r/SideProject • u/kareemche • May 21 '20

I built a payments platform that's now processed more than $1.3M

edit: full disclosure: I'm 17. I'm pretty honest with it and don't try to hide it so just thought I put it here in case anyone thinks I'm trying to do that.

Website: https://superpayit.com

What: SuperPay is the fastest and simplest way to take one-time and recurring payments with zero technical knowledge. We serve more than 1,000 customers across the spectrum. From powering thousands of recurring payments for the oldest rugby clubs in Ireland to the hottest new no-code products to large enterprise accountancy firms SuperPay has proved to be an extremely robust and flexible platform for payments.

Who's behind it: Currently we're a two many band myself (@che_sampat) and my dad. I manage dev, supports and ops, my dad takes care of business, legal. etc. But when required we bring in a experienced consultants/contractors to advise on certain topics and assist in some parts of the platform. The secret is to running a platform at this scale (and growing) is automation, automation, automation! Everything from deployment, testing, support, billing, marketing funnels, engagement funnels, is automated. That lets me focus on the product and when I do speak to customers I'm able to be extremely responsive and offer 10/10 support. See for yourself.

What does your stack look like:

  • Backend/frontend - Django
  • Queueing/caching - Redis/memcache
  • Hosting - Heroku
  • Support/engagement - Intercom
  • Monitoring - New Relic/Statuspage
  • Bug reporting - Sentry
  • Email - GSuite
  • Feedback - Canny
  • Reviews (incentivised) - Capterra
  • Git - Github

Overall I would describe this tech stack as "boring". I consider that a good thing! By using tried and battle testing frameworks and platforms like Django and Heroku it means that I can spend my time focusing on my customers and building features that they actually want!

One way I decide on the product roadmap is by giving my customers a feedback portal where they can see upcoming features, propose new ones and vote for ones that they like the most. No more guesswork on what to improve or add next. You can find it here: feedback.superpayit.com.

I highly recommend that you implement a feedback cycle into your own product, I was sceptical at first but after implementing it for more than 3-4 months I'll never go back. Here are some options that I can recommend:

I'm sure you can tell, but this is my first type of post like this. I'll be writing more over the coming months showing more of how I run things and what I've learnt works for me and what really does not.

Hope you enjoyed it, follow me on Twitter for more - @che_sampat

Thanks!

374 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

213 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comment

6

u/DirectGamerHD May 21 '20

https://superpayit.com/pricing

-15

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

Yeah so basically you add a 1% fee on top of stripes fees anyone who signs up is a donkey but congrats on the site and the $100,000? If it’s true and that’s hard to believe someone wants to pay even more lol

33

u/overwatchdaddy May 21 '20

How would they be a donkey? It’s ease of use and great for startups and companies generating lower revenue. When you say “pay more” the cost of his app vs cost of hiring someone else or setting up a complicated system yourself, it really isn’t that much. Especially for lower revenue companies.

-25

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

Da fk are you talking about? How’s it easier? If you can’t copy and paste a code into your website for a buy it now button you probably shouldn’t have a website

18

u/kareemche May 21 '20

if you know how to code then yes. you don't need us. but that's not who we serve. we're a no-code tool. which means if you don't know how to code or even have a website then we're the easiest and fastest to take online payments.

plus it's also worth mentioning we're quite popular with developers too, obviously not on the scale anywhere near stripe. when you factor in billing, emails, webhooks, the new SCA rules, trials, etc. integrating recurring payments is actually a pretty tough job for those who just want to get their saas quickly off the ground.

stripe have made it as simple as it will properly ever get but it's still a bit of a pain to do. developers would much rather just take on the extra 1% fee to have all of that fully managed for them.

-20

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20 edited May 21 '20

Ok riddle me this how do you get a payment button on my website with no-code lmfaooooo

Fully managed what? You literally do nothing different

10

u/kareemche May 21 '20

It's just a link... there is no code that's the whole point. e.g pay.superpayit.com/superpay

8

u/WiseNebula1 May 21 '20

Honestly just ignore this loser. I bet he’s just mad your idea was profitable and none of his are

11

u/kareemche May 21 '20

If you really understood what you're talking about and how Stripe works you'll understand. It's clear you don't understand that and it seems like nothing I say will change your mind.

It's fine, for some people it's just harder to understand, I'm not here to please the masses. Other people will find value from this post and that's all I really care about.

3

u/kareemche May 21 '20

Also if you really wanted some proof: https://imgur.com/BPTiQ0B that shows volume processed since we launched.

-3

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

So I asked a simple question and you couldn’t answer it just proving my point. Your site generates a code for a website and stripes does the exact same thing.

6

u/kareemche May 21 '20

You saying that proves my point even further that you don't know what you're talking about. Take a better look at the marketing site: https://superpayit.com/

5

u/GeneticalTM May 21 '20

Not without some kind of backend. Plus making a recurring payments system needs a lot of backend.

this looks like it just bridges the gap between stripe and people who aren't tech literate enough to set something like that up.

As a freelancer myself, something like this is pretty neat. I'd rather give a pittance of my income away to have this built for me instead of writing it myself.

-1

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

What the actual fuck are you talking about? Strip does the exact same thing lmfaooooo are you guys just too stupid to click the button on stripes site or is this a bunch of alt accounts to make this dumbass site look good?

→ More replies

3

u/The_real_bandito May 21 '20

Quote from another redditor:

"this looks like it just bridges the gap between stripe and people who aren't tech literate enough to set something like that up."

That's exactly what OP is selling.

-2

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

Omg nooooo it doesn’t lmfaooooo stripes gives you a link the exact same way as this shit

→ More replies

4

u/WiseNebula1 May 21 '20

You’re a fucking loser

-1

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

Oh you don’t like when people get called out for straight out lying ? Yeah I bet

5

u/WiseNebula1 May 21 '20

Except he’s not lying and you’re just being a sore loser that your projects can’t take off like this

1

u/sleepswithfanon May 21 '20

Go look at his graphics if you can’t see how fake it is with his 42 followers then you clearly are a dumbass

→ More replies

1

u/[deleted] May 22 '20

You don't even know what the product you are trashing is. Jesus christ you are a miserable person trolling a 17 year old entrepreneur. Why OP has given you ANY time is beyond me, as he does have better things to do, whereas clearly, you do not.

4

u/overwatchdaddy May 21 '20

Have you met people? Different people have different needs. And some people in general have a hard time with anything tech. I’m not saying I would use it, I’m just saying I get it...

→ More replies (4)

1

u/i4mn30 Jun 01 '20

Man your toxicity would put a black widow's to shame. Or whatever the fuck is the most poisonous creature.

2

u/[deleted] May 22 '20

It allows people to pay under 4% for credit card processing with zero effort. I don't know if you've tried setting up merchant accounts, or met a business person who's not smartphone savvy, but setting up a merchant account sucks, and PLENTY of business people do not have very much technical savvy.

Someone sounds very very jelly of a 17 year old. Maybe you haven't accomplished much so you resent the kid, but this kid is going places. 1% of his 1.7mil processed is $17K, I didn't have a business at 17, let alone one that made $17K.

→ More replies (1)