jaredtking

Congrats on launching! Will definitely be checking this out for Stripe analytics. I would love to see one of these analytics tools keep track of trial conversion rates. Does ChartMogul do something along these lines?

Minor nitpick: on the company page a team member is listed as a 'Frontent Engineer'. Typo?

Yes, it's called WatchKit. Supposedly you can create third-party apps, glances, and notifications.

Nice work! This is very similar to the invoice tool I made: http://invoice-generator.com

I believe receipts would be a good application for QR codes. The reason being that that the store probably has a screen that can display the receipt QR code and a majority of smartphones support QR codes but not NFC (e.g. iPhones).

Thank you! Honestly, I built Invoiced because a lot of people using this invoicing website I made [1] kept asking for more features and offering to pay for them. Initially I was hesitant about building a product that already had competitors. Fortunately the target market is huge because we solve problems faced by most businesses. Many of our competitors have built full-stack accounting platforms whereas Invoiced focuses on building and maintaining your revenue stream.

I might take a break at some point to blog about my experience. It's been an incredible journey so far.

[1] http://invoice-generator.com

Thanks, fixed it.

If I knew there was demand for it then I would build the integration. So far you are the first person that has suggested it. Thanks for putting paymill on my radar.

Invoiced is hosted on Linode and relies on several other third-party services. I spend ~$110 per month for everything excluding yearly stuff like SSL and domains.

Thank you. Our Stripe integration works through OAuth aka Stripe Connect. Basically, you click the Connect with Stripe button, create an account or sign in, and then confirm that you want to give Invoiced access to your account. We then generate a payment form for your invoices that your customers can pay you with, i.e. https://invoiced.com/username/cust_no/inv_no/payment. The payment goes directly to your Stripe account and we do not add any commission on top of Stripe's fee. This setup is ideal because you can revoke access from our service at any time and we only have access to your account through a unique token that Stripe provides us.

Our PayPal integration is even simpler. Just provide your e-mail address and we generate Pay via PayPal buttons for your invoices. Again, no commission.

I bought it from a seller on Sedo in January '14 using proceeds from the site.

Thank you. Actually this all started at as a simple web page [1] where you can plug your invoice into the site and get a PDF of your invoice back with no sign up required. I climbed up the search rankings and eventually was getting tons of requests for more features. That is when I decided to make a premium version. Even today a majority of traffic comes through the Upgrade button on the free tool. The second source of major traffic is referrals from existing customers. To date I have spent $0 on advertising and have had virtually zero coverage on tech blogs. I got lucky that my target customer starts out using free invoicing sites.

What app did you create?

[1] http://invoice-generator.com

Thank you. I fixed the pricing table. I plan to do a refresh of the landing page in the near future and might remove the fixed header at that time. Also, great tip on the packages. I let my passion for math slip through into the pricing.

FiveStar is incredible, nice work. I just bought some stuff with it and had a quick but enjoyable experience.

I launched Invoiced [1] as a private beta in June of 2013 while in college. In November I took it out of private beta and have since been fortunate enough to be able to focus on it full time.

Invoiced provides simple invoicing for the small business/freelance crowd. It is bootstrapped, profitable, and currently producing 4-figures of MRR. I learn something new every day and get to work with awesome people (customers).

[1] http://invoiced.com

This page on their website answers that: http://www.foodrunners.org/donor-liability/

"Some food businesses hesitate to donate food out of fear that, should the recipient become ill from the food, the donor could be held responsible. In 1988, the California legislature passed the “Russell Bill” which releases the donor from liability."

I built a service called Invoiced (http://invoiced.com) that has Stripe baked in from the beginning. Your customers pay through a secure form we generate and the receipt is generated/e-mailed to them afterwards.

If you want any more info, you can reach me at jared [at] invoiced.com.

EDIT: Should also mention you can make invoices without making an account at http://invoice-generator.com if you just invoice occasionally.

I actually did the design myself so I am glad that you do not think it too horrible. ;-) Initially I had a business co-founder (bad idea) which did not work out. Doing the design is much more difficult to do myself than the coding. Having somebody else to bounce ideas off of also helps tremendously.

Also, I agree with you that free accounts should not be limited to 5 lists. In the next release this limitation will be removed. In its place collaboration features will be limited for free accounts. Forcing free accounts to make public lists is an interesting idea that I am going to consider. Thanks for the ideas!

I have actually never ran across hackpad, thank you for sharing that. As far as using Idealist vs Google...I will never ever look at your data, analyze it, or share it with advertisers, which is reason enough for me. I also believe that I provide a better cross-platform experience than Google Docs. This is hard to back up since I have the unpublished iOS app sitting on my desk.

Thank you. :-)

Thank you! I do not have any paying customers outside of my circle of friends. This is for 2 reasons: 1) I just finished building the billing system 2 weeks ago 2) As mentioned, I have asked many potential customers what they would like out of a collaboration tool and if they would pay for Idealist. The response has been positive. I have not actually asked anyone to pay yet because the product has some key functionality under construction and changes frequently.

If it sounds like I spent most of my time focusing on product development instead of customer acquisition, it's true. I am looking to spend more time acquiring customers with a co-founder. The truth is that doing everything by myself is too much (and I have weaknesses too).

Thanks! I am writing a reply.

For one-off jobs such as logo or web page design I have used 99 Designs (http://99designs.com) and have been very happy with the results.

Whenever you come across a designer you like they are usually more than happy to perform further work outside of design contests.

Thanks for your feedback!

It may not be clear from the landing page, but as a guest you can browse lists that other people have shared. To create lists though registration is required. Under "Account" is a button to delete your account if you decide to try Groupr out then change your mind.

I will work on making the landing page more useful. This would explain why the conversion rate has been so low.