Crowdtilt API
Web and SaaS
crowdfunding api
SHOW HN2012
90points
20comments
#251of 1,677 in 2012
Top 15%of 2012 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
11 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 16 comments about the project. Thread score +0.56.
Idea: 8 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Enables multiple payment processors and collaboration features
From 2 comments
This is one of those things that you take a look at and you say "oh thats nice", then you take a second look and yoou're like "Holy shit, that's life changing" Crowd tilt…
zbruhnke on HNAmong other things: One, wepay isn't international. Two, you have to send users off your site to use it. Three, you can't plug in your own credit card processing if you use wepay…
jjb123 on HN
Opens possibilities for niche crowdfunding platforms
From 2 comments
This is crazy. Very smart and perceptive move, and it puts the power of crowdfunding directly into the hands of the masses. I wonder if this will spin out ton of niche-specific…
irollboozers on HNwe'd love to see that too. as well as uber here in sf. like my co-founder said here (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4912389), we'd love to see people build all kinds of…
jjb123 on HN
Objections
Unclear how it differs from WePay's API
From 1 comment
How is it better than WePay? I've used WePay's API, which supports crowdfunding, and it seems to work fine.
ScottBurson on HN
Claim that WePay requires sending users off-site was disputed
From 2 comments
> Two, you have to send users off your site to use it Thats completely false.
StuieK on HNProject creators/campaign administrators must use wepsy to set up their merchant account. So, that is indeed not false (completely or otherwise).
jjb123 on HN
Requests
A live example of real usage
From 1 comment
This looks amazing. Once available, a live sample of someone using it for a specific purposes would be even more amazing / would help show just how awesome this is.
vlokshin on HN
Questions
How does it go beyond Selfstarter?
From 1 comment
Looks great, but I wonder how this goes beyond https://github.com/lockitron/selfstarter?
subpixel on HN
Alternatives named
WePay
From 1 comment
How is it better than WePay? I've used WePay's API, which supports crowdfunding, and it seems to work fine.
ScottBurson on HN
Selfstarter
From 1 comment
Looks great, but I wonder how this goes beyond https://github.com/lockitron/selfstarter?
subpixel on HN