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Re: Paddle

#11

Post by clarkmoody » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 3:48 PM UTC

It's a testament to corporate inertia that PayPal hasn't been an innovator in payment processing for a long time. Square and Stripe have been making inroads, and Bitcoin is lurking out there somewhere. There's a fistful of money to be had in this arena, and I'm glad that it's evolved over the last few years.

Best of luck to Paddle!

Re: Paddle

#12

Post by kmfrk » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 3:49 PM UTC

If any founders are considering to do the same thing, I much prefer a GIF-based demo like the one used for Sublime Text: http://www.sublimetext.com/.

Re: Paddle

#13

Post by swalsh » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 3:49 PM UTC

hodgesmr wrote: post #4

tiernano wrote: post #2

This is very impressive! installed the Android app, now looking for someone who really accepts the system to try it out properly!

They have a test store on their site. http://paddlemegastore.com/

I didn't really read your comment, and clicked on the link. It took me a few seconds to realize it was a "demo site". Initially i was amazed that we were all enamored by a table tennis paddle store, which seemed believable considering that a few years ago this guy with a bingo card making website was on the frontpage every other day.

Re: Paddle

#14

Post by thirsteh » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 3:54 PM UTC

kmfrk wrote: post #12

If any founders are considering to do the same thing, I much prefer a GIF-based demo like the one used for Sublime Text: http://www.sublimetext.com/ .

Why?

Re: Paddle

#15

Post by panhandler » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 3:54 PM UTC

Damn, that is nice! Paypal has been lacking. Payment using Paddle seems a lot easier.

Re: Paddle

#16

Post by marban » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 4:00 PM UTC

If Google Wallet ever offers one-click payment, this is what it will look like

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#17

Post by marban » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 4:04 PM UTC

pud wrote: post #5

Brilliant use of Vine for the demo! And speaking of PayPal: Max Levchin, who co-founded PayPal, recently founded Affirm, which appears to be a competitor. https://affirm.com/

The site looks like an ad network shop ca. 2005

Re: Paddle

#18

Post by dewey » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 4:07 PM UTC

Direct link: http://www.usepaddle.com/

Re: Paddle

#19

Post by LowKarmaAccount » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 4:13 PM UTC

The design is inconsistent. If you only use color to signify buttons, making top and bottom banners with the same solid color as buttons is confusing, especially when several buttons are embedded in the top or bottom banner.

That aside, it is a good, clean interface.

Re: Paddle

#20

Post by pistoriusp » Fri, Jun 21, 2013, 4:14 PM UTC

notjustanymike wrote: post #8

jonathanjaeger wrote: post #6

Clever marketing. I've seen Vine videos explode as examples for things in the last few weeks, along with news and blog Vine embeds. Interactive marketing is going to get a lot more interesting with Vine clips (until of course we get saturated with those marketing messages and don't find them as unique anymore).

I'm if the 15 second timer on instagram will be more popular for product demos than Vine's 6. It's probably irrelevant (since Vine could just change the timer to compete), but may have an interesting temporary influence on adoption.

Now, If you really want to make it big create you need to create an app that only takes 9 seconds of video and is only for product demos. /sarcasm