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Amazing and poignant story; thank you for sharing. I do wonder if there was a path for Gumroad to become a Shopify killer, instead of focusing on sellers too s
by evanweaver 8y ago
Amazing and poignant story; thank you for sharing.
I do wonder if there was a path for Gumroad to become a Shopify killer, instead of focusing on sellers too small and unsophisticated for Shopify, which limited the addressable market.
- Eric_WVGG 8y agoThey're not really congruent products… if anything Gumroad is more similar to Stripe. But to take your question seriously, I'd far rather hack together a shopping site and use Gumroad for payments than grapple with Shopify again, they give me a migraine. Gumroad is also going to have some new opportunities if Patreon continues to struggle with their similar deal-with-the-devil. +1 Gumroad, glad to see it's found a way to thrive.
- KaoruAoiShiho 8y agoYes I'm confused why Gumroad didn't become more like stripe or patreon. That would've been a natural development. It must be execution problems.