*Question*: Would you use a NetSuite SDF app marke...
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Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 5:29 PMQuestion: Would you use a NetSuite SDF app marketplace to buy or sell apps the same way you would your mobile OS app store? You could one click install or uninstall apps as needed, search and find apps by type and description, ratings, etc, and payment would be handled in the store so no need to coordinate with individual developers/clients, all vetted, automated, and managed?
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 5:36 PMMaybe I should put that in general or admin instead. I'm thinking about building it, just need to know if developers / customers would use it.
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Anthony OConnor
08/29/2025, 6:39 PMto compete with suiteapp.com?
marketplaces suffer from a chicken and egg problem
you won't have customers if you don't have apps
you won't have apps if there's no customers
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Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:39 PMYes to compete with SuiteApp.com
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:40 PMI hate their search and interface and it only supports SDN
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:40 PMI've seen a few unofficial marketplaces but they're no better interface-wise than suiteapp.com and don't have as much content
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:42 PMI can build a better site, the question is whether you'd use it assuming there's a developer base and a customer base.
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Anthony OConnor
08/29/2025, 6:43 PMright, and I'm saying the issue isn't the crappy ui, the issue is getting the buyers and sellers to your marketplace... that's not a technical problem thats a sales/marketing problem
you'd also be at risk of NS shutting you down if you became too popular
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Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:44 PMMy motivation is that SuiteBundler gives a warning saying that they're not developing it anymore.
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:45 PMseems like NetSuite needs a community developer ecosystem if it's going to remain competitive
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Anthony OConnor
08/29/2025, 6:47 PMto answer your question, as a dev I wouldnt be opposed to using something like that, but I'd want to see proof that customers feel the same cos I doubt they do, purchasing ERP apps is NOT like purchasing a phone app, business have whole procurement divisions, its the opposite of frictionless
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Anthony OConnor
08/29/2025, 6:49 PMI'm not sure what you mean about NS staying competitive, they have pretty strong lock-in and I don't think community dev ecosystem moves the needle in that regard.
they also take their partner relationships very seriously and could just ask them not put their apps on your store, and mostly the partners would listen
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Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:51 PMThat's a great response, I'll have to think about that
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:52 PMI've gotten through the invite process for SDN but as an independent developer I'm not big enough to qualify as a partner
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:52 PMand if bundles go away, I'm out of luck for selling customizations in a marketplace
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:54 PMI've worked for plenty of end customers that have bought solutions both in bundle or SuiteApp format or directly from developers, but there's no easy way to find the latter unless you know exactly what you're looking for.
Kristopher Wood
08/29/2025, 6:54 PMI guess it comes down to whether / how aggressively NS would shut it down.
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NElliott
08/29/2025, 8:10 PMI imagine that people feel reassured by the fact that SuiteApps are vetted by NS, you'd have to get past that "trust" hurdle too I imagine. 🤔
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