PCI compliance is only an issue if he's storing CC data.
I'm no expert, but I don't think this is true. I've witnessed a few payment systems being implemented, and just having this data pass through your system you need to adhere to some compliance rules (which are softer vs. actually storing the data though).
Correct. We are doing a PCI compliance certification right now, for a service that does the same CC flow as this. We don't store, but just forward. But even that requires a PCI certification.
Why be jealous? He has no traction. Copy it and do it slightly better.
I have 50,000 page-views worth of traction and over 1,000 users - many of them making real money. :) Kidding aside, I dare you (not sarcastically, I would love to see another approach to the same problem).
I may do that, but perhaps focused on a particular niche. Thanks.
As 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.
Jealous of people being able to have good simple ideas, not specifically his particular implementation.
Thought of this too, I guess you can watermark images. Not sure how you would sell JS scripts since showing a working demo would require the file to be accessible to the user.
That script you make is copyrighted, if they take it without paying you for it (if that is the deal), then they just broke the law.
Sure, but the question is how to make it more difficult.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 636, in __call__
handler.post(*groups)
File "/base/data/home/apps/gumroad/1.349498677539326613/main.py", line 292, in post
db.delete(link)
File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/db/__init__.py", line 1491, in delete
datastore.Delete(keys, config=config)
File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore.py", line 516, in Delete
keys, multiple = NormalizeAndTypeCheckKeys(keys)
File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore.py", line 178, in NormalizeAndTypeCheckKeys
keys, multiple = NormalizeAndTypeCheck(keys, (basestring, Entity, Key))
File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/api/datastore.py", line 157, in NormalizeAndTypeCheck
(types, val, typename(val)))
BadArgumentError: Expected one of (, , ); received None (a NoneType).
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…
Do you actually believe the price of a Bitcoin would remain statically frozen in the present, if everyone was using it?
> If you want to see the icon/graphic/design/whatever before you pay for it obviously... But that's the whole point. There's nothing that allows a seller to do this at the mo. > The second question has been answered. Sure, after my post. The answer to which seems to be "there isn't". So a valid question. > This is a completely different model to ebay. Perhaps from the platform's perspective, not from the sellers. The…
> Perhaps from the platform's perspective, not from the sellers. The motivation is to enable someone to quickly put up an item for sale. I can pretty damn quickly put up a single item for sale on ebay too. You are completely wrong. The model is entirely different from the seller's perspective. See the author's original comment. I've included it below. >How does this work for art though? I mean you want to see the ico…
> "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."
Right - and putting something up for sale on ebay and sending people the link is different... how?
Over 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…
Could you add the option to let the payee set the price? That would be great for donations and pay-what-it's-worth-to-you transactions. :)
Traceback (most recent call last): File "/base/python_runtime/python_lib/versions/1/google/appengine/ext/webapp/__init__.py", line 634, in __call__ handler.get(*groups) File "/base/data/home/apps/gumroad/1.349472656690944858/main.py", line 60, in get if is_logged_in(): File "/base/data/home/apps/gumroad/1.349472656690944858/main.py", line 110, in is_logged_in s = sessions.Session() File "/base/data/home/apps/gumroad/…
I got an error like that also when trying to log in.