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How can such an app compete against Stripe’s very own Terminal? Don’t this guy’s customers know that an official option exists? https://stripe.com/terminal htt
by alibaba_x 7y ago
How can such an app compete against Stripe’s very own Terminal? Don’t this guy’s customers know that an official option exists?
https://stripe.com/terminal https://stripe.com/terminal
- kohanz 7y agoAt first glance, Terminal looks like it still needs some level of integration and development work. It's not a ready-to-go, install-the-app-and-process-payments solution.
- xyzzy_plugh 7y agoTerminal is really for people like this guy. For folks who want to sell/distribute integrated POS systems e.g. Shopify.
- rscherf 7y agoThat’s exactly right. Terminal solved a problem for me (I used to integrate Mattel card readers to a serious amount of pain). I worked with Stripe to help identify good ones, and they built easy to use APIs to integrate. This is exactly what they hoped for.
- GhostVII 7y agoI think terminal is largely targeted at bigger businesses, where as this product is more like Square, targeted at small independent businesses and shops.
- giarc 7y agoThat's just one more thing to carry. If you have the option of just using your phone, what are you going to pick?
- muzani 7y agoHonestly, it sounds like the OP is doing a great job at sales, and he's just making money as an underpaid affiliate.
- giarc 7y agoThe key is that he's not even an affiliate. His cut is coming from his customer, not from Stripe (he charges 1% on top of what Stripe charges the user). Therefore Stripe doesn't have a financial reason to build this app, they already collect the same fees from these users.