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Show HN: Middle- setup to sell your product in 60 sec

4 points by middle1 9y ago

middle1 9y ago
Hi guys, I wanted to deliver something very simple and useful for e-commerce. Middle is for lead capturing or if you want to sell at the same time you had idea about selling your staff. We wanted to create sign up boarding as simple as possible. By default, we connect your shop with Stripe (card processing) and PayPal. You can accept card payments and PayPal payments instantly after signing up.
csmattryder 9y ago
You don't show me what I'm signing up for, but expect me to sign up anyway. I'm not giving the man on the street my personal info, certainly not a fly-by-night SaaS. I think you should consider why I'd sign up with you and not Shopify, who do provide example storefronts. [1] And your social profile appears empty, you're neglecting a free traffic source, are you going to engage in customer-centric discussions? #FridayFeeling is one of the very SME-oriented hashtags (in the UK, anyway), maybe you can start with that. Oh, and "Middle is like a Medium for blogging, but just for e-commerce.". Rethink that, please. Half the world isn't in the millenial blogosphere, and your elevator pitch should be impossibly clear. (What the hell's a "Medium"? Why are they talking about blogging? So this is a WordPress?) It could be a good idea, if you think like a user. That's my two pence. [1]https://www.shopify.co.uk/examples https://www.shopify.co.uk/examples
- middle1 9y ago
  Thanks for your feedback! Oh, and you are right!! I need to update about us section + to include examples
matt_the_bass 9y ago
On mobile there was no indication of what your product is. Why would i chose this over Shopify or Etsy or EBay? What is the cost? What is the value proposition?
- middle1 9y ago
  Thanks for questions and feedback! Free trial 14 days and then $19/mo (this info is in the header, but I agree not perfectly visible). Our goal is to offer a super simple storefront for selling tickets for a small event or having few products or just one product. At Middle we connect everything at sign up level, so after you sign up, you are all ready to sell without needing to look for additional info.
  - matt_the_bass 9y ago
    How is that different than the other companies which have been mentioned? Is there a problem/bottleneck that you’ve solved that you can give as an example?
    - middle1 9y ago
      The main difference vs other store creation services is that we build Middle for one, two or few products to sell. Example shop: https://simpleshop.middle.io/ https://simpleshop.middle.io/ We focus mostly on short-term sellers.
aaronlumsden 9y ago
I agree. It should show more info on the homepage as to what I'm signing up for along with some demos. I also feel that the price is a bit steep. It's not far off Shopify's pricing which has a lot more features. It also feels very similar to https://gumroad.com/ https://gumroad.com/ which is far more established, has many more features and is less expensive.
- middle1 9y ago
  Thanks, great feedback! This is exactly we are going to do for next release. Currently, we are not looking or copying any established service as our vision is slightly different- we want to focus on entry-level customers.

4 points by middle1 9y ago

Hi guys, I wanted to deliver something very simple and useful for e-commerce. Middle is for lead capturing or if you want to sell at the same time you had idea about selling your staff. We wanted to create sign up boarding as simple as possible. By default, we connect your shop with Stripe (card processing) and PayPal. You can accept card payments and PayPal payments instantly after signing up.

csmattryder 9y ago

You don't show me what I'm signing up for, but expect me to sign up anyway. I'm not giving the man on the street my personal info, certainly not a fly-by-night SaaS. I think you should consider why I'd sign up with you and not Shopify, who do provide example storefronts. [1] And your social profile appears empty, you're neglecting a free traffic source, are you going to engage in customer-centric discussions? #FridayFeeling is one of the very SME-oriented hashtags (in the UK, anyway), maybe you can start with that. Oh, and "Middle is like a Medium for blogging, but just for e-commerce.". Rethink that, please. Half the world isn't in the millenial blogosphere, and your elevator pitch should be impossibly clear. (What the hell's a "Medium"? Why are they talking about blogging? So this is a WordPress?) It could be a good idea, if you think like a user. That's my two pence. [1]https://www.shopify.co.uk/examples https://www.shopify.co.uk/examples

middle1 9y ago
Thanks for your feedback! Oh, and you are right!! I need to update about us section + to include examples

matt_the_bass 9y ago

On mobile there was no indication of what your product is. Why would i chose this over Shopify or Etsy or EBay? What is the cost? What is the value proposition?

middle1 9y ago
Thanks for questions and feedback! Free trial 14 days and then $19/mo (this info is in the header, but I agree not perfectly visible). Our goal is to offer a super simple storefront for selling tickets for a small event or having few products or just one product. At Middle we connect everything at sign up level, so after you sign up, you are all ready to sell without needing to look for additional info.
- matt_the_bass 9y ago
  How is that different than the other companies which have been mentioned? Is there a problem/bottleneck that you’ve solved that you can give as an example?
  - middle1 9y ago
    The main difference vs other store creation services is that we build Middle for one, two or few products to sell. Example shop: https://simpleshop.middle.io/ https://simpleshop.middle.io/ We focus mostly on short-term sellers.

aaronlumsden 9y ago

I agree. It should show more info on the homepage as to what I'm signing up for along with some demos. I also feel that the price is a bit steep. It's not far off Shopify's pricing which has a lot more features. It also feels very similar to https://gumroad.com/ https://gumroad.com/ which is far more established, has many more features and is less expensive.

middle1 9y ago
Thanks, great feedback! This is exactly we are going to do for next release. Currently, we are not looking or copying any established service as our vision is slightly different- we want to focus on entry-level customers.