Building a Successful Open-Source E-commerce Platform: Lessons from Bagisto's Journey ft. S. Pathak

Discover how to develop an #opensource project from scratch, reaching 6,000+ Github stars, over 75,000 downloads within four years. In this discussion, we’ll delve into the success story of Bagisto, an open-source #ecommerce platform originating in India that managed to establish its presence in the fiercely competitive global proprietary #software market, primarily dominated by Shopify.
Join us as we converse with Saurav Pathak, the co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Bagisto. Throughout the discussion, we will cover various topics, such as how they built the community that propelled the project globally, how they promoted their product, why they chose to make it open source, and the lessons they learned in building such a project.
By attending the talk, you will gain an insider’s perspective on the challenges and opportunities associated with building an open-source project from scratch. Additionally, you will learn how to overcome obstacles to success, providing you with valuable inspiration.

The key moments:
00:00:00 - 00:02:23 Introduction
00:02:24 - 00:08:00 History and Idea of the product
00:08:01 - 00:12:42 Target audience
00:12:43 - 00:16:51 Metrics
00:16:52 - 00:23:43 Monetization
00:23:44 - 00:32:34 Validation of the idea
00:32:35 - 00:36:04 Marketing on GitHub
00:36:05 - 00:40:34 Global Market and Localization
00:40:35 - 00:46:03 Building Community
00:46:04 - 00:50:57 Support
00:50:58 - 00:53:43 Tips for Open Source Entrepreneurs
00:53:44 - 01:00:11 Q&A Session

????‍???? About Speaker
Saurav Pathak is the co-founder of Bagisto, FOSS Evangelist. He has been a speaker at multiple open-source conferences in India and across the world and is also the core organizer of Laravel Delhi Community which conduct meetup every month in Delhi NCR on open-source technology Laravel and related tech stacks.

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