u/Final_Ask9598

Hey everyone. I’m working on a small tool for resellers and social sellers, especially people who sell clothing, vintage items, accessories, or one-off pieces through Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook, or DMs.

The reason I started building it is because selling through messages can turn into a full-time job pretty quickly. A lot of the time goes into answering the same questions: “is this still available?”, “what size is left?”, “how do I pay?”, “can you hold it?”, “did you get my payment?”, “when will it ship?”

I also noticed that having your own website can be expensive or annoying to set up when you’re still small. Some platforms are powerful, but they can feel like too much. Others have fees or commissions that don’t make sense when you’re just trying to move inventory and keep things organized.

The idea is simple: sellers can create a basic storefront, upload items, manage sizes/variants, mark products as available/on hold/sold, share product links, take orders, and keep payment/order status in one place instead of managing everything through DMs.

For buyers, the goal is to make the experience feel clear and trustworthy: they can see what’s available, place an order, get a receipt/order record, and know what happens next.

I’m not trying to replace eBay, Depop, Shopify, etc. I’m more interested in the messy gap between “I posted this on Instagram” and “now I have to manually handle every question, hold, payment, and order update.”

I’m planning to release a public demo soon and want to make sure I’m not missing the obvious stuff before putting it in front of sellers.

If you sell through social media or DMs, what would this need to have before you’d actually try it?

A few things I’m thinking about:

• Fast product upload
• Real-time availability
• Sizes/variants with stock
• Available / on hold / sold status
• Quick relisting if someone flakes
• Guest checkout
• Local pickup / delivery options
• Payment confirmation or receipt upload
• Buyer order status
• WhatsApp or email order updates
• Reviews or seller trust signals

What would be a must-have for your workflow? And what would make you immediately not use it?

Hey everyone, I'm building something for people who sell clothes, accessories, or random products through Instagram or WhatsApp and are sick of managing everything through DMs.

The idea came from seeing how expensive or annoying it is for a small seller to get their own online store. There are decent tools out there, but a lot of them take big commissions, need a ton of setup, or just feel built for bigger businesses. If you're just starting out, that's a real wall to hit.

What I'm building is simpler: you make your store, upload your products, share one link, and get orders without having to track everything manually in a chat.

On the seller side you handle catalog, prices, sizes, stock, orders, payments, receipts, shipping, and customer info, all in one place. On the buyer side, they just open the link, browse, and order clearly, no back-and-forth asking if something's still available.

I don't want it to feel like some bloated platform made for big companies. The point is that a small shop, someone reselling from their closet, or a small entrepreneur can sell in a more professional way without overpaying or burning hours setting things up.

I'm about to release a public version soon — there will likely be a paid plan, but I'm planning to offer some free trial days so people can test it out before committing to anything.

Mainly trying to figure out:

• Does the store creation flow make sense?
• Is uploading products easy enough?
• Does checkout feel clear and trustworthy to buyers?
• Does it actually cut down the mess of selling through messages?
• What features would be must-haves for a small seller?

I'm not asking anyone to buy anything right now, just trying to see if this solves a real problem. Would love to hear from anyone who sells on social media, buys through Instagram/WhatsApp, or has tried setting up a store before.

Hey everyone, I'm building something for people who sell clothes, accessories, or random products through Instagram or WhatsApp and are sick of managing everything through DMs.

The idea came from seeing how expensive or annoying it is for a small seller to get their own online store. There are decent tools out there, but a lot of them take big commissions, need a ton of setup, or just feel built for bigger businesses. If you're just starting out, that's a real wall to hit.

What I'm building is simpler: you make your store, upload your products, share one link, and get orders without having to track everything manually in a chat.

On the seller side you handle catalog, prices, sizes, stock, orders, payments, receipts, shipping, and customer info, all in one place. On the buyer side, they just open the link, browse, and order clearly, no back-and-forth asking if something's still available.

I don't want it to feel like some bloated platform made for big companies. The point is that a small shop, someone reselling from their closet, or a small entrepreneur can sell in a more professional way without overpaying or burning hours setting things up.

