One of the biggest mistakes I made in the early days of KashFlow (I made a few!) was charging for access to our API.
What’s an API?
For the non-techies, an API is an interface that allows other programs to interact with your KashFlow data. So that could be an ecommerce system automatically entering your sales or your website automatically displaying invoices to your customers.
For the techies, it’s a .Net SOAP Webservice written in C#.
Correcting the Mistake
We started by charging £99 a year to have the API enabled on your account. Some customers on our forum pointed out that they didn’t think this was a good move.
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What’s an API?
For the non-techies, an API is an interface that allows other programs to interact with your KashFlow data. So that could be an ecommerce system automatically entering your sales or your website automatically displaying invoices to your customers.
For the techies, it’s a .Net SOAP Webservice written in C#.
Correcting the Mistake
We started by charging £99 a year to have the API enabled on your account. Some customers on our forum pointed out that they didn’t think this was a good move.
Continue Reading...
