Combine this with apps for your domain and a google site (running on that domain), and you've got a drop dead simple e-commerce solution, all for the cost of a domain and the time it takes to execute a good design. Have Amazon do fulfillment, and you've got a nearly autonomous store.
This is exactly the type of tool I've been hoping someone would make for small businesses like my mother's. Since she already knows how to make a spreadsheet of her inventory, all I need to do is place a snippet of code on her website.
Google continues to have its hand of the pulse of the online community. They continue to make technology available to the masses.<p>I would love to see how Google continues to drive all of this innovation. I think many companies could learn a lot from how Google functions.
I'm curious whether this will take off (my prediction is that it will not).<p>People who are serious setting up an online shop, presumably are also (a) hardworking, and (b) smart. Hence I predict they will be OK with investing the time to learn to use one of the more powerful tools (e.g., something that will automatically print mailing labels and decrement quantity on hand all in one database).<p>I predict people will (a) want power tools for their trade and (b) spend the time to learn the tools of their trade.<p>This thing is easy to learn, but it does too little. IMHO and I do not have an online shop.