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Well Gumroad, the storefront he's using charges 5% or 3.5% + $10/ month so unless you are earning more than $1m/ year you are only saving 10-11.5%. Plus you hav
by ogre_codes 6y ago
Well Gumroad, the storefront he's using charges 5% or 3.5% + $10/ month so unless you are earning more than $1m/ year you are only saving 10-11.5%. Plus you have to host your own code which is another (very small) fee.
You also lose access to some of Apple's cloud service like Sign in With Apple which some customers prefer (self included). There are also some additional sales just due to being in the App Store.
Which is to say, the getting rid of that 15% fee isn't a slam dunk. Even before the Apple Tax cut, many developers chose to use the App Store even when the fee was 30% for good reason. I suspect if you are earning $900k in the App Store and launching a new product the math gets quite weird.
- foepys 6y ago> unless you are earning more than $1m/ year you are only saving 10-11.5% 10% is a lot.
- ogre_codes 6y agoIf you sell 50 copies independently for $100 you save $10 or $500. If listing it in the App Store means you would sell 150 copies instead, how much is that savings worth? I didn't suggest it was cheap, I said many people find it's worth spending the money.