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by svmegatron 13y ago
Totally understandable - pricing is not 100% certain yet, so I'm not really featuring it. I'll make a note to add it more prominently once I make up my mind a bit better!
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by svmegatron 13y ago
My bet is that you don't have to worry about it, because only a VERY small percentage of your customers will actually pay using bitcoin. If all your customers paid in BTC, it's very true that you might take on an unacceptable le
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Shopify rules. It seems like every week, they roll out another cool new feature. Shopify Payments and POS got a lot of attention here, but another excellent recent feature is gift cards! Gift cards are SO nice to be able to sell during the
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by svmegatron 13y ago
I did not know that, thanks! It's hard to imagine SnapChat in such rarefied company as the ones you mention, but I guess that's the point - there was a similar time in all of those companies' pasts, hard though it may be to r
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by svmegatron 13y ago
I actually wonder how many of them might have taken this offer (or its equivalent), if it was on the table.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
I disagree re: lack of purchasing intent. Pinterest is, in many ways, a personally curated gallery of things people want. If I were to sort social media properties by purchasing intent, I'd put pinterest near the top - certainly far ab
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by svmegatron 13y ago
As others have noted, this isn't efficient at all. They've incentivized some of the highest-paid (ie. most expensive ) employees in all of business to waste their most valuable resource - time - in pursuit of a token savings. The
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Everyone who submits a "Show HN" should commit this to memory. This is a great place; thanks for the reminder.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
This advice describes a terribly one-sided situation: Although two weeks notice is standard, give more notice if you're willing to. Give four or even six weeks. The only caveat here is that if the CEO reacts poorly when
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Hey - thanks! I did a bunch of these, and it was a great way to get started with http://www.merchantprotector.net I liked sideprojectors.com quite a lot too, thank you!
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Tip #3 is especially helpful in my experience. These things don't come naturally to us introverts.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Ha! OK, I promise.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
If you like singing, your commute is an awesome time to practice. Make a mix of some challenging/fun sing-along songs and just go for it. And like so many things, if you sing for an hour a day (30 minutes each way!) you will get a LO
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Where do you hang out online that you get the impression no one is saying it's yucky?
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Thanks for the feedback! Those are great ideas, I will test them out!
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Do you have this kind of ruleset codified or automated in any way? It looks like a great example of knowing your own market.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
A US company selling internationally will have to be very careful, especially at first, applying any "fraud best practices." One of the (apparent) advantage to the OP's service is that there is a built-in learning component,
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by svmegatron 13y ago
The patterns that emerge for fraudulent orders are amazing. And, as the article notes, often specific to a particular merchant. Fraudulent orders often come in waves lasting up to several months, and pattern recognition can be particularly
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Thank you very much! I bought the theme for seven dollars on themeforest - highly recommended for anyone that isn't great at / doesn't love designing!
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Agreed, giving a discount or other reward for recovering an abandoned cart is a VERY dangerous road to go down IMO.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
I've been working on an app that addresses this problem - it's not ready for prime time yet but I'd love any feedback or suggestions. The so-alpha-I-don't-have-a-domain-name version is here: http://merchantpro
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Or they will all start making more money.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Kickstarter for millionaires, but you don't have to be a millionaire. I think that's what kickstarter already is.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Can I suggest that you pitch this service not to tech companies, but to recruiters? I think that's where the biggest disconnect lies - between tech recruiters and tech candidates. You've got an excellent value proposition for recr
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by svmegatron 13y ago
I've sung the praises of Shopify on multiple occasions, here and in real life and to various clients. Their products and services just continue to get better and better, across the board. Excellent work, Shopify!
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by svmegatron 13y ago
I sometimes feel like a salesman for Unbounce (I actually don't have any business relationship with them): http://www.unbounce.com Very cool landing page / lead capture app they have going. AB testing baked right in.
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by svmegatron 13y ago
If I were in this position, I'd try to work something out with one or more of the 15 staff. Those are the people most likely to be able to derive ongoing benefit from the business. Consulting businesses are notoriously hard to sell, t
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Have you contacted Unbounce? From their jobs site at http://careers.unbounce.com/ it appears they are looking for your skills. And they are in Vancouver
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Really nice walkthrough! But, it's a little copy heavy. And you have to scroll a lot, there's too much info below the fold. Let's use a carousel. I kid, I kid! Really, excellent walkthrough, the step by step screenshots were
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by svmegatron 13y ago
Shopify is integrated by default with Amazon, Shipwire, and Webgistix. I know from experience that it can be fairly easily integrated with other 3rd party logistics providers. On a related note, I heartily recommend Shopify as an e-commerc

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