We're almost ready to launch our first 'off the shelf' product. The product itself is 'complete' - we just have to modify our website now so that people can actually buy and download the software.
The product itself is just a delivery label printer for shipping addresses which is based on an old project we worked on some time ago and had quite an impact on the business that commissioned the project.
The, imaginatively named, 'delivery label printer' prints shipping addresses on to label stationary such as the type manufactured by Avery. In fact the application ships with a database that holds over 1,700 records of different stationary including almost all Avery labels.
More info on the product can be found here.
While the project itself is considered to be completed we've decided to add a few extra things to it to add a little more value. For addresses in the USA we're going to add the POSTNET barcoding and we're looking at CASS certification but at the moment we are thinking of releasing the application and waiting to see if their is a call for certification.
We're also considering adding the ability to buy postage from the UK Postoffice via the application too and have the postage printed with the label. However at the moment we're still trying to contact the correct people within the post office to see if this is possible.
The extras should add some real value to the application but aside from the American bar codes it looks like at this time they will either be part of an update or revision of the current software.
However as this is our first application to be sold 'off the shelf' we are a little bit in the dark as to what will happen after release. Due to its nature we're not expecting an avalance of customers, but we are ... curious...
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