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Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Post by JohnFriel »

kleinishere wrote: post #108

Tech stack question - Incredible website that is both feature rich and succinct to the content. As far as marketplaces go, there are some known platforms (e.g. ShareTribe) and payment options (e.g. Stripe Connect) - did you all "build" from the ground up or "buy" in putting this together?

Thank you! We're makers, so we built it.

Here's the stack:

- React & redux on the front end

- Rails on the back end

- Postgres & redis for persistence

- Stripe (including Connect) for payments

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Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Post by alphagrep12345 »

Probably a noob question - but how do I know that I'm not being overcharged? As a matter of fact, how do I even know what's the right price for a piece of artwork?

May be a long term thing, but I also think you should focus on expanding and growing your market size. Create blog posts, and videos on art, artists, art appreciation and advertize them. Educate audiance and get more people interested in it. That might percolate to making your business bigger.

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Post by kleinishere »

JohnFriel wrote: post #111
kleinishere wrote: post #108

Tech stack question - Incredible website that is both feature rich and succinct to the content. As far as marketplaces go, there are some known platforms (e.g. ShareTribe) and payment options (e.g. Stripe Connect) - did you all "build" from the ground up or "buy" in putting this together?

Thank you! We're makers, so we built it. Here's the stack: - React & redux on the front end - Rails on the back end - Postgres & redis for persistence - Stripe (including Connect) for payments (edited for line breaks)

The bespoke nature shines through in all the best ways. Thanks!

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Post by heavenlyblue »

alphagrep12345 wrote: post #112

Probably a noob question - but how do I know that I'm not being overcharged? As a matter of fact, how do I even know what's the right price for a piece of artwork? May be a long term thing, but I also think you should focus on expanding and growing your market size. Create blog posts, and videos on art, artists, art appreciation and advertize them. Educate audiance and get more people interested in it. That might per…

I don’t see eBay or Amazon educating anyone about fakes on their platform.

Re: Launch HN: Art in Res (YC W20) – Buy art directly from artists

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Post by ChefboyOG »

chickenpotpie wrote: post #33
JohnFriel wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We take a percentage. For a given sale, 70% goes to the artist and 30% goes to the platform.

That's a pretty large cut. What stops a user from just messaging the artist directly and buying the work from them directly for a lower price?

This is a pretty common pushback on marketplaces in general, but in my experience working on several, this only happens in specific situations. I doubt it would be much of a problem for Art in Res, namely because:

1. With higher price points, the security and financial services of the platform become more valuable. Installment payments, for instance, would likely be beyond the abilities of many artists to orchestrate. The platform also likely provides some guarantee on the buyer side that all that money won't go missing and that the product will be delivered as expected.

2. The platform will usually have some language in their agreement that makes off-platform contracts with people you discovered in-platform punishable. If you've ever used a hiring platform like Hired or A-List, you'll know that these fees are persuasive.

With cheaper platforms like UpWork, I'm sure this kind of thing is common, but on more expensive market places it isn't as pervasive as one might think.

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