Moltin
Web and SaaS
ecommerce backend api
SHOW HN2015
116points
49comments
#209of 2,565 in 2015
Top 9%of 2015 by points
How HN took it
CuriousMostly questions and neutral comments
3 positive, 34 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 5 critical, out of 43 comments about the project. Thread score -0.12.
Pricing: 0 for, 2 againstDesign: 1 for, 1 againstIdea: 0 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 0 againstDocs: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Good docs with PHP and curl examples
From 2 comments
The website has PHP and curl examples.
thasmin on HNAh, I see... so actually this is a big distinguishing factor that separates this from the other services I mentioned! Looking forward to playing around with this.
jordanlev on HN
Website design praised
From 1 comment
Charles from Snipcart here. Pricing is indeed always a delicate matter in the e-commerce world. You'll always have customers preferring a model over another. We believe the…
chuckouellet on HN
Objections
Pricing by API requests is hard to estimate
From 2 comments
The pricing confuses me a bit - as a user, I would have very little sense as to how many API requests or how much storage I would need for an eCommerce app. Why not price simply…
ngoel36 on HNFWIW (and for my situation, which is mostly smaller custom-designed ecommerce sites built on top of CMS's), I actually prefer this pricing model. 5% per sale is tough to swallow…
jordanlev on HN
Requires JavaScript, which breaks non-JS clients
From 1 comment
2 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the…
jordanlev on HN
Feature set seems limited compared to established platforms
From 2 comments
This looks nice, but very limited. Is there any support for: - Vouchers - Promotions - Categories - Classifications ? These all are features a successfull webshop needs. I have…
thecatspaw on HNHow do you compare to: http://www.commercetools.com/en/pricing/ (I'm not affiliated with them.) They are expensive ... but why should I choose you?
cyri on HN
Requests
Python SDK
From 1 comment
How about a Python SDK? :D
Svenstaro on HN
Ruby gem
From 1 comment
Question - are you planning on making a ruby gem for it?
kposehn on HN
Non-JavaScript hosted checkout option
From 1 comment
2 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the…
jordanlev on HN
Questions
How does it compare to SnipCart, Ecwid and FoxyCart?
From 1 comment
2 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the…
jordanlev on HN
Does it support non-US payment gateways?
From 1 comment
Do you support non-US businesses? Payments in particular. For example: send all collected payments to a Paypal account.
bikamonki on HN
How are product options and vouchers handled?
From 2 comments
How do you handle the case of a product that you get to select different options? I don't see it in the API.
jtchang on HNThis looks nice, but very limited. Is there any support for: - Vouchers - Promotions - Categories - Classifications ? These all are features a successfull webshop needs. I have…
thecatspaw on HN
Alternatives named
SnipCart
From 1 comment
2 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the…
jordanlev on HN
Ecwid
From 1 comment
2 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the…
jordanlev on HN
FoxyCart
From 1 comment
2 questions: How does this compare to existing eCommerce back-ends like SnipCart, Ecwid, Foxycart? And: I presume your service requires javascript to function (as all of the…
jordanlev on HN
commercetools
From 1 comment
How do you compare to: http://www.commercetools.com/en/pricing/ (I'm not affiliated with them.) They are expensive ... but why should I choose you?
cyri on HN
WooCommerce
From 1 comment
What benefit does Moltin offer over CMS backed ecommerce service such as Drupal commerce and Woocommerce? Your website seem to emphasize rapid application development yet this is…
Immortalin on HN
Drupal Commerce
From 1 comment
What benefit does Moltin offer over CMS backed ecommerce service such as Drupal commerce and Woocommerce? Your website seem to emphasize rapid application development yet this is…
Immortalin on HN
Shopify
From 1 comment
so basically the benefit here is saved time and reduced operating costs by outsourcing the ecommerce infrastructure. How did you decide that ecommerce would benefit the most by…
curiously on HN