Slope

@rickyyean Many! Here are some examples: - Instead of hiring a large finance and collections team, you can use Slope Pay Now to automatically reconcile and collect payments - If you're an offline wholesaler that is starting to sell products online, you can add Slope Pay Now as your checkout - If you're a U.S. merchant but have Mexican clients, you can use Slope Pay Now to accept MXN and get paid out in USD. These are just some, so much more!

@alicevdeng nice, can I create pay now links for different installments whenever I want?

@alicevdeng @rickyyean Yes, you can create instant links to send to your business customers for Pay Now and Pay Later. You can offer installments, net terms, milestone-based payments, and custom plans. All of this with no code.

@alicevdeng @rickyyean why not just use Stripe?

@rickyyean @ben_coolidge Great question! Stripe actually doesn't support milestone payments. We know this pain first hand because we were trying to facilitate B2B transactions that require a deposit or paying when something ships. We had to make a dozens of invoice link manually. Other ways we are different than Stripe: - We're built from the ground up for B2B. Stripe and other modern solutions focus on consumer payments hence enabling any merchants to accept credit cards. What this translates into product wise means accepting ACH, wire, cross border, etc. - B2B workflows like milestone payments - With Pay Now, we now support a comprehensive checkout that can facilitate payments AND financing (which is tablestakes for B2B and something Stripe does not support)

@alicevdeng @lawlm Congrats on the launch! Very exciting to see the product evolve! Go Team Slope!!! 🚀

@mwseibel @alicevdeng congrats!!

@alicevdeng @lawlm Congrats on the launch!! Crazy to remember how this all started, yall are legends!

@lawlm @alicevdeng congratulations on the launch, this is huge!

@lawlm @sasankh Too kind Sasankh - definitely check out our product! :)

@alex_wu12 Hey Alex, apart of our success is our world class team. "Secret sauce" of the Slope team may include a combination of the following elements: Expertise in machine learning: The team's background in deep learning for self-driving cars may give them a strong understanding of advanced machine learning techniques, which they are applying to the task of fast underwriting of buyers at the point of purchase. Deep Product experience: By focusing on delivering a consumer-grade buy now, pay later (BNPL) solution for B2B customers, the team is trying to make the purchasing experience as easy and user-friendly as possible. Strong understanding of the B2B landscape: Slope is targeted at B2B customers, so it's likely that the team has a good understanding of the specific needs and pain points of these customers, which they are trying to solve with their product. A relaxed and casual work environment: With a "no shoes in the office policy" the company culture is probably relaxed, casual and promote innovation. And it might help the team to work more efficiently :)

@alicevdeng yal are wild for not wearing shoes but I love it!

@alicevdeng @alex_wu12 Real secret sauce

@amandaleung Of course! We serve any type of B2B merchant but some specific examples include B2B marketplaces, wholesalers, B2B SaaS companies, etc.!

@alicevdeng Awesome!

@amandaleung @alicevdeng Yes, flexibility is key

@nick_heins definitely! You can use Pay Now in two ways: 1 - API (API docs) Integrate with Slope with minimal developer effort using our low-code checkout redirect API. All you need to do is generate a URL and redirect them there. And voila! Start accepting payments today. -OR- 2 - No-code Invoice Link We understand that not every B2B business is ready to fully transition to online payments, so we've built a solution that bridges the gap for offline workflows.

@nick_heins Thank you! Smooth UX is key as well as fast integration

I love that there's two ways! Bridging that tech gap will be so important

@alex_dettmer Yes!

@alex_dettmer Yes agreed!

@sucre1990 Thank you!

@sucre1990 Much appreciated Jason! I know you own an ecommerce business and we can help in a few ways: Ease of integration: According to Slope, Pay Now can be integrated into a business's existing workflow in just a few minutes, which makes it easy for merchants to start accepting payments without disrupting their operations. Offline invoice links: Pay Now includes offline invoice links, which allows merchants to send their clients invoice links that allow them to pay by card or bank transfer. This feature allows business to connect with clients who are not fully transitioned to online payments yet. Same-day ACH: Pay Now offers same-day ACH, which allows merchants to quickly access their funds, this could be extremely useful for businesses that need to solve working capital issues. Cross-border payments: Pay Now enables businesses to accept payments in MXN and be paid out in USD for the beginning, in the future additional countries and currencies will be supported, this can greatly help in handling foreign exchange needs. Milestone / Custom Invoices: With Pay Now, businesses can easily set up future billings and accept payments in installments, in accordance to milestones or specific terms agreed upon with their customers. This can be especially useful for businesses that need to do progress invoicing or collect payments over time. Guest Checkout and B2B Checkout: Pay Now has a guest checkout feature that allows businesses to accept payments from new customers without requiring them to create an account, and with B2B Checkout, it consolidates all the payment capabilities into a single, flexible infrastructure, making it easy for businesses to accept any type of payment, this can greatly help in B2B transactions. Please check us out! :)

@alicevdeng Thank you so much! This product totally helps solve our pain points!

@sucre1990 Of course! We love building products that solve pain points!

@juliawu Yep! We were powering payments going through BNPL and many merchants were wondering if we could just power it all in one consolidated checkout. We then went live with a beta and started seeing merchants use us just for Pay Now and realized regular B2B payments is a massive pain!

@juliawu Thank you for your support Julia! It's been a big customer request to consolidate their checkout experience and we are excited to be publicly live now!

@juliawu @lawlm Yes agreed!