great idea. I would show a few samples on the homepage so people have an idea of what it looks like. Maybe a screenshot of the backend (if there is one?) too
@alancassinelli We've been hearing that a lot. Currently if you click on the dotted underlined "checkout page", the site will show you the last created product page. We'll have to make it more prominent in our next code push. Thanks for the feedback!
@kristofertm Looks great! That pretty much encapsulates the raison d'etre of the site. To quickly throw up a page and sell stuff while being able to accept (Stripe powered currently) credit cards. No fuss.
Thanks for trying SOT out!
@geetfun People keep "buying" this product. Can't imagine people are actually spending money on my fictitious product so I tried it myself and didn't even need to enter a CC...
@kristofertm Yup! I noticed a lot of people buying your product too. 😉 If your account is not connected to Stripe, it'll default to creating an order so the seller can follow up with the buyer directly. If Stripe is connected, then a pop up will come up to take the credit card.
Great concept - like a digital pop-up shop. I'd imagine that this would be especially useful for folks who are just getting their feet wet with e-commerce, who might not yet be familiar with how Stripe works, and could use a little extra hand-holding in the FAQ or elsewhere. If I'm selling a physical object, I need to collect customers' shipping addresses in addition to payment. Does Stripe handle that for me, or will I have to do it manually via email? Etc.
@eliservescent The buyer will see a comment box to enter the mailing address or any other order details. It was designed this way to simplify things for this product's iteration.
Thanks for checking us out!
@costayolo@deambulando Thanks for the feedback!
Gumroad, Leanpub, and other platforms that help sellers sell stuff -- whether digital or physical -- are all essentially distribution channels. In the end, it's all about selling stuff and so there will inevitably be a lot of overlap amongst platforms.
For sellers in their early stages, they may start out by using something like craigslist or eBay. As their business grows, they may migrate to Gumroad or Shopify.
Sell One Thing is 2 days old, but I'm seeing some early traffic and usage pattern that people are using the tool at a stage where they typically might have used eBay or a landing page, etc. This is especially useful if one just wants to test out the market without having to formally setup an online store that's typical in a lot of SAASes.
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Simon, I love the simplicity and speed, ideal for a quick test by non tech founders validating sales assumptions. Just tried it via the link on product hunt and got this error right at the end "broke our server" after entering my email - gave me options of - login, signup or create another listing. do fix as i would like to try it out on on behalf of some of my incubator startups, thx!
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Hey Buddy, I'm trying to create a product but upon completing step 2, I get a "you broke the server" message.
@rutgerteunissen Thanks! Went through several iterations and settled on the current one as it required the least amount of clicks while being able to make sure orders get sent through to the seller.
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