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Ribbon Raises $1.6M, Launches New Way To Take Payments In The Facebook News Feed

18 points by kloncks 14y ago

ssazesh 14y ago
This looks awesome!
czzarr 14y ago
does facebook really allow this?
- kloncks 14y ago
  Make a Ribbon product. Copy/paste the url in your newsfeed and watch our magic! Tell us what you think.
  - czzarr 14y ago
    i mean i'm sold on the concept, just weirded out that it's allowed by facebook.
  - PabloOsinaga 14y ago
    doesnt work in-stream for me (in facebook). link opens a new window which redirects to a facebook app where the canvas is the 'main' ribbot page (not my product).
    - kloncks 14y ago
      Email me please, hany@ribbon.co
  - sidupadhyay 14y ago
    Hany, well done! This is one of the best hacks of feed gaming[1] I have seen. Keep it up! 1. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/feed-gaming/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/feed-gaming/
  - buttrhead 14y ago
    Please define 'magic'. Are you referring to that poorly designed, sloppily implemented, stamp-sized flash checkout that violates most checkout usability best practices? Scratch head.
aviswanathan 14y ago
Isn't this similar to Gumroad?
- kloncks 14y ago
  Ribbon, unlike any of our competitors, focuses on selling across multiple platforms. The transactions occur in-stream. Make a Ribbon product, get the link, copy/paste into your Facebook, and you'll see what I'm saying.
  - aviswanathan 14y ago
    Ok got it, sounds pretty cool
razfar 14y ago
I played around with Ribbon (and your API) over the weekend at MHacks and am really impressed. Definitely a more personal way to sell things online.
flashisdead 14y ago
Flash went out of style 15 years ago. They are forgetting a big piece of the equation, a fan noticing the playhead and equating it to purchasing a product in the newsfeed. The video playhead is microscopic on FB's mobile app, too. Stop building for today, and build for tomorrow.
asucks 14y ago
So I have to pay 2% more than similar "simple" credit card processors and I don't get the funds until the end of the month? Cash flow is super important to any business, particularly small ones. That extra 2% adds up to thousands of dollars if you start seeing any significant sales. No thanks.

18 points by kloncks 14y ago

ssazesh 14y ago

This looks awesome!

czzarr 14y ago

does facebook really allow this?

kloncks 14y ago
Make a Ribbon product. Copy/paste the url in your newsfeed and watch our magic! Tell us what you think.
- czzarr 14y ago
  i mean i'm sold on the concept, just weirded out that it's allowed by facebook.
- PabloOsinaga 14y ago
  doesnt work in-stream for me (in facebook). link opens a new window which redirects to a facebook app where the canvas is the 'main' ribbot page (not my product).
  - kloncks 14y ago
    Email me please, hany@ribbon.co
- sidupadhyay 14y ago
  Hany, well done! This is one of the best hacks of feed gaming[1] I have seen. Keep it up! 1. https://developers.facebook.com/docs/feed-gaming/ https://developers.facebook.com/docs/feed-gaming/
- buttrhead 14y ago
  Please define 'magic'. Are you referring to that poorly designed, sloppily implemented, stamp-sized flash checkout that violates most checkout usability best practices? Scratch head.

aviswanathan 14y ago

Isn't this similar to Gumroad?

kloncks 14y ago
Ribbon, unlike any of our competitors, focuses on selling across multiple platforms. The transactions occur in-stream. Make a Ribbon product, get the link, copy/paste into your Facebook, and you'll see what I'm saying.
- aviswanathan 14y ago
  Ok got it, sounds pretty cool

razfar 14y ago

I played around with Ribbon (and your API) over the weekend at MHacks and am really impressed. Definitely a more personal way to sell things online.

flashisdead 14y ago

Flash went out of style 15 years ago. They are forgetting a big piece of the equation, a fan noticing the playhead and equating it to purchasing a product in the newsfeed. The video playhead is microscopic on FB's mobile app, too. Stop building for today, and build for tomorrow.

asucks 14y ago

So I have to pay 2% more than similar "simple" credit card processors and I don't get the funds until the end of the month? Cash flow is super important to any business, particularly small ones. That extra 2% adds up to thousands of dollars if you start seeing any significant sales. No thanks.