The only way to use it between launches is to delete app and re-download from the app store
And the only way to figure that out was to follow them on twitter, 4 minutes before the launch. Anyone else just couldn't open the app
Awesome work guys, how about testing on "normal" products before asking companies to give you their most important launches of the season
These scripts are used both by fans and resellers, but there is another angle: The developers behind the plugins include their own reseller-id in all orders, so they get a bit of money for every sale.
The reseller ids is given to these developers, which makes me think that the brands are in on it as well, they don't care who buys the shoes, as long as they sell them, and they maintain scarcity.
Frenzy came to be from one of Shopify's quarterly hackdays projects, with the goal of changing flash sales for both merchants and consumers forever.
Frenzy is the best way to buy from brands you love. Whether you’re looking to buy rare products, discover new ones, or learn about new brands, Frenzy is the place to do it. Rather than waiting in line at a retail store, missing out online, or simply forgetting about a sale – Frenzy puts the hype of the best product releases in your pocket. When you buy from a seller on Frenzy, it’s just like buying from them in person – but you can do it anywhere in the world.
Frenzy will be launching this week with merchants Kith, Love Your Melon, Raised by Wolves, Off the Hook, and more, who will be selling products exclusively on the app.
Happy to answer any questions!
So I was attempting to decipher this sentence, which while apparently written in English, appears to be incomprehensible. I've identified the subject as "Frenzy" and the verb as "puts" and the object as "hype" but then I got a little lost and wandered off.
In all seriousness, learning how to present product in way that's free from content free superlatives and meaningless phrases will help greatly in communicating with customers.
I do not think anyone working for a 'digital strategy firm' should be the first to throw stones.
Thanks!
I think shopping online is great, but calling online flash selling "just like bying from them in person" is a bit of an exaggeration.
I've wanted to integrate with Shopify but seem to get confused by the limitations.
For one, it would be cool if the sellers had the options to let their products be on an open market place where anyone could write an application and sell their products for commission.
Disclosure: I'm at Shopify, but not part of the Frenzy team.
The first pilot was with Kith in October sometime and now they're definitely doing some Black Friday stuff and are launching Yeezys for Off the Hook today.
"With Frenzy, there’s no limit to your sales volume, the number of products you can sell, or the bandwidth you need." [emphasis added]
1. They're still lacking some major features imho (ability to sell in multiple currencies, can't put tracking JS on checkout pages, access to payout reports for bookkeeper, got lots more)
2. They do terrible product marketing - no email about newly launched features. In an extreme case, they launched a feature that sent emails to customers when their order was out for delivery, delivered, etc. Problem is that I was already using an app for that, so when they launched the feature and enabled it by default without letting me know, customers got two emails telling them their order was out for delivery, delivered, etc. It was a terrible customer experience (for us and for our customers) and I can't imagine how that decision was made. ("Hey, want to enable this feature that sends more emails to our customers' customers without announcing it? Yeah? Great!")
The example you give was extremely frustrating though (wasn't on Plus at the time).
Holy shit, that sounds awful. How do you perform conversion optimization if you can't do tracking on checkout pages?
They try to make it slightly harder to write a store that steals credit cards.. not a terrible thing..
If this is possible it's another example of poor product marketing: I've asked for this feature multiple times via email and forums over the last 6 years, and I hear about it from HN? That's a broken experience for a customer who's paid them approaching 5 figures.
To date I haven't been approved, which is one of the reasons why after 10+ years of using shopify we're moving off the platform. Biggest reason is limited API calls even on the Shopify Enterprise Plan...
Shopify is a great option if you've got a few skus, e.g. want to sell a few T-Shirts, however try to do anything complicated (like merging customer accounts, editing orders etc, even changing a billing address of an order) and it falls over :(
Made me laugh, at least...
2) No multiple currency support.
3) 100 variant limit per product (I've used a couple different ways around this in different stores, but none of them ideal).
Apps mitigate many of the other missing features and annoyances, but sometimes having to rely on apps is a tough pill to swallow (like needing to use Power Tools just to create smart collections with any kind of advanced rule set.)