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It's a creative way to get their attention, no question about that. The business idea is in a highly competitive space, with some businesses that have been aro

by troymc 15y ago

It's a creative way to get their attention, no question about that. The business idea is in a highly competitive space, with some businesses that have been around for over a decade. (pg co-founded one of them in 1995.) That said, it might be workable if they specialize in making e-commerce sites for a specific under-served niche with specialized needs? I see a new trend in naming web services: chipmunk --> hipmunk checkout --> kout

kloncks 15y ago
An even nerdier bonus of the name, our one-page checkout urls: https://chec.kout.me/DHjPci https://chec.kout.me/DHjPci
- mikeleeorg 15y ago
  Ah, that's cool! I kept mixing your name up with Klout for some reason, but this full checkout URL is awesome.
- jcampbell1 15y ago
  That page has some bugs/usability issues: - Labels below the input are going to be a mess. I made the same mistake because I copied wufoo, but moving them to the top cut the time to fill out the form, and the number of errors significantly. Just trust me on this one. - County/State/Province should be State/Province. (County and country look the same, and only the UK uses county in shopping carts, but it is unnecessary.) - I am getting a mixed content warning: I see a <img src="/">, which loads https://chec.kout.me/ https://chec.kout.me/ which redirects to http://kout.me/ http://kout.me/ which causes the mixed content warning". You need to fix the code so when there is no flag, it loads something like "blank.gif" through https. - The credit card expiry year is way too long. I think the official limit is 4 years, but double check that. - the security code question mark doesn't seem to do anything and you should be aware that the code is on the front of Amex cards, though pretty much everyone knows by now. Hope that is useful.
ericingram 15y ago
"it might be workable if they specialize in making e-commerce sites for a specific under-served niche with specialized needs?" It's silly to assume that it's competitive therefore they have to carve a totally unique niche to win. There is always room for innovators and competitors if they can execute a good product. New e-commerce platforms appear all the time and build profitable businesses.
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by troymc 15y ago

kloncks 15y ago

An even nerdier bonus of the name, our one-page checkout urls: https://chec.kout.me/DHjPci https://chec.kout.me/DHjPci

mikeleeorg 15y ago
Ah, that's cool! I kept mixing your name up with Klout for some reason, but this full checkout URL is awesome.
jcampbell1 15y ago
That page has some bugs/usability issues: - Labels below the input are going to be a mess. I made the same mistake because I copied wufoo, but moving them to the top cut the time to fill out the form, and the number of errors significantly. Just trust me on this one. - County/State/Province should be State/Province. (County and country look the same, and only the UK uses county in shopping carts, but it is unnecessary.) - I am getting a mixed content warning: I see a <img src="/">, which loads https://chec.kout.me/ https://chec.kout.me/ which redirects to http://kout.me/ http://kout.me/ which causes the mixed content warning". You need to fix the code so when there is no flag, it loads something like "blank.gif" through https. - The credit card expiry year is way too long. I think the official limit is 4 years, but double check that. - the security code question mark doesn't seem to do anything and you should be aware that the code is on the front of Amex cards, though pretty much everyone knows by now. Hope that is useful.

ericingram 15y ago

"it might be workable if they specialize in making e-commerce sites for a specific under-served niche with specialized needs?" It's silly to assume that it's competitive therefore they have to carve a totally unique niche to win. There is always room for innovators and competitors if they can execute a good product. New e-commerce platforms appear all the time and build profitable businesses.

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