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How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by dmix »

jrockway wrote: post #7
dsl wrote: post #5

You forgot a few critical steps for a full PayPal replacement. Might I recommend: * Set up a Twilio number for billing support. Play hold music even if your office is closed. * Proxy transactions to Stripe using a intermediary server in India to match the latency and reliability. * Randomly multiply totals by 10. * Randomly forget to call the Stripe API. * Setup auto renewals. Even for one time payments. * If a custo…

Also require the user to enter his One Time Password to unsubscribe from marketing emails.

Also arbitrarily decline companies the ability to be merchants because their customer service rep in Nebraska doesn't know what "SaaS" means.

Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by rkalla »

Best of luck with this Drew. Looks like a great simple approach for folks jus wanting to "collect some damn money" - a lot of payment platforms require a much higher bar be cleared to get started, that is what it looks like you ace here (especially with the form builder - brilliant)

Your offering will naturally grow an expand as Stripe does so - smart move.

Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by evv »

Sam_Odio wrote: post #13
ta12121 wrote: post #9

Paypal? Or a toy example kind of like Paypal?

You're pointing out the obvious (that this is a 5-day one person project) in a way that's not constructive.

I am not defending a valueless response like that, but it is a bit crazy to imply that one person could build something the size of PayPal in five days.

Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by twelvechairs »

sachinag wrote: post #10
drewwilson wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ya, wufoo does it too. But my app is free :) and in the near future will have useful analytics and CSS customization, etc for pro users.

Yeah, I like yours better for sure. But please don't compete on price! Charge for the useful analytics and CSS customization. louisck's web developer should use your product for his next $5 video and you deserve to get paid for that.

> please don't compete on price

It strikes me as very sad that in bringing down a monopoly (Paypal), already you are advocating price collusion amongst the new players in the industry...

Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by [deleted] »

sachinag wrote: post #10
drewwilson wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ya, wufoo does it too. But my app is free :) and in the near future will have useful analytics and CSS customization, etc for pro users.

Yeah, I like yours better for sure. But please don't compete on price! Charge for the useful analytics and CSS customization. louisck's web developer should use your product for his next $5 video and you deserve to get paid for that.

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Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by rexreed »

I clicked the article title in dread fearing someone had turned Stripe the company into a mirror image of everything we loathe about Paypal. I was relieved to realize the OP meant the ease of use part of Paypal, and not all the rest of the baggage that comes with Paypal.

I'd have clicked the article with less dread had it been titled "How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days".

Re: How I made Stripe as easy to use as Paypal in 5 days

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Post by AgentConundrum »

jrockway wrote: post #7
dsl wrote: post #5

You forgot a few critical steps for a full PayPal replacement. Might I recommend: * Set up a Twilio number for billing support. Play hold music even if your office is closed. * Proxy transactions to Stripe using a intermediary server in India to match the latency and reliability. * Randomly multiply totals by 10. * Randomly forget to call the Stripe API. * Setup auto renewals. Even for one time payments. * If a custo…

Also require the user to enter his One Time Password to unsubscribe from marketing emails.

Isn't that illegal?
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