Just to let you guys know, you can check out the demo of newly released Host Info Zeus here:

http://www.hostinfozeus.com/demo.htm

Seems to be worth the $49 ;-)

--JCA Justin

Originally posted by The Laughing Cow
I think my idea is quite different than iamdave's as mine is geared up to help the hosting company manage things rather than the customers. It is meant as an easy way to have your clients details available.

My 2 Cents for such a "Client Management" package is:

Has multiple user definable fields to hold data that is unique to an individual hosting company.

Email messages generated and sent, template based.

Holds Credit Card Info and handles recurring billing. Produces reports also.

Win32 Application with secure database stored on local PC - (Non Web Based...No PHP, ASP, CGI, mysql).

My Script is just about the same as Host Info but is web based, in PHP.

Originally posted by iamdave
My Script is just about the same as Host Info but is web based, in PHP.

Do many people store their Valuable Customer lists on 3rd. Databases?

I downloaded the HostInfoZeus Application today and tried it out. Worked fine until I unplugged the Cable Modem, then it locked up when I tried using it. The Demo customer I entered is stored somewhere out there on the Internet.

I couldn't possibly see myself using something like this to store valuable lists of customers. :eek: Maybe I'm just distrusting and over protective of Valuable information.

5 minutes in the MS Access Wizard and I have the same database, with Valuable data stored locally on my Network.

:uzi: HostInfoZeus Application

I downloaded the HostInfoZeus Application today and tried it out. Worked fine until I unplugged the Cable Modem, then it locked up when I tried using it. The Demo customer I entered is stored somewhere out there on the Internet.

I couldn't possibly see myself using something like this to store valuable lists of customers. Maybe I'm just distrusting and over protective of Valuable information.

5 minutes in the MS Access Wizard and I have the same database, with Valuable data stored locally on my Network.


Again, I will address this by explaining that HIZ froze because of security reasons. All data is stored on a 320-bit encrypted machine (super secure). All information is transfered directly to the secure server. The sever is specially designed with an incredibly powerful firewall. Security is stressed. When the connection is interrupted without a valid log-off signal, security measures automatically kick in preventing vulnerability.

Keep in mind that this program was created by hosts for hosts with these issues in mind well-addressed :)

Feel free to post further concerns here or at our forum at the HIZ website.

--JCA Justin

Originally posted by janderfox
Just to let you guys know, you can check out the demo of newly released Host Info Zeus here:

http://www.hostinfozeus.com/demo.htm

Seems to be worth the $49 ;-)

--JCA Justin
Very nice website. Hope it all goes well for you. :)

Mine is designed to run on a personal machine offline. I cant stand access gui so knocked something up in HTML with an access/asp backend.

Ok, I had a bit of time and have knocked something to give you an idea of my system proposed.

http://hostingmanager.terryjacobs.co.uk/Add_Clients.asp

I still have to develop the admin section which will allow the creation of custom letters/emails.

Opinions welcome :)