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Show HN: Spry – Build Ecommerce with Google Sheets

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Hi HN, Jay (memset) and Len here. We've built Spry (https://spry.store), a tool that allows you to create an ecommerce site just using Google Sheets and Stripe. We think it's easier to use than the alternatives and priced so you don't spend more than you make on a side-hustle.

Jay has been selling music notebooks online for over a year. His biggest pain point was the initial toil of researching ecommerce options, comparing pricing and features, and all of the sheer configuration he had to do just to get the notebooks online. We set out to fix this.

Spry is simple: 1) sign in with Google 2) add products to a sheet 3) poof they appear on your site

We see people using it as a way to list personal items, dropship items, or as their first ecommerce site. Let us know what you think!

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Maybe I missed it, but your landing page could use a couple of example stores built with your tool, and a better description of the features/personalisation options.

Thanks for the feedback.

We have an example store here (checkout isn’t configured for the example): https://example.spry.store/

You can currently customize the store name and subdomain. Custom domains is something we’ve considered. We’re open to other ideas!

It looks very clean, well done. What I meant though is to have a link (or some pictures) on your main page so that people see what the result looks like before having to sign on.

Ah, we'll add a link for people that don't want to sign on. Thanks for the suggestion.

How did you arrive on that pricing?

We want this to be affordable for new businesses - people who aren't willing to commit to $30/month when first setting up. It shouldn't be a painful decision to decide whether or not to get started. We hope people who want to create an online store have less friction taking the plunge.

Loved the idea, I am a fan of using spreadsheets to make things easier for the end user.

You might want to think about a next tier, and grow with your larger customers. I get the point that you want to make it easy to start off with, but you also want to attract larger users (who have their own domain).

There is no harm in a "coming soon" higher tier.

Also showcase the process of setting up a store, basically how easy it is via Spry, just add products to a sheet to get started, I think you can do it in a 30 second video too.

All fair points. Showing a "coming soon" tier for larger customers would show the direction we'd like to go and a video would drive home the simplicity. Appreciate it.

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