I think it's a great idea, and really well implemented so far.
Best of luck with it!
Show HN: my weekend project, Gumroad
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#182Over this past weekend I had the idea to build a sort of link shortener but with a payment system built-in. There have been many times in the past where I wanted to share a link - on Twitter or just through IM with a few friends - but did not want to go through the overhead of setting up a whole store. So I built Gumroad. I coded/designed from 12PM -> 11PM on Saturday and 8AM -> 11PM on Sunday. There are still tons o…
That's one hell of a cut.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just a crazy idea, when something like NaCl catches on perhaps gumroad could generate bitcoins client-side in lieu of payment?
[EDIT: the text below is correct, but a bit too snarky. My apologies. Also, the site owner could just trust the client to actually run his/her bitcoin-generating code for a couple of hours and send any generated coins - this should earn him/her ~$0.20/hour, rounded down because lots of people have crufty computers. Still not feasible, and generating bitcoins will only get harder in the future, but not as bad as I sug…
Good points. I figured it was probably totally infeasible, thanks for filling me in on why.
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#184As with many ideas I see floated and mvp'd on HN, I'm jealous. Great idea, good execution. I'd agree with others that the 30% is too high. 5-10% would be acceptable.
Why be jealous? He has no traction. Copy it and do it slightly better.
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#185I've been thinking about this exact problem for a few weeks now. I have gone as far as buying a domain for it (epayfiles.com) and I just started coding. I think I'll continue on with my project I'll just focus on a different payment niche.
After doing some quick research I found five or six sites with similar ideas. Most of them focus on selling digital files not links. The link idea sounds novel. The presentation is also very clean. Looks good.
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#186I saw it mentioned here already, but the idea of a "Name your Price" option would be really cool. Just like how Bandcamp does it. I'm always more motivated to support artists that chose this option.
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#187How do I know that, when I pay, I am actually getting what I am paying for?
How do you handle chargebacks etc..
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#188Nice - how about this as a feature: # of downloads allowed. This would allow people to sell just 1 copy or set up something like a groupon-esque clone. First 50 people get 50% off. Then after 50 people say you're too late. Just an idea.
I really like this idea, especially for art. It solves the "what if someone just passes the final link around" problem because if you're getting 1 of 25 copies of something you're less likely to go out of your way to reduce the rarity of the item you bought.
Expanding on that if there is a limited # you could choose to list # left to create a sense of urgency or keep it hidden and mysterious. Good luck!
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#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's cool. Far too many people ignore what a solid relationship with the upstream payment provider can give you. Glad the fees are capped. I saw a $100 link, so not sure about what the cap is. As for collecting CC data, if it's passing through your code, even if you don't store it, you are accountable for it. I've seen the silliest things with people claiming they aren't storing CC data. And yet, you can browse fil…
> I've been doing this for 10 years now, and as soon as someone opens up a payment system like this, money laundering and other schemes will review how to abuse it. So when I see something like this, I get nervous. I ask: how would I exploit it. Maybe you should write a guide of all the ways you've seen people go wrong and the best ways to do things (and why). That could be useful to a lot of people on HN.
He could sell the guide on Gumroad
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sure, at the moment only nerds use Bitcoins, but this _could_ become as universal as PayPal is today. But yes, it probably doesn't make much (commercial) sense right now.
> Bitcoins [...] _could_ become as universal as PayPal is today Putting aside numerous other issues, bitcoin.org states "The total eventual circulation will be 21 million bitcoins". [EDIT: DanI-S pointed out that bitcoins can already be subdivided. So this was switched from "there are too few bitcoins to support even American e-commerce" to "bitcoins are not valuable enough to support even American e-commerce". The n…
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