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I'm all for great customer service, but 6-9% discount rates are frightening. It's not that hard to do direct paypal/credit card processing for something in the

by corbet 16y ago

I'm all for great customer service, but 6-9% discount rates are frightening. It's not that hard to do direct paypal/credit card processing for something in the 2.5-4% range. That's a big chunk of a company's revenue, not to be given up lightly.

grayprog 16y ago
That's hard or simply impossible if you're not in US/UK. Also, even in the US, you'll need to build a lot of code on your site to support all the options that FastSpring and other similar services provide, such as all the offers, discounts, cross-sales etc. It's possible to do and maybe even more integrated, but still it's additional work that needs to be done and maintained.
chaosmachine 16y ago
On the other hand, it's a significantly lower percentage than, say, The App Store, or Android Market.