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It's a cool concept and you could go a lot of directions with it.

My main feedback is that I don't know which step to take next. I see 6 links in the yellow bar ... be a little more deliberate/forceful in directing me on what to do next.

Not that you asked, but here's some wacky/random ideas off the top of my head:

- Do Stripe checkout in addition to PayPal (ask for Stripe API key & secret over SSL)

- Provision a Twilio phone number for each list after registration. Use it as a temporary way for sellers to call the buyer, for notifications, and to add/remove items via SMS

- For quick mobile integration, use MailGun to post incoming email messages to your app and turn them into listings. That way people can add items & pictures from their smartphone. I've done this and you can literally get it going in < 1 hour.

- Allow me to sell a digital file. If I add a [d] to a line item in my list, prompt me to upload a .zip file or high-res JPG. BOOM, instant store for selling stock photography, ebooks, or WordPress themes.

Nice feedback. Thanks.

We're keen to add Stripe, but we're based in the UK and it's not available over here yet.

Excellent recommendations of Twilio and MailGun. We'll check them out.

We'd allow digital file upload by choosing a file instead of an image. Then list would alter it's behaviour to suit.

My main feedback is that I don't know which step to take next. I see 6 links in the yellow bar ... be a little more deliberate/forceful in directing me on what to do next.

I agree with this one. There's already a "Now Click Here" button at the start. I'd suggest extending that concept to successive pages until the seller has filled in whatever info you think most pages should have. Sidebar and config come to mind as two that most people will want to fill out.

And perhaps during that first time there should be a stronger visual emphasis on the top buttons so that customers are more likely to link them to the options they're seeing.

On the whole, though, it looks great. Nice MVP.

Thanks, this is a great point and is borne out by the stats. Last night we saw 83% hitting the "Now Click Here" button but far far less taking it beyond that. We're talking about a consistent "what to do next" element now.

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