Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _______ on ______

Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _ on _

#1

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

Show HN: CropUp, Sell your _______ on _______
cropup.com

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

#2

Post by mikejarema » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:21 PM UTC

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 sell anything online, but can't help but think that focusing on a specific vertical may result in the platform providing more value to the sellers.

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#3

Post by pfredrich » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:33 PM UTC

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 selling them.

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#4

Post by rohansingh » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:34 PM UTC

For the box that shows a random service, I'd recommend just making it sequential. When it randomly comes back to a service I've seen before, I assume that I've seen all the services.

For example, I got: YouTube, Tumblr, YouTube, YouTube, Twitter

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#5

Post by eduardordm » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:38 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…

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.

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#6

Post by callmeed » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

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).

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#7

Post by TheShadowFog » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:39 PM UTC

Love the idea and the design, but thank God the buttons don't have that super-flat design.

But this does seem a lot like tictail.

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#8

Post by pfredrich » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:41 PM UTC

rohansingh wrote: post #4

For the box that shows a random service, I'd recommend just making it sequential. When it randomly comes back to a service I've seen before, I assume that I've seen all the services. For example, I got: YouTube, Tumblr, YouTube, YouTube, Twitter

(I do product at CropUp.)

Yep, we noticed that as well, will fix it. Excellent observation, thank you.

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#9

Post by eduardordm » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:41 PM UTC

I know you guys are overwhelmed with work by now, but I really want to know how was your experience with AngularJS.

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#10

Post by manuelflara » Wed, Mar 06, 2013, 5:42 PM UTC

Great work, love the design. One thing I'd like to see before I sign up, though, is a sample "product / purchase page". When I needed something like this I ran to Gumroad because I had used them before (as a customer) and loved the experience.