Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _______ on ______

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#11

Post by Tihiy » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:44 PM UTC

Excellent idea! Waiting for digital goods selling / purchase notification API.

But.. if you give money to sellers with PayPal, you're paying PayPal fee?

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#12

Post by pfredrich » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:45 PM UTC

callmeed wrote: post #6

Your design overall is really nice. Me thinks this is either becoming a crowded space or there's just a lot of people doing similar projects for fun because the payment part is much easier (I did http://bngal.com as a side project for example). BIG QUESTION: why PayPal for disbursing funds? With Stripe and BalancedPayments as options, I'm not sure why you'd use PayPal (other than possibly international reach).

(I do product at CropUp.)

Good question. PayPal was the easiest to use, for now, and works well. We'll likely add additional payout options, but no concrete plans or timing just yet.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#13

Post by flexie » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:46 PM UTC

pfredrich wrote: post #3

mikejarema wrote: post #2

Great looking product, I'm a big fan of empowering everyday people to make money doing what they love. ShopLocket is a (local) favourite of mine, and I think GumRoad is also in this category. Are there specific use cases that CropUp provides more value? Eg. on physical products? Photography? Digital downloads? I ask because I see more and more similar products cropping up (pardon the pun) which want to help anyone se…

(I do product at CropUp.) For now we're focused on physical products, which come with a couple of challenges sellers of digital products usually don't have to worry about, like taxes, fulfillment, returns/refunds, etc. Our goal is to provide a product that equips sellers with everything needed for selling online and to make it real simple, so that they can focus on making their products and don't have to worry about…

Cool site! Just notice that in some jurisdictions sellers of digital products also have to worry about taxes, cancellations, refunds etc.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#14

Post by coda_ » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:47 PM UTC

eduardordm wrote: post #5

pfredrich wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I do product at CropUp.) For now we're focused on physical products, which come with a couple of challenges sellers of digital products usually don't have to worry about, like taxes, fulfillment, returns/refunds, etc. Our goal is to provide a product that equips sellers with everything needed for selling online and to make it real simple, so that they can focus on making their products and don't have to worry about…

My only humble suggestion is to make the 'how it works' page more explicit. I did understand what you do but my mother would probably think you are just some kind of bitly for product listings she made herself. She would have to go to the FAQ sections to understand. Maybe you should add more text to that page.

I agree... I didn't know if they accepted payment until going to the FAQ.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#15

Post by pfredrich » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:48 PM UTC

flexie wrote: post #13

pfredrich wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

(I do product at CropUp.) For now we're focused on physical products, which come with a couple of challenges sellers of digital products usually don't have to worry about, like taxes, fulfillment, returns/refunds, etc. Our goal is to provide a product that equips sellers with everything needed for selling online and to make it real simple, so that they can focus on making their products and don't have to worry about…

Cool site! Just notice that in some jurisdictions sellers of digital products also have to worry about taxes, cancellations, refunds etc.

(I do product at CropUp.)

Interesting. Would you be able to provide me with a link to where I can read more about this, please? Would be very helpful. Thank you.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#16

Post by nikoftime » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC

Really cool idea and site. How do you guys differ from CashieCommerce.com ?

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#17

Post by mapleoin » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC

US only. And it's quite hard to figure out. This is all I could find>

http://cropup.com/help/merchant

What about international buyers?

Yep, no problem. You can accept payments from international customers.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#18

Post by pfredrich » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:51 PM UTC

Tihiy wrote: post #11

Excellent idea! Waiting for digital goods selling / purchase notification API. But.. if you give money to sellers with PayPal, you're paying PayPal fee?

(I do product at CropUp.)

Correct, great observation. PayPal Masspay charges the payment sender a fee, but it's free for the recipient. So these payouts are free for our merchants.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#19

Post by pfredrich » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:55 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #17

US only. And it's quite hard to figure out. This is all I could find> http://cropup.com/help/merchant What about international buyers? Yep, no problem. You can accept payments from international customers.

(I do product at CropUp.)

Hmm. I'm not following, can you please explain? It's not US only and that's what the FAQ says / is supposed to say.

Re: Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#20

Post by jollari » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:58 PM UTC

Tihiy wrote: post #11

Excellent idea! Waiting for digital goods selling / purchase notification API. But.. if you give money to sellers with PayPal, you're paying PayPal fee?

Hey I'm curious as to what you mean by a purchase notification API?

Would you imagine something like a pub/sub system or something that you would ping?