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Hey HN! I would like to share ElasticSale (ES), a micro-SaaS project designed to support loyalty programs for small retail businesses. ES uses “next order discount coupons” campaigns to drive new unspected sales. It includes a simple web app where store owners can create and configure campaigns, register new sales, and issue/manage coupons. Coupons are delivered via SMS using AWS SNS.

As an incidental programmer, I decided to dive into Django to build this minimum viable product (MVP), while simultaneously learning the framework. It’s been a fun and rewarding journey!

Now, I’m looking for some guinea pigs—I mean, small retail businesses—who’d like to test it out and provide feedback.

The ElasticSale is ready to deployed on Platform.sh (there is a YAML file), and the code is open-sourced under the MIT License. Feel free to test it, use it, or contribute!