Celery
Web and SaaS
e-commerce payments
SHOW HN2013
How HN took it
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
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful solution for pre-orders
From 2 comments
This is awesome! I've been waiting for a solution like this
dchaos628 on HNAwesome!
hemishare on HN
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 HNMaybe 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 HNThat 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 HNI 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 HNNot 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 HNThanks 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 HNNo, 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 HNI'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 HNNot 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
Sounds like https://www.shopstarter.org
bossx on HN