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Really nice to see some innovation in this space. I have used a particular provider since 2006 and eventually ripped out 98.5% of their system to replace with
by patio11 13y ago
Really nice to see some innovation in this space. I have used a particular provider since 2006 and eventually ripped out 98.5% of their system to replace with my own, but am familiar with the offerings you're competing with. Most are godawful. They're largely bubblegummed-together, the reporting is atrocious, they're virtually unusable by the (surprisingly) non-technical people who have to work with them, they have UXes which actively discourage customers' customers from spending money (!), etc etc.
I would not be surprised if the market eventually pushed you into handling fulfillment, by the way. For many of the early adopters in this space that's as simple as "proxy a download link and send two emails" but it's a really important part of the puzzle for them.
- singer 13y agoSnappy Checkout does have an API (just some basic calls right now) & webhooks that can help with digital fulfillment. For my own business, a webhook notifies me of a new sale and I use the Snappy Checkout API to verify that the sale is legit -- which basically allows me to verify that the paid price matches the expected product price. If you meant non digital fulfillment, I don't know much about that. I'm interested in improving Snappy Checkout to help in that area if at all possible.
- nhebb 13y agoIf you're going to start adding features, you might want to add a feature request page to help prioritize them. I sell desktop software and the most requested features in that space would probably be license key fulfillment, discount codes, product bundling, and interfacing with CD fulfillment services.
- singer 13y agoLicense key fulfillment can be done now using the Snappy Checkout API & webhooks. This process is undocumented right now... but, I'm working on it. In the meantime, I can help anyone get it going via email.
- the_watcher 13y agoRecurring payments is just a huge pain. Stripe built the easiest solution, but it still wasn't perfect (although knowing those guys, it will continue to improve). Totally second patio11's excitement over innovation in the space.
- cpher 13y agoFunny to see patio11's comment percolate up, after watching this thread today. Wondered why it took so long. Just waiting for the "OMG...security hole found in snappy checkout" comments to take over. :) BTW, OP this looks awesome and I'm hoping to try it out soon. didn't mean to snark.