ShopLocket Promises Customers They Can Sell Anything, Anywhere

I remember reading somewhere that the founder of this company initially pitched YC and was rejected. It's great to see her giving this a solid go, despite what must have undoubtedly appeared to be a setback at the time.<p>And I imagine she's feeling more than a little vindicated, now that her company just hit the front page of HN.

"Supposedly, co-founder and CEO Katherine Hague was part of that group herself."<p>Really, "supposedly"? TC: How about "CEO Katherine Hague says she was part of that group herself."<p>I know it must get tiring hearing dubious founding stories, but come on.

ShopLocket is teh awesome. I can't wait for if/when they add search &#38; browse functionality to the site. It'll be like a beautiful, payment-enabled alternative to Craigslist. Can't wait!

I'm curious about the decision to not charge more. I think you may be assuming that people won't pay a setup or monthly fee to get a single product up, but I think you may be leaving money on the table.<p>I could see this being a great way for college students to sell tshirts to parties or groups to sell event tshirts on Facebook. Why not have them pay a larger listing fee up-front? I don't think there is necessarily a correlation between number of items and willingness to pay (especially if you are comparing to Shopify's $29/month plan which is aimed at small stores anyway).<p>Anyhow, this is a really interesting idea.

I sold something! And I never sell anything! Go ShopLocket and go Toronto!!

I'm interested in the strategy of focusing on customers for whom $29/mo is intimidating. Certainly a lot of them are served (perhaps not well) by the ebay's and etsy's of the world, but in both cases their featuresets have evolved to cater to larger sellers, which has undoubtedly added complexity but probably in the interest of growth and profitability.<p>So... Is the plan to stay small and simple forever, and allow people to grow out of you and move to other services? Not saying it's wrong, just curious.

I've been using ShopLocket during the beta, and it's a solid product. I know the founders and it's exciting to watch the concept evolve into a well executed product that will serve a large niche well.<p>Also, it's nice to see the Toronto startup scene get picked up in SV tech blogs. Congrats to @katherinehague and @hyfen on the launch!

Katherine (CEO) on not getting into YC: <a href="http://katherinehague.com/post/18806809604/what-happens-after-you-interview-at-y-combinator-and" rel="nofollow">http://katherinehague.com/post/18806809604/what-happens-afte...</a>