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I just launched a website for buying organic Mississippi sweet potatoes online: https://sweetclay.net https://sweetclay.net. I've made $910 in revenue in the f

I just launched a website for buying organic Mississippi sweet potatoes online: https://sweetclay.net https://sweetclay.net. I've made $910 in revenue in the first three weeks. Does that count?

brundolf 2y ago
Sounds lovely! Just fyi I tried clicking the link, and my work laptop flagged it as "malware". I'm not sure why, but thought I would let you know
- greenie_beans 2y ago
  thank you for the heads up!!! hmmm...
  - fm2606 2y ago
    I went to it on my Android phone and it worked fine.
    - brundolf 2y ago
      Yeah, mine was via a corporate policy. God knows how it decides such things, but it's not a message I've ever seen before, so there could be something wrong with the site that other security software might flag
      - olyjohn 2y ago
        I'm convinced that the corporate web filter does this to make itself look like it actually does something.
fm2606 2y ago
I think it does. How did you get your farmer network set up? Reminds me of https://www.vidaliaonions.com/ https://www.vidaliaonions.com/. The guy who started that bought the domain before he knew what he was going to do with it.
- greenie_beans 2y ago
  I copied him. His HN post from 2019 is what planted the seed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 I'm from Mississippi and know some small farmers but none of the big sweet potato producers. "Mississippi Sweet Potatoes" coming from the "Sweet Potato Capital of the World" has always been a strong branding in my head growing up, just being near the influence of that. It's not hard to get their wholesale but I wanted to have some orders before finding a partner.
  - fm2606 2y ago
    I have read of other people getting customers/orders before actually having the product in place. But my doomsday mind has a hard time shaking what happens if you can't follow through? Is it as simple as refunding the money? A simple, stupid question with probably a single answer but that is where my mind goes when I hear people doing things this way.

I just launched a website for buying organic Mississippi sweet potatoes online: https://sweetclay.net https://sweetclay.net. I've made $910 in revenue in the first three weeks. Does that count?

brundolf 2y ago

Sounds lovely! Just fyi I tried clicking the link, and my work laptop flagged it as "malware". I'm not sure why, but thought I would let you know

greenie_beans 2y ago
thank you for the heads up!!! hmmm...
- fm2606 2y ago
  I went to it on my Android phone and it worked fine.
  - brundolf 2y ago
    Yeah, mine was via a corporate policy. God knows how it decides such things, but it's not a message I've ever seen before, so there could be something wrong with the site that other security software might flag
    - olyjohn 2y ago
      I'm convinced that the corporate web filter does this to make itself look like it actually does something.

fm2606 2y ago

I think it does. How did you get your farmer network set up? Reminds me of https://www.vidaliaonions.com/ https://www.vidaliaonions.com/. The guy who started that bought the domain before he knew what he was going to do with it.

greenie_beans 2y ago
I copied him. His HN post from 2019 is what planted the seed: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19728132 I'm from Mississippi and know some small farmers but none of the big sweet potato producers. "Mississippi Sweet Potatoes" coming from the "Sweet Potato Capital of the World" has always been a strong branding in my head growing up, just being near the influence of that. It's not hard to get their wholesale but I wanted to have some orders before finding a partner.
- fm2606 2y ago
  I have read of other people getting customers/orders before actually having the product in place. But my doomsday mind has a hard time shaking what happens if you can't follow through? Is it as simple as refunding the money? A simple, stupid question with probably a single answer but that is where my mind goes when I hear people doing things this way.