Haven't used it, but I think this deserves a mention as it accepts bitcoin: http://coinlock.com/
Ask HN: Which service do you use to sell downloads?
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#22You can have a look at http://www.fastspring.com/ too. I use them to sell my plugins online. Their support is fantastic.
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#23Haven't used it, but I think this deserves a mention as it accepts bitcoin: http://coinlock.com/
SendOwl also accepts BitCoins
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#24I may well be e-junkie's oldest surviving customer, although I eventually transitioned everything off their app into my app with the exception of Paypal IPN processing. They've got almost $500 of LTV from me, $5 a month at a time. If I were making the choice again today, it would be Gumroad by a country mile. Regardless of whether you end up using them, look up Ryan Delk's presentations regarding the habits of succes…
I use e-junkie as well. Their UI is horrendous and there are a few features that are not listed in the admin section (support will clue you in) but they are generally reliable and just do the job (for very cheap).
That said, I'm moving off of them to a WP + WooCommerce shop this month to have better control over the process and offer something besides PayPal (several countries are blocked from PayPal).
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#25I would use gumroad or whatever is easiest/fastest to get it out there. Don't worry about fees and junk right away. Get your product available to sell and focus on selling it. Don't spend a lot of time on how you are going to process money and deliver the product. Focus on the sales. When you have $10,000 in sales and 1% margin starts being worth $100, you can spend a few hours maybe worrying about if gum road is the right choice. Even then, it's probably not worth worrying about.
Just sell things, enough things that it actually matters who you are using for processing. But, with 0 sales, you are doing 0 order processing so it doesn't matter.
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#26We wrote our own integration into Shopify.com that does RLM-based licensing (a standard in the visual effects software industry.)
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#27I use woocommerce on Wordpress. I have a large number of products, and their cart process works pretty well. Checkout is smooth. Plentiful extensions.
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#28I've sold about a thousand dollars thru Gumroad. http://gumroad.com
I like the design. I like the simplicity. People can just use their CC like normal. They take a percentage of your sales, but so far found it worth it.
I wish it had order tracking (just a box I could tick when I shipped something would be nice) but that is irrelevant for downloads.
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#29Do any of these services have a good workflow for pay what you want downloads?
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#30A friend earned quite a bit with his music on CoinDL: https://www.coindl.com/page/author/139
It's bitcoin only though but I like the preview for music and the no-bullshit easy handling.