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Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by benologist » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 2:20 AM UTC

primigenus wrote: post #8

I don't get the analogy. SlidePay is the "Android" of payments versus Square as the "Apple" of payments, but the author then goes on to say SlidePay is like a white label version of Square. How is Android a white label version of iOS? How does the analogy help frame this service? Why not just explain what it is and how it's different directly?

The analogy makes sense if you look at AOL's news sites as cheap content farms.

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by chourobin » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 2:30 AM UTC

Best of luck guys!

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by mrjaeger » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 2:50 AM UTC

One of the best teams out there, good luck guys!

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by jessepollak » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 4:39 AM UTC

I'm not sure about the technology or business, but I will say that I absolutely love the interactive sliding graphics on their landing page.

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by vailripper » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 4:43 AM UTC

Best of luck - this is exactly what we're looking for. Suggestion: It would be fantastic if we could port existing merchant accounts or (better yet) existing gateways. For example, we're currently using Braintree for web transactions, but would love to use your service for mobile. It would be great if we could continue using our vaulted cards on braintree, but use your service for frontend.

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by pbreit » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 4:46 AM UTC

primigenus wrote: post #8

I don't get the analogy. SlidePay is the "Android" of payments versus Square as the "Apple" of payments, but the author then goes on to say SlidePay is like a white label version of Square. How is Android a white label version of iOS? How does the analogy help frame this service? Why not just explain what it is and how it's different directly?

The analogy is fine. If you're a handset manufacturer (samsung, htc, et al) you can white label android (which works kinda like iOS). Just as you can't use iOS, you can't use square in your own app.

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by dlinder » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 5:19 AM UTC

For others researching options for card-present transactions with an API, there's also http://getcardflight.com

They feature a Stripe integration of some sort.

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by charliepinto » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 5:54 AM UTC

vailripper wrote: post #15

Best of luck - this is exactly what we're looking for. Suggestion: It would be fantastic if we could port existing merchant accounts or (better yet) existing gateways. For example, we're currently using Braintree for web transactions, but would love to use your service for mobile. It would be great if we could continue using our vaulted cards on braintree, but use your service for frontend.

let's chat. my email is charlie[at]slidepay[dot]com.

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by charliepinto » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 5:55 AM UTC

TomJoad wrote: post #10

This is great, I've been searching all over for a white-label Square. Others, like PayAnywhere, have fallen short.

let's chat about this. my email is charlie[at]slidepay[dot]com

Re: SlidePay (YC W12) Tries To Be The “Android” of Payments

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Post by scorpion032 » Wed, Jul 31, 2013, 6:43 AM UTC

primigenus wrote: post #8

I don't get the analogy. SlidePay is the "Android" of payments versus Square as the "Apple" of payments, but the author then goes on to say SlidePay is like a white label version of Square. How is Android a white label version of iOS? How does the analogy help frame this service? Why not just explain what it is and how it's different directly?

I'd guess that they wanted to say "Stripe for Android"; but didnt want to mention Stripe, so ended up suggesting that.