listofthingsforsale.com
Web and SaaS
store builder
SHOW HN2011
389points
113comments
#7of 1,097 in 2011
Top 1%of 2011 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
34 positive, 35 neutral or asking, 5 mixed, 10 critical, out of 84 comments about the project. Thread score +0.35.
Design: 15 for, 3 againstIdea: 12 for, 3 againstExecution: 2 for, 4 againstPricing: 2 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Simple and intuitive to use
From 4 comments
This is fantastic. Nice and simple, and it does exactly what I want it to as a seller. Great job!!!!! Be careful about feature creep. The reason why Craiglist works is because it…
steve8918 on HNThat was the easiest and most intuitive app I've seen, well since ifttt.com, but a lot mor useful.
jsavimbi on HNThis is slick. My mom could figure this out in less than a minute. Amazing.
kin on HNWow! That is so simplistic and minimal; it just works like you would imagine! Great idea, great work and great result. I'd see this text field becoming more and more intelligent…
TechnoFou on HN
Good execution of minimalism
From 2 comments
I find this quite brilliant. I'm a fan of simplicity and minimalism, and this is a good example of implementing the bare-minimum and getting something useful out of it. I'm…
hackDaily on HNReally well executed. Simple, clean, elegant. This was a lot of fun to set up the first time! I know it's the mvp but I wanted quantity support on listings & adding to cart, and…
notpmocd on HN
Objections
Unclear target market versus eBay and Craigslist
From 2 comments
A plus for minimalism, but I don't see who this is for and why they would use it? What's your market? It's not ebay or craigslist. You'll never get enough buyers and sellers…
powertower on HNLove it. The "just email me" option is very appealing — no hassle. To some extent, though, you are going after the Craigslist market by focusing on one-time sales by individuals.…
stdbrouw on HN
Fraud and scam risk
From 1 comment
How are you going to deal with fraud? (And you will have fraud)
akavi on HN
Free-text entry leads to user mistakes
From 1 comment
Cute, I like it. One thought: although the text area is cool for us geeks, what value does it add for the typical user over a more structured data entry approach? I think the…
ishi on HN
Requests
Multiple currencies such as pounds and euros
From 3 comments
Love the concept of this app. I'm assuming it will eventually let me sell things in £'s or €'s?
grepular on HNawesome love the concept, but breaks if you use £ instead of $ :(
nicwest on HNWicked. Could your regex include £ as well as $? :]
antihero on HN
Quantity and inventory tracking
From 2 comments
How are you going to track stock levels?
brador on HNReally well executed. Simple, clean, elegant. This was a lot of fun to set up the first time! I know it's the mvp but I wanted quantity support on listings & adding to cart, and…
notpmocd on HN
Stripe and other payment providers
From 1 comment
It's a cool concept and you could go a lot of directions with it. My main feedback is that I don't know which step to take next. I see 6 links in the yellow bar ... be a little…
callmeed on HN
Native mobile app
From 1 comment
Brilliant. Needs a mobile app that lets me take a pic then post it as a listing. Then I'd spend an afternoon clicking pictures of everything in my attic.
snorkel on HN
Questions
How do buyers pay and how is money received
From 2 comments
Great stuff, only problem: I couldn't figure out how I GET money from customers
Murkin on HNIt is not clear if this is for individuals trying to rid of used things, for smallish retailers or for whoever else. Different types of sellers would expect and need different…
eps on HN
Monetization model
From 1 comment
This is beautiful. I signed up for the purpose of receiving updates from you - I have many friends who will adore this and cannot build their own sites. Do you have plans to do…
marquis on HN
Alternatives named
eBay
From 2 comments
wow - I really like this and would be interested in beta testing for a small store that I'm involved with. Online sales is something we've wanted to do, but never had a good…
bgraves on HNI use craigslist when I want to sell something, because that's where the buyers are, not because of its simplicity (or lack of futures). And ditto for ebay. If I were a serious…
necrodome on HN
Craigslist
From 2 comments
wow - I really like this and would be interested in beta testing for a small store that I'm involved with. Online sales is something we've wanted to do, but never had a good…
bgraves on HNI use craigslist when I want to sell something, because that's where the buyers are, not because of its simplicity (or lack of futures). And ditto for ebay. If I were a serious…
necrodome on HN
Etsy
From 2 comments
wow - I really like this and would be interested in beta testing for a small store that I'm involved with. Online sales is something we've wanted to do, but never had a good…
bgraves on HNTo me this seems to hit the same market as Etsy. People who spend their time creating things, selling one-off items, are just going online so that they can put it on a business…
tehaaron on HN
Shopify
From 1 comment
wow - I really like this and would be interested in beta testing for a small store that I'm involved with. Online sales is something we've wanted to do, but never had a good…
bgraves on HN
SimplyListed
From 1 comment
Don't want to steal any thunder from this amazing project but check out SimplyListed. They are a YC company doing exactly what you describe.
sthatipamala on HN