Efrem Arpa

Economist. Founder of @Pluribox. Musician. Writing about software, digital products, business and music.

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I'm building Pluribox for creators and businesses who want to sell from the websites they own.

Add checkout, reviews, forms and digital delivery without building a separate store.

Here's a quick look at what we're building 👇

Join the founding cohort: https://t.co/rppxuo2FB1

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I'd like to discover more independent creators who sell digital products through their own websites.

Ebooks, templates, design assets, music, guides, downloadable resources and similar products.

If that's you, feel free to share your website. I'd enjoy seeing what you're building!!

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A product can have a polished page, compelling copy and beautiful images.

But a potential buyer may still want to know one thing:

What did someone who actually bought it think?

If you sell from your own website, where do your customer reviews appear?

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Web designers - a question: when a client who already has a website wants to start selling a digital product, how do you usually handle it?

Add an ecommerce plugin? Build a separate store? Embed checkout from another platform? Something custom?

I'd love to hear how you approach these smaller commerce projects.

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Before adding another feature to a product page, check whether it answers four basic questions:

1. What is the customer buying?
2. What will the customer receive?
3. What will it cost?
4. What happens after someone pays?

A clear buying experience starts with clear answers.

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@DevAfter5 I am not there yet but my advice so far is… take decisions and take action and repeat over and over and over again. Some big, some small but all important

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@claudiamiclea Would you use an e-commerce payment/ checkout SaaS if it was run by the founder? As opposed to being registered as a company? This is something I am genuinely struggling with to decide the way forward.

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@dupanos That’s deep man!

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@CiprianiRanieri I am a firm believer that yes a website is still important and will become more so in the coming years. I am building my e-commerce SaaS around that belief.

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@Gaus450 Finding the right name which also had a domain available. I was like… wtf even all made up words I didn’t even know existed were all taken. Them I ended up buying a domain that was used by a prior closed down business… but the name felt perfect to me. So I guess I got lucky

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@DevAfter5 Not liquid no 😆 but am immensely wealthy in other ways. Became a dad not too long ago 🥰

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@DariaWithAI Eating fish is good for musicians because they are full of scales 🤣🤣😂😂😉😅😅 ps my past music teacher fell for it

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@MicroLaunchHQ https://t.co/RSjBl663Qk

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@pmitu So true most of the time

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@oldstackjournal My local news site and pluribox dot com

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@launch_llama It becomes part of your existing website instead of needing to rework your site or send people anywhere else.

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@ThePeterMick Stripe vs MOR solution is not comparable at all

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@kamilbaranek_ AMSTRAD …. Oh my!!

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@araseb_ Pluribox Ecommerce

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A question for people building software with AI:

Do you use one AI assistant for everything, or different ones for coding, architecture, strategy and reviewing ideas?

I'm interested in how people divide the work, particularly when the same project involves both technical and business decisions.