I'm about to release a public version soon — there will likely be a paid plan, but I'm planning to offer some free trial days so people can test it out before committing to anything.

Mainly trying to figure out:

• Does the store creation flow make sense?
• Is uploading products easy enough?
• Does checkout feel clear and trustworthy to buyers?
• Does it actually cut down the mess of selling through messages?
• What features would be must-haves for a small seller?

I'm not asking anyone to buy anything right now, just trying to see if this solves a real problem. Would love to hear from anyone who sells on social media, buys through Instagram/WhatsApp, or has tried setting up a store before.

Hey everyone, I'm building something for people who sell clothes, accessories, or random products through Instagram or WhatsApp and are sick of managing everything through DMs.

The idea came from seeing how expensive or annoying it is for a small seller to get their own online store. There are decent tools out there, but a lot of them take big commissions, need a ton of setup, or just feel built for bigger businesses. If you're just starting out, that's a real wall to hit.

What I'm building is simpler: you make your store, upload your products, share one link, and get orders without having to track everything manually in a chat.

On the seller side you handle catalog, prices, sizes, stock, orders, payments, receipts, shipping, and customer info, all in one place. On the buyer side, they just open the link, browse, and order clearly, no back-and-forth asking if something's still available.

I don't want it to feel like some bloated platform made for big companies. The point is that a small shop, someone reselling from their closet, or a small entrepreneur can sell in a more professional way without overpaying or burning hours setting things up.

I'm about to release a public version soon — there will likely be a paid plan, but I'm planning to offer some free trial days so people can test it out before committing to anything.

Mainly trying to figure out:

• Does the store creation flow make sense?
• Is uploading products easy enough?
• Does checkout feel clear and trustworthy to buyers?
• Does it actually cut down the mess of selling through messages?
• What features would be must-haves for a small seller?

I'm not asking anyone to buy anything right now, just trying to see if this solves a real problem. Would love to hear from anyone who sells on social media, buys through Instagram/WhatsApp, or has tried setting up a store before.

Hey everyone, I'm building something for people who sell clothes, accessories, or random products through Instagram or WhatsApp and are sick of managing everything through DMs.

The idea came from seeing how expensive or annoying it is for a small seller to get their own online store. There are decent tools out there, but a lot of them take big commissions, need a ton of setup, or just feel built for bigger businesses. If you're just starting out, that's a real wall to hit.

What I'm building is simpler: you make your store, upload your products, share one link, and get orders without having to track everything manually in a chat.

On the seller side you handle catalog, prices, sizes, stock, orders, payments, receipts, shipping, and customer info, all in one place. On the buyer side, they just open the link, browse, and order clearly, no back-and-forth asking if something's still available.

I don't want it to feel like some bloated platform made for big companies. The point is that a small shop, someone reselling from their closet, or a small entrepreneur can sell in a more professional way without overpaying or burning hours setting things up.

I'm about to release a public version soon — there will likely be a paid plan, but I'm planning to offer some free trial days so people can test it out before committing to anything.

Mainly trying to figure out:

• Does the store creation flow make sense?
• Is uploading products easy enough?
• Does checkout feel clear and trustworthy to buyers?
• Does it actually cut down the mess of selling through messages?
• What features would be must-haves for a small seller?

I'm not asking anyone to buy anything right now, just trying to see if this solves a real problem. Would love to hear from anyone who sells on social media, buys through Instagram/WhatsApp, or has tried setting up a store before.

Hey everyone,

I’m researching a problem around online selling and would love to hear from people who sell products through Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok, Facebook, or word of mouth.

For people who don’t want to set up a full ecommerce platform, what is usually the hardest part of creating a simple place to show products and take orders?

I’m especially curious about:

- What tools do you currently use?

- What feels too complicated or expensive?

- Do you prefer something very simple and fast to set up, or do you need more customization?

- What would make you trust a new tool for managing your products/orders?

I’m still in the research stage, so I’m not sharing a product or link. Just trying to understand what small sellers actually need before building too much.

Thanks for any thoughts.