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Re: Show HN: Medusa – Open-source alternative to Shopify

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Post by ngellner » Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 2:02 PM UTC

dayjaby wrote: post #75

Looks great. Do you have any plans of not being misused for fake shops? Just got hit by one recently.

This is a difficult variable to control for - especially as it is an open source solution. My hunch would be that many scam sites will use some straight out-of-the-box setups instead of more sophisticated tools like Medusa. But we would definitely address it should this become a problem in the future

Re: Show HN: Medusa – Open-source alternative to Shopify

#82

Post by ngellner » Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 2:08 PM UTC

gitgud wrote: post #55

Is there any plan to charge for premium features or something? The landing page looks like it's trying to sell me a product, but the Github says it's MIT licensed...

The plan is first and foremost to build a community platform that allows even small to midsized merchants to build headless.

The landing page is a bit more "marketed" in the communication style, but indeed it is a free to use our solution

Re: Show HN: Medusa – Open-source alternative to Shopify

#83

Post by ngellner » Tue, Sep 14, 2021, 2:12 PM UTC

waskip wrote: post #74

Alternative to Shopify? Sorry but the title is click bait. Doesn’t even have a demo. This sounds like more a MVP at best as others have said it lacks a lot of features. Pricing is confusing, open source with a button ‘get started for free’?

Medusa is indeed an alternative to Shopify, it just comes with a widely different value proposition. No doubt that Shopify has a broader ecosystem and feature set at the moment - but with Medusa you get the opportunity to shape the platform much better to your needs

Our open source solution is free to use = get started for free. We just put it in a language that even non-tech merchants can understand