Celery

Web and SaaS

e-commerce payments

SHOW HN2013

Celery

Finally, You Can Accept Pre-Orders after Kickstarter with Celery

trycelery.com

#pre-orders#e-commerce api#stripe checkout#kickstarter alternative

67points
47comments
#376of 1,739 in 2013
Top 22%of 2013 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

4 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 18 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.

Idea: 3 for, 10 againstDocs: 0 for, 7 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

Objections

  • Unclear that sellers must bring their own Stripe account

    From 1 comment
    • Whoa - you need to make it clear that I have to bring my own Stripe account. Nowhere is that mentioned on your page. So the 256-bit encryption you're touting on your homepage is…
      qeorge on HN
  • Name is unrelated to payments and similar to Celery task queue

    From 2 comments
    • The name "Celery" made me think of the task queue[1]. In both cases though it's a very random name. [1] http://www.celeryproject.org/
      beaumartinez on HN
    • Maybe I'm the odd man out, but I am so sick and tired of company names that are absolutely unrelated to their purpose. Celery? Seriously? If you're not a fresh vegetable delivery…
      generalpf on HN
  • Press claims appear unverifiable and misleading

    From 2 comments
    • For anyone curious, here is a sample/demo page after creation. https://www.trycelery.com/p/my-first-product It looks solid. I see that you mention that you have had quite a lot…
      chrisacky on HN
    • That is very misleading marketing speak, to the point of lying. You (or your copywriter) just killed Celery's credibility.
      bobwaycott on HN
  • Security and PCI compliance concerns about card storage

    From 2 comments
    • I'm missing something. Can you explain this to me as if I were five? I'm really gun shy with anything involving my customers CC data, and I suspect others are too. Some of my…
      qeorge on HN
    • I second qeorge's concerns about PCI compliance and credit card storage. Futhermore, credit card processors and banks do not want to be on the hook for what happens when the…
      mikhaill on HN
  • Charge-at-ship policy conflicts with deposit example

    From 1 comment
    • So this seems to go against what I read earlier where charges are only made when the item ships - but it seems the Boosted Board takes a $200 deposit instead of just saving your…
      elliottcarlson on HN

Requests

  • Support for non-US countries

    From 2 comments
    • Why US/Can only? I'd need something like this for Argentina.
      sbassi on HN
    • Not so much emphasis with Kickstarter please. A lot of people won't go the Kickstarter route (non-US residents being among them). Being able to take pre-orders is the magic…
      thoughtcriminal on HN
  • Clearer site copy and FAQ

    From 2 comments
    • The only place I see a grammar faux pas is in this sentence (emphasis mine): > Spend less time on tracking down lost orders and focus on building great products. It should be…
      itafroma on HN
    • Thanks for the questions. We're working to update the FAQ and site to make all of this more clear. My personal belief is that there's more to commerce than just payments (order…
      podingx on HN

Questions

  • Does it differ from using Stripe directly?

    From 2 comments
    • I'd like to know the following: can't you already do this with Stripe? They seem to use stripe as their backend, so how is this different than me doing this with stripe on my own…
      shurcooL on HN
    • No, you can create a customer token and that token will forever refer to the credit card details the user entered. The only way you could consider that they "expire" is if the…
      shuzchen on HN
  • Is it similar to shopstarter.org?

    From 2 comments
    • Sounds like https://www.shopstarter.org
      bossx on HN
    • I'm a bit confused but is this the same concept as shopstarter.org that was posted here a week or two ago?
      Ralz on HN

Alternatives named

  • Kickstarter

    From 2 comments
    • One of the main reasons I feel comfortable about using Kickstarter is the fact that I know my funds won't get released to the company/person unless enough people "fund" it. Once…
      smallegan on HN
    • Not so much emphasis with Kickstarter please. A lot of people won't go the Kickstarter route (non-US residents being among them). Being able to take pre-orders is the magic…
      thoughtcriminal on HN
  • Stripe

    From 1 comment
    • I'd like to know the following: can't you already do this with Stripe? They seem to use stripe as their backend, so how is this different than me doing this with stripe on my own…
      shurcooL on HN
  • Balanced Payments

    From 1 comment
    • I'm confused, have you looked @ balancedpayments.com? We offer this out of the box without you having to go through this and we're YC W2011.
      mahmoudimus on HN
  • shopstarter.org

    From 1 comment

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