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Show HN: Checkout Page – quick, code-free way to sell with Stripe

18 points by fishsander 8y ago

fishsander 8y ago
I made Checkout Page to create a way to use Stripe for both developers and non-developers. Checkout Page lets you really easily create one page sites where people can pay you on. The use cases are endless, but think of selling courses, ebooks, physical products, advertisement spots or getting invoices paid. With future developments I aim to make Checkout Page an unopinionated way to sell online. On the roadmap are things like Zapier integration, dynamic pricing, webhooks and dynamic return URL parameters. I would love to hear your feedback!
- codegeek 8y ago
  It will be interesting to see if you can convince developers to use this because if I understand correctly, you are essentially replacing the need to write server side code to process stripe payments. For developers like me, it would be a hard sell because I have got stripe code running on servers already with my own business logic as needed. A fixed fee of $29 or $49/Month plus additional 1% of each charge will not be worth it for developers like me. For non developers though, I think it will be a great fit but then you will be competing with similar services like paddle etc.
  - gitgud 8y ago
    Yeah the percentage seems a bit much considering stripe also takes a percentage.
  - fishsander 8y ago
    That's correct. When I said developers, I primarily front-end developers who don't write backend code. People who are able to build static websites and usually make them interactive with plugins, extensions and services. I need to think how I can make Checkout Page interesting for full stack/backend developers. It would then mostly be a time saver, for which the fee is indeed too high. What kind of pricing structure do you think would work well for a developer like you?
chatmasta 8y ago
Looks nice, but doesn't Stripe already offer this functionality via Stripe Checkout [0]? Why would I use your third-party service over the first-party offering from Stripe? [0] https://stripe.com/checkout https://stripe.com/checkout
- fishsander 8y ago
  Thanks! The functionality of Stripe Checkout is similar, although when using it you still need to process the payment on your own server. Checkout Page does that for you.
apbailey 8y ago
Love it!! I could really use this for a few things and if you do subscriptions, I’d have a few more uses for it. Are you considering subscriptions?
- fishsander 8y ago
  Awesome! I am considering subscriptions as well but it is further up on the roadmap.
fiatjaf 8y ago
How are you going to block the underlying resource (for example, the ebook someone could be selling) and only allow access to it for people who paid?

18 points by fishsander 8y ago

I made Checkout Page to create a way to use Stripe for both developers and non-developers. Checkout Page lets you really easily create one page sites where people can pay you on. The use cases are endless, but think of selling courses, ebooks, physical products, advertisement spots or getting invoices paid. With future developments I aim to make Checkout Page an unopinionated way to sell online. On the roadmap are things like Zapier integration, dynamic pricing, webhooks and dynamic return URL parameters. I would love to hear your feedback!

codegeek 8y ago
It will be interesting to see if you can convince developers to use this because if I understand correctly, you are essentially replacing the need to write server side code to process stripe payments. For developers like me, it would be a hard sell because I have got stripe code running on servers already with my own business logic as needed. A fixed fee of $29 or $49/Month plus additional 1% of each charge will not be worth it for developers like me. For non developers though, I think it will be a great fit but then you will be competing with similar services like paddle etc.
- gitgud 8y ago
  Yeah the percentage seems a bit much considering stripe also takes a percentage.
- fishsander 8y ago
  That's correct. When I said developers, I primarily front-end developers who don't write backend code. People who are able to build static websites and usually make them interactive with plugins, extensions and services. I need to think how I can make Checkout Page interesting for full stack/backend developers. It would then mostly be a time saver, for which the fee is indeed too high. What kind of pricing structure do you think would work well for a developer like you?

chatmasta 8y ago

Looks nice, but doesn't Stripe already offer this functionality via Stripe Checkout [0]? Why would I use your third-party service over the first-party offering from Stripe? [0] https://stripe.com/checkout https://stripe.com/checkout

fishsander 8y ago
Thanks! The functionality of Stripe Checkout is similar, although when using it you still need to process the payment on your own server. Checkout Page does that for you.

apbailey 8y ago

Love it!! I could really use this for a few things and if you do subscriptions, I’d have a few more uses for it. Are you considering subscriptions?

fishsander 8y ago
Awesome! I am considering subscriptions as well but it is further up on the roadmap.

fiatjaf 8y ago

How are you going to block the underlying resource (for example, the ebook someone could be selling) and only allow access to it for people who paid?