Sello lets you sell anything to anyone, anywhere – by Shopify

by tortilla • 11 years ago

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webjames• 11 years ago

Are products listed for sale only visible through shared links/listings? Or will this be a Craigslist/gum-tree type affair?

tr0picana• 11 years ago

Currently I think it's just through shared links. They're trying to enforce the idea of getting customers through social media. I think Reddit is the perfect platform for this so I've made some subreddits (/r/sello and /r/sellosale) in the hopes of boosting the community.

draugadrotten• 11 years ago

Can I set up a "test shop", which will not actually debit cards, but let me see how my future shop will look like?

atmosx• 11 years ago

Is there multilingual & multiple currency support?

techaddict009• 11 years ago

what is difference between this and gumroad?

mtw• 11 years ago

gumroad specializes in creative works and digital goods. Such as "Pay $10 and get this ebook on painting"

tedmiston• 11 years ago

I initially thought of Gumroad too. Interestingly I don't see software or digital goods to be on Sello's list of prohibited goods.

SlyShy• 11 years ago

"Anything".

There are some goods and services that can’t be sold using Sello (“Prohibited Goods”). By using the Service, you agree not to sell any of the following Prohibited Goods:

Age restricted products or services

Age verification

Airlines

Alcohol

Any product or service that infringes upon the copyright, trademark, or trade secrets of any third party

Any product, service or activity that is deceptive, unfair, predatory or prohibited by one or more Payment Networks (the Payment Networks are Visa Europe Ltd, Visa U.S.A., Inc., Visa Canada Inc., Visa International, MasterCard International Incorporated, Discover, American Express and any other applicable card network)

Bail bonds

Bankruptcy lawyers

Bidding fee auctions

Chain letters

Check cashing, wire transfers or money orders

Collection agencies

Counterfeit goods

Credit card and identity theft protection

Cruise lines

Currency exchanges or dealers

Door-to-door sales

Drug paraphernalia

Embassies, foreign consulates or other foreign governments

Engaging in any form of licensed or unlicensed aggregation or factoring

Engaging in deceptive marketing practices

Essay mills

Evading a Payment Network’s chargeback monitoring programs

Extended warranties

Firms selling business opportunities, investment opportunities, mortgage consulting, credit repair or protection or real estate purchases with no money down

Flea markets

Fortune tellers

Gambling

“Get rich quick” schemes

Human hair, fake hair, or hair-extensions

Illegal products or services

Mail-order brides

Marijuana dispensaries and related businesses

Money transmitters or money service businesses

Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes

Negative response marketing

Offering substantial rebates or special incentives to the Cardholder subsequent to the original purchase

Personal computer technical support

Pharmacies or pharmacy referral services

Pre-paid phone cards

Pseudo pharmaceuticals

Quasi-cash or stored value

Securities brokers

Sexually-oriented products or services categorized as:

Child pornography

Fetish gear and services including S&M paraphernalia

Hard-core sexually oriented products and services

International match-making services

Pornographic materials displaying sexually explicit pictures, images, and videos

Sexually explicit telephone or online conversations and chat

Sexually-oriented dating services, including companion/escort services and prostitution

Sexually-oriented massage parlors, sex shows, sex clubs, topless bars, strip shows, and other adult entertainment Widgets that allow you to access pornography or pornographic ads

Selling social media activity, such as Twitter followers, Facebook likes or Youtube views

Selling video game or virtual world credits (unless you are the operator of the video game or virtual world)

Sharing Cardholder’s data with another merchant for payment of up-sell or cross-sell product or service

Shipping or forwarding brokers

Sports forecasting or odds making

Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs

Telecommunications equipment and telephone sales

Telemarketing

Timeshares

Tobacco, e-cigarettes, vaporizers and accessories including e-juice

Travel agencies or travel clubs

Virtual currency that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital goods or services or otherwise exit the virtual world or related services Weapons and munitions

Absentinsomniac• 11 years ago

Pretty much why I prefer distributed markets like OpenBazaar.

javajosh2• 11 years ago

Drug and sex objects are forbidden - but I see no mention of weapons. Typical.

wdmeldon• 11 years ago

Which makes zero practical sense. Weapons are pretty boring without drugs and sex objects added to the mix.

Edit: Never mind. That wasn't the full list. Weapons and Munitions are at the bottom. So a universal ban on fun.

aakilfernandes• 11 years ago

Psst. Any of you kids tryna buy an airline?

zardo• 11 years ago

I'm looking for a package airline/foreign government deal.

devy• 11 years ago

Shopify registration requires you giving them your social security number[1], DOB besides the regular basic PII for tax purposes. Since Sello is a service by Shopify, it's very likely Sello would required the same (haven't tried it yet).

Good luck giving out your most private PII in exchange to sell just a few things online (it makes much more sense if this is your full time job.) For others, Craigslist/eBay/Etsy etc. are probably better off.

PS: these 3rd party e-commerce platform are increasingly becoming the main targets for data breaches from cyber criminals.

[1] https://www.shopify.com/legal/terms-payments-us

joelrunyon• 11 years ago

What about digital goods? Does it handle a download interface?

iwillreply• 11 years ago

Seems strange to not include any input for size information - and then include it in the share.

From their example of sneakers, to clothing or coffee, not sure I'd navigate to a post about many things, on the off chance it's my size.

fit2rule• 11 years ago

Doesn't work in Europe? Canadian App-store only?

spydertennis• 11 years ago

I can already sell anything to anyone, anywhere.

FragenAntworten• 11 years ago

How does this service make money? It looks as though Sello doesn't charge any fees.

Sello lets you sell anything to anyone, anywhere – by Shopify

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