The Ledger
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Lütke: If one entrepreneur needs a tool, thousands more will too
“And I'm not that different from other people. Like, if I needed this at some point, there's gonna be at least a couple thousand people who also need this.”
Lütke: In 2004, no software made building an online store easy
“There's no software that would make this easy, and especially the credit card part.”
Snowdevil converted $500 snowboards on 20-cent minimum Google AdWords clicks
“It turns out that the minimum bid for an ad for click is 20 cents, and we paid minimum bid for almost every search, which ended up converting on a 500 dollar snowboard.”
Lütke: Snow Devil launched with 20,000 CAD each from co-founders
“Yeah we both put money into the company. I think we both took 20,000 Canadian dollars and put, that's the capital we had.”
Lütke: Snow Devil acquired customers on 20-cent Google AdWords bids
“Google AdWords was a new product. Both days it turns out that the minimum bid for an ad for click is 20 cents, and we paid minimum bid for almost every search, which ended up converting on a 500 dollar snowboard.”