Taler by Shopify: Your social design sandbox

Product Hunt

Love how Shopify continues to expand its offering with distinct products like this. 👍🏼 This makes sense for Shopify to offer to their customers but I'm curious how it connects back to the platform (if at all). I.e. Why would people use this over something like Canva for graphic design?

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5yr ago

Nataraj Sindam

@rrhoover Canva for a while can still remain a superior product. It survived Adobe's attempts (Adobe spark) and showed a better design DNA. The interesting evolution to look forward is automating the creation of marketing content with Taler and then extending it to automated distribution (hubspot killer). I am looking forward to a scenario where a Shopify merchant can generate marketing content with couple of clicks for all possible channels and distribute them with few more clicks. This scenario will hit canva and hubspot the hardest. Use of AI is another interesting trend to look for in this scenario.

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5yr ago

Usama Ejaz

SocialBu

@rrhoover well. with a closer look, it seems they are using PhotoEditor SDK. So, that means this is just customized photo editor sdk powered photo editor. While Canva is a 100% original software, this is just a customized UI using PhotoEditor SDK.

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5yr ago

Pratik Ghela

Typeform Alternative By MakeForms

@rrhoover - I wish they approached us at MakeStories. We just redeveloped the entire editor from scratch and people are going nuts. Launching soon on Product Hunt 😎

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5yr ago

Enn

@usamaejaz is it a no-go for you to work with an SDK or was it the implementation of it you found could use more tweaks?

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5yr ago

Lizzie MacNeill

Shopify

Maker

Great design should be accessible to everyone, and we wanted to create a forever free social design app for aspiring entrepreneurs. The templates are catered to people hoping to launch a brand, business or a shop and you can use Taler like a sandbox for your digital designs. Taler is in beta with new templates being added each week so let us know if you have requests for styles! Need a free logo too? Check out Hatchful by Shopify.

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5yr ago

Maury Rubin

Really cool idea! great for merchants just starting in social posting. My question would be... to what end is Shopify going to develop this. I dont think this is a Canva killer but it certainly can add value to Shopify merchants off the bat. Is there a plan to monetize fonts, assets etc?

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5yr ago

Lizzie MacNeill

Shopify

Maker

@maury_rubin great question Maury! At this stage the goal is to provide some great free design resources and as you mentioned we are definitely hoping to help new or existing merchants level up their branding + remove barriers to entry. Thanks for checking it out!

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5yr ago

Maury Rubin

@lizzie_macneill so do you see Taler a free tool forever for Shopify merchants? or is there some monetization somewhere down the line? or is this simply a tool to get more merchants though the door?

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5yr ago

Lizzie MacNeill

Shopify

Maker

@maury_rubin definitely free! And the intention is to help empower early stage businesses, first-time founders, and really anyone that wants to use the tools. Check out shopify.com/tools - we are launching new ones all the time! 🚀

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5yr ago

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