Vendr - Build an online store for your blog or website

http://www.vendr.com/

by Chirag • 16 years ago

37 25 16 years ago

vendr.com

bdickason3• 16 years ago

I've been looking for an online store that integrates into my existing (wordpress) website for my fiance's salon.

A quick google turned up this invite code: MVA750CGY2

Which worked for me :)

bdickason3• 16 years ago

Just wrote a brief blog post about putting the store together here in case anyone is interested: http://getmochi.com/blog/sell-retail-on-your-salons-website-...

To summarize, it was a pretty painless process. The setup is very, very simple, and adding products seems easy enough. We're running a test with the 5 product (free) version to see if anyone actually buys! Hopefully we generate a few sales and then we'll upgrade to the paid version.

I'll post a follow-up in a few weeks with some numbers either way.

Two complaints thus far: -Store is slow to load -The 'Options' area is a bit confusing to non-tech people

japherwocky• 16 years ago

It would be really nice to see a demo of an existing store.. especially since it seems like you can't sign up without an invite code.

Maybe you could sell Vendr t-shirts?

dpcan• 16 years ago

This is the first thing I looked for as well. I don't want to take the time to setup an account and build out a store only to hate how it works in the end.

Yes, why not just sell anything to demonstrate how the store works?

faramarz• 16 years ago

They have a demo up at their parent company

http://www.boxador.com

csmeder• 16 years ago

FYI: the demo doesn't load for me. Using Chrome on MacOSX 10.6

All I see is the little X as if though a light box is going to appear

Edit: now its showing, it was just slow loading.

base2• 16 years ago

just a while ago I was this venddder.com very similar name and idea

kmfrk2• 16 years ago

If any of the creators are reading this, I would love a comparison between this and Shopify.

I like that you didn't use vowels in the second half of the name so you wouldn't incite the -o vs. -ou crowd.

swombat• 16 years ago

Vendor isn't spelled with a u in any english-speaking country.

antipaganda• 16 years ago

Shhhh! They're happy with their efficient English. Doun't ruin their fun!

kmfrk2• 16 years ago

Dammit.

In that case the vowel omission is inexcusable.

tamarindo• 16 years ago

Who is behind this service and why should I trust them with my customers' credit card data?

bdickason3• 16 years ago

I believe they just tie into paypal to check out, so no data is exchanged. Trying it out tomorrow so I'll let you know if this is the case.

mikecane3• 16 years ago

I was disappointed to see digital downloads are in the 3rd tier. Who really wants to set up a store to sell physical goods?

mikecane3• 16 years ago

I reiterate what I said. There is eBay, there is etsy, there are all those other places for physical goods. You'd think an Internet company would cater first to the digital-ness of the Net. Do you know what a pain it is, for example, for a single writer to sell an eBook independently?

_pius• 16 years ago

Why does anyone ever open up a store in the real world? I mean there's already Macy's, Safeway, Cartier, Aldi's, practically any type of store you want, you can already find. So why open up a new store?

ayameyamamoto• 16 years ago

They might have an issue with another company, Vendr.tv, a food review network.

ssn• 16 years ago

Separated at birth? http://www.vendr.com & http://vendder.com

base2• 16 years ago

vendr.com shame on you. great way to start a business

tmatos• 16 years ago

Thanks ssn for noticing it.

I was quite perplexed today. We hope they did not realized we have realised Vendder into the wild, for some months now, especially as our services overlap so much.

We send them an email some moments ago about this fact. Let's see how it goes.

franciscocosta• 16 years ago

don't worry Vendder .. when they copy it, it's a sign of your success!

Vendr - Build an online store for your blog or website

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