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#12How are you going to track stock levels?
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#13MVP for YC'12 application. We've been heads down on this for a month now so it seemed like the right time to gather some feedback!
It's a cool concept and you could go a lot of directions with it.
My main feedback is that I don't know which step to take next. I see 6 links in the yellow bar ... be a little more deliberate/forceful in directing me on what to do next.
Not that you asked, but here's some wacky/random ideas off the top of my head:
- Do Stripe checkout in addition to PayPal (ask for Stripe API key & secret over SSL)
- Provision a Twilio phone number for each list after registration. Use it as a temporary way for sellers to call the buyer, for notifications, and to add/remove items via SMS
- For quick mobile integration, use MailGun to post incoming email messages to your app and turn them into listings. That way people can add items & pictures from their smartphone. I've done this and you can literally get it going in - Allow me to sell a digital file. If I add a [d] to a line item in my list, prompt me to upload a .zip file or high-res JPG. BOOM, instant store for selling stock photography, ebooks, or WordPress themes.
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#14How are you going to track stock levels?
We're working on adding (minimal) inventory control. You'll be able to put +Quantity on a line, ie +5 if you have five to sell. The site will then track stock level, and you can edit the quantity in the list at any time.
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#15Wow! That is so simplistic and minimal; it just works like you would imagine! Great idea, great work and great result. I'd see this text field becoming more and more intelligent over time with other functions!
thanks! so far we're working on the following for the text field:
+quantity for multiple item sales, ie +5 #tags for categorising, ie #electronics
further ideas welcomed
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#16I think you have something interesting here. Elegance and simplicity are far more important than previously thought. Clearly this is part of the legacy left by Steve Jobs. Fantastically engineered products wrapped in beautiful design. Elegance and simplicity...it just works.
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#17MVP for YC'12 application. We've been heads down on this for a month now so it seemed like the right time to gather some feedback!
That was the easiest and most intuitive app I've seen, well since ifttt.com, but a lot mor useful.
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#18Love it. The "just email me" option is very appealing — no hassle.
To some extent, though, you are going after the Craigslist market by focusing on one-time sales by individuals. Not easy. I wonder at which point an online store becomes more sensible to users than the classifieds model?
Any thoughts about where precisely in the e-commerce sphere you see yourself fitting in?
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#19Brilliant. Needs a mobile app that lets me take a pic then post it as a listing. Then I'd spend an afternoon clicking pictures of everything in my attic.
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#20This is fantastic. Nice and simple, and it does exactly what I want it to as a seller. Great job!!!!!
Be careful about feature creep. The reason why Craiglist works is because it doesn't try to do too much. I think this can definitely have a similar sort of success given how freaking easy it is to use!