Re:Launch HN: Shogun (YC W18) – Storefront Builder for EComm...
by orliesaurus on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @01:17PM
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Aren't you afraid that if tomorrow Shopify releases their own version of your plugin directly baked into their tool, you could lose a lot of customers over night?
The reason I say this, it's because as someone who has seen a lot of vendors changing and limiting APIs and access, or just releasing baked-in products - I have seen my fair share of companies having to pull a dangerous U-turn! Nevertheless, it looks like a cool product!
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Re:Launch HN: Shogun (YC W18) – Storefront Builder for EComm...
by whoisjuan on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @01:37PM
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If they haven't do it by now, they probably won't. Why bother with this super-crowded space (drag and drop builders) when you can let their app marketplace figure it out.
If it's successful Shopify customers win. If it's super successful they can take a page from Automattic's book and acquire them.
Re:Launch HN: Shogun (YC W18) – Storefront Builder for EComm...
by Finbarr on Tuesday March 06, 2018 @01:23PM
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We used to be! They announced their sections feature at Shopify Unite a couple of years ago and we were really worried about the impact it would have. It hasn't had any impact at all. Also, we have a good amount of lock-in with our existing customers. They could switch to something else, but they won't be able to edit any of the pages they've built with Shogun anymore.