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I'm genuinely curious what Gumroad Creators are selling. Is it 95% porn revenue, with a veneer of ebooks and videos? Or is there actually a sizable market for o

I'm genuinely curious what Gumroad Creators are selling. Is it 95% porn revenue, with a veneer of ebooks and videos? Or is there actually a sizable market for other digital goods?

vlucas 6y ago
All kinds of legitimate things are sold on Gumroad. I created BudgetSheet ( https://www.budgetsheet.net https://www.budgetsheet.net ), which I sell subscriptions to via Gumroad. It's ramping up slow, but this year it broke $1k ARR. My goal is to 3x that this year. Income Proof: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzatabooj5hocug/Screen%20Shot%202021-01-05%20at%202.06.35%20PM.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzatabooj5hocug/Screen%20Shot%2020...
philipkiely 6y ago
Not porn, mostly, see https://gumroad.com/company https://gumroad.com/company Here is a small sample of things of interest to an HN audience that you can buy with Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/fullstack https://gumroad.com/fullstack https://gumroad.com/adamwathan https://gumroad.com/adamwathan https://gumroad.com/traf https://gumroad.com/traf
WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago
I've seen some 3d printed items being sold (the blueprints)
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dkroy 6y ago
Such an odd way to ask this question from my perspective. Though this could be because I am missing something. Is this product popular in that industry? Is there a reason you lead with porn?
- biztos 6y ago
  I was wondering the same thing, because just yesterday I encountered a mention of Gumroad together with OnlyFans in a blog by a creator. Had that not happened I too would have found the parent comment odd.
LegitShady 6y ago
I don't think gumroad allows adult content at all.
_bohm 6y ago
It's quite easy to go browse the site and see for yourself that there's a pretty wide variety of stuff on there. In my particular niche (music production/sound design) a lot of indie creators sell Max for Live devices on Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/discover?category=music&query=max%20for%20live https://gumroad.com/discover?category=music&query=max%20for%...

I'm genuinely curious what Gumroad Creators are selling. Is it 95% porn revenue, with a veneer of ebooks and videos? Or is there actually a sizable market for other digital goods?

vlucas 6y ago

All kinds of legitimate things are sold on Gumroad. I created BudgetSheet ( https://www.budgetsheet.net https://www.budgetsheet.net ), which I sell subscriptions to via Gumroad. It's ramping up slow, but this year it broke $1k ARR. My goal is to 3x that this year. Income Proof: https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzatabooj5hocug/Screen%20Shot%202021-01-05%20at%202.06.35%20PM.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzatabooj5hocug/Screen%20Shot%2020...

philipkiely 6y ago

Not porn, mostly, see https://gumroad.com/company https://gumroad.com/company Here is a small sample of things of interest to an HN audience that you can buy with Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/fullstack https://gumroad.com/fullstack https://gumroad.com/adamwathan https://gumroad.com/adamwathan https://gumroad.com/traf https://gumroad.com/traf

WrtCdEvrydy 6y ago

I've seen some 3d printed items being sold (the blueprints)

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dkroy 6y ago

Such an odd way to ask this question from my perspective. Though this could be because I am missing something. Is this product popular in that industry? Is there a reason you lead with porn?

biztos 6y ago
I was wondering the same thing, because just yesterday I encountered a mention of Gumroad together with OnlyFans in a blog by a creator. Had that not happened I too would have found the parent comment odd.

LegitShady 6y ago

I don't think gumroad allows adult content at all.

_bohm 6y ago

It's quite easy to go browse the site and see for yourself that there's a pretty wide variety of stuff on there. In my particular niche (music production/sound design) a lot of indie creators sell Max for Live devices on Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/discover?category=music&query=max%20for%20live https://gumroad.com/discover?category=music&query=max%20for%...