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We recently launched SellApp and wanted to share it with the HN community. SellApp is a simple way to sell digital products online. A digital goods seller can spin up a…",{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"27924342","Great question! Gumroad seems to be focusing more and more on creators with a large following and is pivoting towards that segment of the market. This includes the decision to…",{"value":61,"source":52,"evidence":62},"Sellers of digital products such as ebooks, license keys and online services",[63,64],{"id":55,"by":11,"text":56},{"id":65,"by":11,"text":66},"27919251","Great question! We see a digital product as anything that can be delivered online. This is generally subdivided into 4 different types: 1. 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Simplicity; Unlike competitors whose interfaces overwhelm first-time seller of digital products, we decided to keep our interface as minimal\u002Fsimple as possible. Is that…",{"id":118,"by":119,"text":120},"27923947","Cyph0n","Nice work! I’m also in the process of working on a checkout app + API, but focused more on the payment processing side of things and targeting the North African market. I’m still…",[122,129,140,144],{"value":123,"source":111,"evidence":124},"Instant payouts raise chargeback and refund risk",[125],{"id":126,"by":127,"text":128},"27923351","bberenberg","How do you square \"2. Payments; where other storefronts tend to custody funds and pay sellers out after 7-14 days, we enable sellers to receive earnings instantly.\" with…",{"value":130,"source":111,"evidence":131},"Fees and pricing are unclear",[132,136],{"id":133,"by":134,"text":135},"27923621","samrolken","The pricing page mentioning “platform fees” without specifying what they are doesn’t seem like the best thing. If you charge, or plan to charge, other fees, maybe also mention…",{"id":137,"by":138,"text":139},"27923732","gnicholas","> It's completely free to start selling on SellApp, with no fees being taken (though we'll introduce a 3% fee per sale in a couple months) How does this stack up against Stripe…",{"value":141,"source":111,"evidence":142},"Simplicity is not a strong differentiator versus competitors",[143],{"id":114,"by":115,"text":116},{"value":145,"source":111,"evidence":146},"Competitors like Sellfy and Selly already exist and are cheaper to use",[147],{"id":148,"by":149,"text":150},"27924871","IconianGate","The payout times and fees you advertise for competitors charging are overly inflated by like double at least. 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