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Celery (YC S12) Raises $2 Million To Help Makers Accept Pre-Orders

38 points| podingx | 12 years ago |techcrunch.com | reply

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[+] michaelbuckbee|12 years ago|reply
I've had the privilege of working with the Celery guys for a while (client project) and can attest that they offer incredibly responsive support and assistance.

They have bent over backwards to help us get more pre-order sales, install better analytics and even went to bat for us in getting our Paypal limits increased.

Big congrats to them!

[+] andymoe|12 years ago|reply
Very nice. Wish I had known about this several months ago... Charging people for products that are not quite ready to ship yet really does hurt sales vs charging when it ships. Will for sure try this for our next product. Hopefully they will have authorize.net integration by then though because the rates are still better than Stripe or Pay Pal.
[+] cktsai|12 years ago|reply
celery co-founder here. interested to hear about your next product! we'd be happy to help
[+] basp|12 years ago|reply
Congrats! Question- would Celery make sense for a food business that takes seasonal pre-orders?
[+] vonnik|12 years ago|reply
Hey - you can pre-sell anything you want with Celery. Why don't you write us at [email protected] and we'll discuss...
[+] kaa2102|12 years ago|reply
I've been thinking about adopting Celery for a new product launch. Not sure if I want to go with the Pre-Order system. However, I believe that Celery also works for Real-time orders.
[+] vonnik|12 years ago|reply
Hi, Celery guy here. It works for real-time orders as well. Happy to answer any questions you have setting it up. [email protected]
[+] svmegatron|12 years ago|reply
Congrats on the raise! Celery is an awesome product and currently the BEST option out there for taking preorders.