small.store is a free e-commerce hosting platform designed to be as simple as possible. Go from signup to having a store up in minutes. Catered towards small sellers and creators selling from their social media profiles. Each seller gets a custom subdomain.
Hello PH! I made this platform because as a small seller, I always wanted to launch products fast with as little setup as possible and without having to pay monthly fees or platform fees. As a small seller, those fees and subscriptions add up and can eat up into your already small margins. This product is mainly catered to small individual sellers/stores and creators who need to setup a simple store where their customers can reach them from their social media profiles. It's completely free to setup a store and to accept orders. No monthly fees or commission on any sale. The (very affordable) paid plans offer robust features like "Back-In-Stock!" notifications, shipping profiles and more.
Love the name! How is fraud detection handled etc? getting verified and not booted from commerce platforms is always the hassle. Be it paddle PayPal stripe etc.
@sentry_co Hi André! I continuously check orders, products and store profiles for any unusual activity using automation but also personally look at anything that's flagged in the system. Stripe also does a great job with fraud detection but a human touch is always in the process. I take it fraud detection very serious so monitoring is a huge part of my day :)
@smallstore I can imagine. I think that is the core problem and the core solution. That's where the complexity is. Solve that and in the process make it good for regular merchants. Then it could complete with gumroad etc. One of the most successful startups in Norway right now is strise.ai They do fraud detection on the bank level. Fraud detection at the merchant level is a business opportunity in it self.
Absolutely grateful for all the love received today. I posted this on a whim and I'm very happy for all the positive commends and the feedback from you all.
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I like the concept. Deploy a store quickly and get to selling! I wonder if there are plans to integrate crypto payments?
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This is really cool, and I think any sort of alternative to Shopify could do great. A dealbreaker right now for me would be the lack of customization. It looks like you really nailed the "easy to get going" phase, but what's the end game as a merchant? If nothing else, at least a custom logo and a theme that I can set to match my brand's colors.
This is a really great start though, and hopefully it's enough to let you keep going!
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