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Tell HN: You should start a startup to compete with Shopify
It's the perfect future Y Combinator startup. The business model is exactly the same as Yahoo Stores, so it's well proven to the YC partners.
It is a somewhat hard problem, so you'll need a team with great hackers and almost definitely a designer.
While Shopify has built a best in breed product, it certainly hasn't dominated the marketplace. E-commerce is a slow moving marketplace, you'll have plenty of time to outsell Shopify. You could even undercut them on price for a while.
Shopify only just raised their Series A round so you aren't even that far behind. http://www.shopify.com/press/articles/7-million-series-a-funding/
- petervandijck 16y agook then. Anyone have an existing list of competitors? I remember seeing some being promoted here?
- pclark 16y agothats my xmas weekend sorted.
- cd34 16y agoThere are three important aspects they appear to have missed. So when are you putting the team together?
- rms 16y agoNot anytime soon, sounds like too much hard work for my current lifestyle. It's a free idea for others.