71 products left, but today OneSchema
Hi friend 👋,
Anyone working on a B2B SaaS application will eventually have to deal with the dreaded CSV upload flow. From the point of view of a product manager or designer, it is ugly and unpleasant. Because having it without issues in the CSV is really unlikely. This comes to mind when I import current contacts as clients in ProdPad or when we submit previous agreements on Monday. It is never a one-time task, and even if they supply a template for the CSV, you will make mistakes as the end user.
Let's dive deep into the issue. A CSV upload button and possibly a template download button are provided. Usually, you have no clue about the format when you verify that template with Google Sheets or Excel. Is there a minimum number of columns necessary, or are there specific requirements for the columns to follow? The majority of tools do not even provide the possibility to collect status-style information. Reason being: validating this is difficult. Recently, I stumbled into a solution to all these difficulties in one convenient place.
Today, OneSchema is our product.
OneSchema is a fantastic SaaS application that you can integrate into your platform to allow your end users to easily upload CSVs. I wasn't anticipating a solution with so many nuances in such a little section of the experience, but as I think about it more, it makes more sense. They handled the edge cases in CSVs fairly well, and they are also able to upload and validate really large CSV files, which is fantastic.
If I ever start my own start-up, I know it will be either the best answer for a little problem or a direct-to-consumer brand. OneSchema is a great example of the first category, and I really loved it. Give it a shot if you operate in the B2B SaaS space.
We’ll talk again tomorrow.