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How Shogun (YC W18) Got to 1000 Positive Reviews in the Shopify App Store(getshogun.com)
22 points by Finbarr 8y ago|6 comments
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by Finbarr 8y ago
I relate very keenly to this and found this resource really helpful: https://www.intrusivethoughts.org/ocd-symptoms/pure-ocd/ The main thing that has helped me has been meditation. I’ve also found labelling of tho
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by Finbarr 8y ago
Shogun (YC W18) | Support Engineer | REMOTE | Full time | up to £40k Shogun is looking for a Support Engineer to join our team. We’re a Y Combinator backed startup based in Silicon Valley, with a globally distributed team of 14. Shogun is a
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by Finbarr 8y ago
Thanks Ramon! It's in great hands :-)
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Really happy to see this running again. The design looks to have been hugely improved. Great job YC software team!
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Ideas are pretty worthless. Execution is everything. It takes years of follow through to realize the value of good ideas.
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by Finbarr 8y ago
What name was it under? When did you send it? Feel free to send me a bump to finbarr at getshogun dot com.
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Shogun (YC W18) | Full Stack Engineer | REMOTE | https://getshogun.com | $80-$140k + 0.25-1% Shogun is a storefront builder for eCommerce stores. We have one of the most popular apps on Shopify ( https://apps.shopify.c
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by Finbarr 8y ago
Shogun (YC W18) | Full Stack Engineer | REMOTE | https://getshogun.com | $80-$140k + 0.25-1% Shogun is a storefront builder for eCommerce stores. We have one of the most popular apps on Shopify ( https://apps.shopify.c
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by Finbarr 8y ago
Shogun (YC W18) | Senior Full Stack Engineer | REMOTE | https://getshogun.com | $120-$180k + 0.25-1% Shogun is a storefront builder for eCommerce stores. We have one of the most popular apps on Shopify ( https://apps.s
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by Finbarr 9y ago
It looks to me like they're designed to help the accused, not the criminal. Here's a great infographic about the problem: http://www.pretrial.org/the-problem/
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Webflow is an awesome product and well aimed at designers and developers. We're trying to provide something a little easier for marketers and other non technical folks to use, while maintaining power on the backend that developers love
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by Finbarr 9y ago
The same benefits that any other startup gets from YC (in my opinion): - Prescriptive, expert advice and course correction at pivotal moments. - A forcing function around fundraising (Demo Day). - Access to opportunities in the wider commun
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Most of our elements are pure HTML and the pages are served up natively by the eCommerce platforms, so there’s no hit to performance.
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by Finbarr 9y ago
I agree and we're working on fixing that. The prices are listed on each platform page, and we list them publicly on our app store pages. Most people find us through our respective app store pages, not our website.
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Rails and React.
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Awesome - thanks for letting me know! Will check it out.
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Ah thanks for letting us know. I don't think that menu actually does anything. We're in the process of completely overhauling our site with a way nicer design.
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by Finbarr 9y ago
We've found that most theme based drag/drop builders are quite limited, and railroad you into the design of the theme. Also it's not possible for a lot of well established stores to go out and pick up a new theme, as they hav
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by Finbarr 9y ago
We'd love to integrate with WooCommerce. Unfortunately their app store is currently closed to new submissions, and has been for some time. As soon as that changes we'll explore an integration there.
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by Finbarr 9y ago
You raise a fair point and I can't say with any certainty why YC picked us over any other ideas. One advantage we have over Themeforest is that our customers are willing to pay on a monthly subscription basis, whereas TF is a 1 time fe
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by Finbarr 9y ago
This has actually been one of the harder parts of integrating. We mirror all of the products in your store in our db so that you can use them in Shogun pages. We have a Data Collection for your Shopify Products that you can use in Custom El
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Honestly we just provide really great support, and ask people for reviews when we solve their problems.
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We provide a bunch of standard elements out of the box, including some product related elements. It sounds like you would need something custom, and we have a feature that lets you create custom reusable drag/drop elements: https:&#x2
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by Finbarr 9y ago
There are a lot of page builders out there. It's very hard to build a good one. Best of luck with your project!
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by Finbarr 9y ago
It's definitely too low, and we're tweaking it. Patrick McKenzie (patio11) had some great things to say on this topic recently[1]. We have no plans to build our own platform. Right now Shogun helps people to build pages, but not m
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by Finbarr 9y ago
We used to be! They announced their sections feature at Shopify Unite a couple of years ago and we were really worried about the impact it would have. It hasn't had any impact at all. Also, we have a good amount of lock-in with our exi
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Launch HN: Shogun (YC W18) – Storefront Builder for ECommerce Sites
69 points by Finbarr 9y ago|45 comments
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Our team is entirely remote (mostly contractors currently). Here are the things I look for: 1) Productivity. Is this person working and getting things done? Can I rely on them and trust them? 2) Quality. Is the work being done to a satisfac
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by Finbarr 9y ago
Also whether no cc/cc required has any bearing on churn patterns.

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