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I was part of GumRoad's recent 10-day challenge called Small Product Lab. I had this feeling that they were getting very good at their business. I'm about to fi

I was part of GumRoad's recent 10-day challenge called Small Product Lab. I had this feeling that they were getting very good at their business. I'm about to finish up work on my ebook. I was to go with GumRoad. As per my research, they were THE best in terms of design, seller pricing and payment experience for end-users. The next best would be PulleyApp.com by BigCartel. Costs $6/month. Nowhere near Gumroad's percent-per-sale pricing. But BigCartel.com has been around for a long time (I remember they focussed on helping people sell tshirts online). PulleyApp is just their digital variant. The main downside of most GumRoad-alternatives is that if the product's sales go down or just die out. Unless seller has made huge amounts of profits (say $10k), then paying $6/month to keep it alive for previous customers might slowly leak out profits previously made. If anyone is to buy Gumroad, it should be Twitter (or Facebook?). They have the buy button and GumRoad would be a nice fit for small sellers.

jasonglaspey 11y ago
I would encourage you to look around before deciding on Pulley. While I haven't used them in a while, when I did I was really blown away by how little support, features, and service they provided. It felt very half-assed and very slow to grow. I emailed them once about something and they seemed annoyed that I'd have a feature request. I left immediately after that, and that's when I went to Gumroad. Been happy there since. However, should I launch something new, I'll definitely look at SendOwl
- SingAlong 11y ago
  Thanks for tipping me off about PulleyApp ~! Didn't know that they were that bad at support :( I did checkout SendOwl after reading posts on this thread. They look like the best alternative if switching was required. Their video show a very slick & kickass experience for buyers (I tried the demo too). B/w it looks like Gumroad is sticking around. Going by Sahil's tweets. They do understand very well that a lot of people love Gumroad a LOT and depend on it.

jasonglaspey 11y ago

I would encourage you to look around before deciding on Pulley. While I haven't used them in a while, when I did I was really blown away by how little support, features, and service they provided. It felt very half-assed and very slow to grow. I emailed them once about something and they seemed annoyed that I'd have a feature request. I left immediately after that, and that's when I went to Gumroad. Been happy there since. However, should I launch something new, I'll definitely look at SendOwl

SingAlong 11y ago
Thanks for tipping me off about PulleyApp ~! Didn't know that they were that bad at support :( I did checkout SendOwl after reading posts on this thread. They look like the best alternative if switching was required. Their video show a very slick & kickass experience for buyers (I tried the demo too). B/w it looks like Gumroad is sticking around. Going by Sahil's tweets. They do understand very well that a lot of people love Gumroad a LOT and depend on it.