> There are also multiple ways to build this kind of feature.
It sounds like both Balanced and Stripe will use them :-). But let's not turn this into a Balanced vs Stripe thread. It's not especially relevant for users and we'll stay out of the way when you guys have your public launch. Continued good luck!
> let's not turn this into a Balanced vs Stripe thread.
Hey, as I said below, I'm a Stripe customer: you guys are great. Frankly, I don't even see Stripe and Balanced as directly competing. Well, Balanced is deep in a vertical of one of your products. When I took the job at Balanced, I kept on selling my books through Stripe: you guys kick ass for that use case.
> we'll stay out of the way when you guys have your public launch.
Interesting this is a customer communication/acquisition channel for your business when many of us see it as a peer discussion forum. I hadn't really considered that before.
Oh, I think it is a peer discussion forum, first and foremost, and shouldn't be treated as a communication/acquisition channel -- which is why I think that having threads veer off into the competitive weeds does the forum a disservice. (As a reader, I find it kinda tedious when it happens in other threads.)
It sounds like both Balanced and Stripe will use them :-). But let's not turn this into a Balanced vs Stripe thread. It's not especially relevant for users and we'll stay out of the way when you guys have your public launch. Continued good luck!