Your blog post is a bit incomprehensible tbh. I did get it eventually, but I got a good bit into the article before I did. #1 issue for me is you say "writing order notes", and that doesn't make sense at all to me. "verifying whether products are fake or legitimate" would be a much better article title.
Hmm, okay. Too much in my own bubble with that notion then
The 'order notes' is a field in any e-commerce store, where you (the store) can send the customer a message
Think: "your order has been shipped"
But we write it manually — "your item is authentic because X and Y" — that's our order note. And at the same time our service
What I tried to do with the title was show the scrappiness. Maybe even inspire some hackers to be scrappy or to look for something other than perfection first
Because if you're pitching to a VC that you're starting an authentication company for luxury items
And you'll claim that you'll use the WooCommerce 'order notes' section, you'd be laughed out of the room. And not like the Airbnb founders — without that second part of the story where you prove them wrong
Keep in mind the usual type of person that is here on HN. I was able to gleam what you are doing and how you are doing it the moment I started reading the first order note.
Yeah I had no idea what this was about and had to Google “Order Notes”, which also didn’t turn up much. Bailed on the article pretty quickly since I didn’t understand anything, assuming I wasn’t the target audience.
Hmm, okay. Too much in my own bubble with that notion then
The 'order notes' is a field in any e-commerce store, where you (the store) can send the customer a message
Think: "your order has been shipped"
But we write it manually — "your item is authentic because X and Y" — that's our order note. And at the same time our service
What I tried to do with the title was show the scrappiness. Maybe even inspire some hackers to be scrappy or to look for something other than perfection first
Because if you're pitching to a VC that you're starting an authentication company for luxury items
And you'll claim that you'll use the WooCommerce 'order notes' section, you'd be laughed out of the room. And not like the Airbnb founders — without that second part of the story where you prove them wrong
I think the word “authenticity” is something that expresses what it is your team does that more people would understand. I think most people know what a certificate of authenticity is and it sounds like your service provides a digital, saas version of that.
Hmm, okay. Too much in my own bubble with that notion then
The 'order notes' is a field in any e-commerce store, where you (the store) can send the customer a message
Think: "your order has been shipped"
But we write it manually — "your item is authentic because X and Y" — that's our order note. And at the same time our service
What I tried to do with the title was show the scrappiness. Maybe even inspire some hackers to be scrappy or to look for something other than perfection first
Because if you're pitching to a VC that you're starting an authentication company for luxury items
And you'll claim that you'll use the WooCommerce 'order notes' section, you'd be laughed out of the room. And not like the Airbnb founders — without that second part of the story where you prove them wrong
