Introducing Xero Product Concepts | Xero Weblog

For the previous 10 years, the interactive discussions of Characteristic Requests has been the house for our buyer suggestions and ideas on how we are able to make Xero an excellent higher expertise. We’re excited to share that we’re relaunching Characteristic Requests as Xero Product Concepts on 5 April.

Identical to Characteristic Requests, Xero Product Concepts is our manner of creating certain we hear instantly from you on what’s vital. On Xero Product Concepts you may share your concepts on the modifications you’d wish to see in Xero, touch upon the neighborhood’s ideas and concepts, and vote for the concepts you’d most wish to see delivered. 

How your suggestions informs Xero’s product technique

Your concepts and votes assist inform our product groups on what’s vital to you. Our product groups embody your suggestions of their technique and product management take into account it of their prioritisation. This weblog submit explains how Xero prioritises product enhancements and requests.

Your voice actually makes an impression! For instance, final yr, our product workforce accomplished modifications to Xero’s Normal Ledger Experiences. This was a preferred concept from Characteristic Requests, with a whole bunch of votes from the neighborhood. 

One other in-demand concept accomplished is the flexibility to create a packing slip. This concept had virtually 500 votes from the Characteristic Requests neighborhood.

Our product workforce additionally accomplished modifications to contact credit score limits, giving prospects the flexibility to assign limits to profiles and get alerted when these limits are reached. This concept had a whole bunch of feedback from the Characteristic Requests neighborhood and we have been happy to have the ability to ship this characteristic change in early 2021. 

The modifications you could discover

Though the target of the 2 websites is essentially the identical, frequent guests to Characteristic Requests will discover a few variations on Xero Product Concepts. 

There’s a refreshed, extra trendy design with a bigger vary of matters to share your concepts on. And in response to your suggestions, you’ll be capable of see the publishing dates of concepts and feedback.

The largest change you will note is an thrilling replace to the voting system. The votes you allocate to product concepts are actually limitless! Xero has grown and our platform has expanded significantly since Characteristic Requests was began 10 years in the past. We recognised that the ten votes weren’t sufficient for all the good buyer concepts that coated all product areas of Xero, so we’ve made them limitless. This implies you may vote for as many concepts as you want!

You’ll additionally see that we’ve kickstarted Xero Product Concepts by migrating a whole bunch of probably the most voted, commented and seen concepts from Characteristic Requests. We encourage you so as to add again any vital concepts that you simply assume haven’t been migrated. 

Relaxation assured that each one content material from Characteristic Requests – together with concepts not moved over to Xero Product Concepts – has been fastidiously archived internally at Xero. These will proceed for use by our product groups of their analysis, technique and prioritisation when contemplating new options for Xero. 

The way to share your concepts with us

To get the Xero Product Concepts neighborhood began, our workforce has fastidiously chosen a whole bunch of concepts from Characteristic Requests to be introduced throughout to Xero Product Concepts. You might like to begin by becoming a member of the dialogue on these and add your ideas and suggestions. Begin by looking, or dive right into a discussion board to see and take part on concepts which were began. Or, look out for the ‘Put up a brand new concept’ button in case your concept hasn’t already been recommended. 

We’d wish to thank everybody who has helped make Characteristic Requests so profitable. We actually love listening to your ideas, suggestions and concepts for a way we are able to make Xero an excellent higher expertise – so please preserve sharing them with us.