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I'm not sure why you're viewing GumRoad's funding as a negative. I look at this as even more validation for my payments startup http://merchee.com , which has similar basic functio…

They both have nice API's and are both only available for US based businesses, but otherwise, its kind of comparing apples to oranges. There's a recent post in Quora comparing the …

If your non US based, you may be interested in Simplified Ecommerce. We cover the entire payments stack- gateway, vault, PCI compliance, recurring subscription management and Affil…

I'm the founder of Simplified Ecommerce and we support international Merchants from almost everywhere. There's a lot of really great companies in the space, I think we offer someth…

I recommend trying a lower price first, then gradually increase. 1) Your early adopters/ customers will feel like they got a deal. (if you drop the price later they'll feel ripped …

"product that we know is very useful for our customers"- For some businesses this can become obvious from metrics like signups and usage- although there is a difference between a "…

PayPal, Amazon and Google can be great solutions, one confusing thing to keep in mind is that YOUR customers are actually THEIR customers, all the customer data belongs to them, no…

We're in Beta and working with each new customer closely, getting their feedback and developing what we think is going to be fair pricing when we officially launch. If you don't ha…

For digital goods and subscriptions try Simplified Ecommerce. I'm the founder, here's the basics: http://SimplifiedEcommerce.com/aboutus Integrations as easy as PayPal "BuyNow" lin…

Especially important for lean startups when considering payment providers for subscriptions is the ability to "take your customers with you" as you grow. When using Paypal, Clickba…

There's a lot of good options and great providers, each having their pros and cons dependent on where you are in your lean startup "lifecycle". About Simplified Ecommerce: We speci…