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I am curious as to why no one has built a web/mobile app to make this easier for the sellers.

• wdewind 13y ago
  My read on this is that the software doesn't matter very much, it's the network. Everyone's on instagram, and so you may as well sell on it. My guess (correct me if I'm wrong) is that Kuwait is very cash based for this stuff, and so things like credit card processing don't matter. If that's the case a picture stream is a pretty good approximation of a store's 'inventory,' and the slight benefit of making this software fit the needs of the seller better would be far outweighed by the fact that they would lose the buyer network.
  • zalew 13y ago
    > Kuwait is very cash based for this stuff also, there is no personal income tax or vat, so they can legally post whatever at any time and any quantity and put 100% of cash straight into the pocket - no need to formalize those transactions, no IRS hunting your instagramic wealth.
    • tagabek 13y ago
      These are some very enlightening points. One of the things that I love most about software is how it might end up being used completely different than originally intended. When Kevin Systrom and his team started building Instagram, I bet that they didn't intend to provide a makeshift online marketplace for the people of Kuwait.
• theschnabler 13y ago
  I actually did. It's called fashion.gram (fashiongram.de) and it allows users to easily shop popular fashion content from IG.
• blueprint 13y ago
  We have!! It's called Bondsy and it's totally free. I posted about it here a few minutes ago but I got downvoted badly. No idea why.