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Nice site and great ideas. Although I disagree with 2.5% per transaction + plus paypal fees. There are plenty of embeddable, widgetized, turnkey ecommerce offe
by gesman 14y ago
Nice site and great ideas.
Although I disagree with 2.5% per transaction + plus paypal fees.
There are plenty of embeddable, widgetized, turnkey ecommerce offerings that are not trying to undercut every sale merchant is making.
Why would i want to give up extra 2.5% on top of payment processor's fees?
- astrodust 14y agoConvenience. If Shoplocket is costing you hundreds of dollars a month in fees, you could pay to have your own widget built. If it's only tens of dollars, why fret?
- gesman 14y agoWell, web tools to build online stores today are dime a dozen, and few good ones are actually free or priced flat (not as a percentage of business). Percentage of sales works well when demand for tools exceeds supply.
- astrodust 14y agoIf your time is free, this is true. Otherwise this will cost you a non-zero amount of time and money. It's the classic buy vs. build decision. Many companies do obvious things and charge money for it, yet succeed because they do a better job than you could do yourself for the same price.
- gesman 14y ago100% agree. PS: 2.5% off every hard earned sale? Ouchhh....