Thursday, January 19, 2012

Another Product Tracker release

An update to the Product Tracker has been released a few minutes ago.

The most important new feature is ability to create custom reports using Groovy scripting language.
Reporting functionality is far from being complete. Expect many major changes to it, but that's the start.

Any feedback is highly appreciated as usual!

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Updated version of the Product Tracker is now live

We continue refining our Product Tracker tool and have deployed the new version of the tool. Please check it out here:
http://pt.merchantaction.com

Unfortunately, help and hints are yet to come. Without help it may be rather complicated to navigate around. But if you'd like to create your first store and configure it, you can do so already.
And of course I can't even say how valuable your feedback would be for the Product Tracker!

Thank you for trying it!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Merchant Action Product Tracker beta is live

For the first time ever Merchant Action Product Tracker has seen the world yesterday. It's currently hosted on Google App Engine hosting (AppSpot): http://merchantaction.appspot.com/
It will eventually show on its own domain.

The first frustration I have is that Product Tracker with its fairly optimized data model consumes free Google Hosting limits almost instantly. I'm forced to start paying for the AppSpot hosting. Since the services are provided free of charge, the money goes out of my pocket.

Hosting it to serve single client's needs would still be inexpensive, but having a 1000 clients may skyrocket the bills. I guess, scalability can sometimes be spoiled by feasibility.

I'm currently considering alternative solutions such as AppScale over a regular virtual server. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Sunday, December 18, 2011

Merchant Action beta is to be released within a few days

Hello, everyone. I'm pleased to announce that the first Merchant Action beta version is about to be released. It's working fine locally. A few final adjustments need to be done for a public use. Please stay tuned!