Sell.app
Web and SaaS
digital goods storefront
SHOW HN2021
136points
107comments
#376of 2,533 in 2021
Top 15%of 2021 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
4 positive, 27 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 17 critical, out of 48 comments about the project. Thread score -0.27.
Pricing: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 1 for, 4 againstDesign: 1 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 3 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, minimal interface
From 2 comments
> 1. Simplicity; Unlike competitors whose interfaces overwhelm first-time seller of digital products, we decided to keep our interface as minimal/simple as possible. Is that…
laurent123456 on HNNice work! I’m also in the process of working on a checkout app + API, but focused more on the payment processing side of things and targeting the North African market. I’m still…
Cyph0n on HN
Objections
Instant payouts raise chargeback and refund risk
From 1 comment
How do you square "2. Payments; where other storefronts tend to custody funds and pay sellers out after 7-14 days, we enable sellers to receive earnings instantly." with…
bberenberg on HN
Fees and pricing are unclear
From 2 comments
The pricing page mentioning “platform fees” without specifying what they are doesn’t seem like the best thing. If you charge, or plan to charge, other fees, maybe also mention…
samrolken on HN> It's completely free to start selling on SellApp, with no fees being taken (though we'll introduce a 3% fee per sale in a couple months) How does this stack up against Stripe…
gnicholas on HN
Simplicity is not a strong differentiator versus competitors
From 1 comment
> 1. Simplicity; Unlike competitors whose interfaces overwhelm first-time seller of digital products, we decided to keep our interface as minimal/simple as possible. Is that…
laurent123456 on HN
Competitors like Sellfy and Selly already exist and are cheaper to use
From 1 comment
The payout times and fees you advertise for competitors charging are overly inflated by like double at least. Once you move away from Shopify or woocommerce there are plenty of…
IconianGate on HN
Requests
Add an example storefront link on the homepage
From 1 comment
Do you have an example storefront we could look at? I think that would be a great link from the homepage to help people understand what this thing is. On the biz front, it seems…
rgbrgb on HN
Compare fees against Stripe and other platforms
From 2 comments
> It's completely free to start selling on SellApp, with no fees being taken (though we'll introduce a 3% fee per sale in a couple months) How does this stack up against Stripe…
gnicholas on HN> 1. Simplicity; Unlike competitors whose interfaces overwhelm first-time seller of digital products, we decided to keep our interface as minimal/simple as possible. Is that…
laurent123456 on HN
Questions
How are chargebacks and refunds handled with instant payouts
From 1 comment
How do you square "2. Payments; where other storefronts tend to custody funds and pay sellers out after 7-14 days, we enable sellers to receive earnings instantly." with…
bberenberg on HN
What type of digital goods are allowed
From 2 comments
Hey, one question, what type of digital goods can I sell in your platform? is in-game digital currency acceptable? (WOW gold, etc...) do you act as a escrow for that type of…
masterof0 on HNCould I offer programming services on it? Or is this like if you had IP to sell (a file or group of files), you could sell it? It would be interesting to sell FPGA odds and ends…
analognoise on HN
Alternatives named
Gumroad
From 2 comments
Do you have an example storefront we could look at? I think that would be a great link from the homepage to help people understand what this thing is. On the biz front, it seems…
rgbrgb on HNGreat question! Gumroad seems to be focusing more and more on creators with a large following and is pivoting towards that segment of the market. This includes the decision to…
youseff on HN
Sellfy
From 1 comment
The payout times and fees you advertise for competitors charging are overly inflated by like double at least. Once you move away from Shopify or woocommerce there are plenty of…
IconianGate on HN
Selly
From 1 comment
The payout times and fees you advertise for competitors charging are overly inflated by like double at least. Once you move away from Shopify or woocommerce there are plenty of…
IconianGate on HN
Shopify
From 1 comment
We've launched just last week, so there aren't any sizeable businesses who've joined SellApp (yet). However, the few dozen sellers I did have a chance to talk to, primarily cite…
youseff on HN
SnipCart
From 1 comment
Do you have some example sites using this? I don't see any demos. How does this compare to SnipCart?
lloydatkinson on HN