katherinehague

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by katherinehague 14y ago
Katherine, co-founder of ShopLocket here. Generally PayPal buttons aren't great when you start having more advanced product options (variants, taxes, shipping etc). And creating a beautiful storefront full of products from PayPal buttons is
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Thanks for the support! Getting wider distribution for sellers products is definitely one of our top priorities right now. We've never been out to build a marketplace, but keep your eye out for some exciting things coming down the line :) A
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ShopLocket Now Lets Merchants Bundle Physical And Digital Goods(techcrunch.com)
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The Case for Lean Commerce(katherinehague.com)
3 points by katherinehague 14y ago|1 comments
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Appreciate the feedback. The truth is that pitches, advisors, fundraising etc has been a very very large part of what we've done to bring the product to market. This timeline really does highlight the memorable moments on our journey so far
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Thanks! It was a lot of fun to put together :)
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Curious what happens behind the scenes at a startup? Follow ShopLocket Timeline.(timeline.shoplocket.com)
22 points by katherinehague 14y ago|9 comments
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ShopLocket Raises $1M to Lead the Emerging Simple Selling Market(betakit.com)
29 points by katherinehague 14y ago|11 comments
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by katherinehague 14y ago
If any one has tried out the actually connect with Stripe flow we'd love your feedback on the process!! Think connect with facebook, for merchant accounts. This is Katherine from Shoplocket, btw :)
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by katherinehague 14y ago
This is Katherine, Co-Founder of ShopLocket. Definitely understand where you are coming from in terms of fees. We've thought a lot about this. What we ended up doing for the pricing model is very much taking a cue from other services like E
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Thanks for your support! Today Stripe really only supports US bank accounts. But they are working really hard to make it available outside the US. You can submit your information to Stripe and they are trying to keep people updated. We had
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Thanks! We really appreciate the feedback. You're not the first to suggest there might be room to charge more. The most important thing for us is that we always have a risk free option. We want it to be really easy for someone to get starte
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Its a lot easier to get started with ShopLocket than with something like Etsy and the ability to select a style and embed it on your own site is a big plus. We plan to add custom CSS to widgets in the coming months, which should make widget
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by katherinehague 14y ago
Cool! Shoot me an email katherine [at] shoplocket.com :)
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by katherinehague 14y ago
This is Katherine - Co-Founder of ShopLocket. Basically you go in and create a product (name, price description, photos) and connect any PayPal email address and you're ready to publish. We give you a link to where your product is hosted an
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The biggest innovation in walls since Facebook: Well.ca’s Virtual Store(blog.shoplocket.com)
1 points by katherinehague 14y ago|1 comments
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by katherinehague 14y ago
By decentralized I'm referring not to marketplaces, but the idea that products can be shared and put up for sale anywhere. Its about not always needing to go to a central url, whether that be a marketplace (ebay) or a storefront. Its the id
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The next wave of ecommerce is decentralized(blog.shoplocket.com)
5 points by katherinehague 14y ago|3 comments
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The only piece of startup advice that matters(katherinehague.com)
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Awesome! We're built in rails.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
We've only been live for a week, so we're trying to manage the number of people we let in. We appreciate you requesting an invite and will certainly get one out to you shortly! Sorry if this is not what you were expecting.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
You can get a US EIN as an international business, just go to the site Stripe points you to and there are instructions for non-US businesses. As for the SSN, we were able to talk to the guys at stripe and get our account active without this
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Definitely think we'll be looking at applying again, it would be a phenomenal experience. Hope things are going well for you guys!
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by katherinehague 15y ago
We've had others point us to Kout as well. There are certainly similarities between what we're doing and what products like Kout and Gumroad are doing. We really focus on the embedded product design, so that it is almost a mini storefront.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Hard for me to say without being in their heads exactly what other problems they might have seen. Can only really comment on the feedback we were given.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Thanks! There are indeed many similarities to the problems we're tackling and those Gumroad is tackling. I have a lot of respect for what they have built.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
We actually use Stripe for our own invoicing right now. We may be based in Toronto, but we're with Silicon Valley Bank. I'm in SF right now and was just visiting the Stripe office this morning. Interesting things to come, I promise :)
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Thanks! Things are moving pretty quickly but I think we're likely going to apply again. YC is just such a great opportunity, its worth a shot.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Thank you so much for the awesome feedback! Can't wait for you to try us out. I'll admit we had a bit of fun picking the products for the wallpaper, adding in some more practical/digital goods is a good suggestion.
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by katherinehague 15y ago
Great feedback. We'll definitely look at posting one ASAP! :)

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