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If you want to solve the problem of not relying on a company with your sales then you need to either setup the online store yourself. The problem is that peopl

If you want to solve the problem of not relying on a company with your sales then you need to either setup the online store yourself. The problem is that people want the experience to be frictionless and that is best achieved by a corporation. Maybe someone could clone Bandcamp feature list but payment processing will be a hassle . Regardless artists make more on merch and doing shows than streaming . I see many artists investing in merch sales (and I will buy that) and or “collector edition” products. Is it capitalism ? Sure. Can it be truly solved . Not really. People don’t want to be bothered to make their own websites with a shop and do everything themselves. Open source will get you 90% there but honestly just doing shows and selling it in person is profitable and giving away the music online or stream using twitch .

syndicatedjelly 3y ago
> Maybe someone could clone Bandcamp feature list but payment processing will be a hassle . Why is payment processing considered a hassle? Set up a Paypal account, create a link and have customers pay through that. Done. Payment processors are in the business of making it easy to pay people. Use any of the myriad of payment processors to get money from people. Is it slightly less frictionless than standing up a half-million dollar website with options to pay via CatCoin? Yes, but is it really worth it to optimize for 1% of customers who can't be arsed to pay with anything other than their favorite, obscure method of payment?
- ipaddr 3y ago
  "Payment processors are in the business of making it easy to pay people." The most important role is to prevent fraud and keep reputation high. Making it easier to pay is way down the list or using a US credit card from Laos location wouldn't trigger alarms and prevent the transaction requiring a manual override
scoot 3y ago
> then you need to either setup the online store yourself. Or?

syndicatedjelly 3y ago

> Maybe someone could clone Bandcamp feature list but payment processing will be a hassle . Why is payment processing considered a hassle? Set up a Paypal account, create a link and have customers pay through that. Done. Payment processors are in the business of making it easy to pay people. Use any of the myriad of payment processors to get money from people. Is it slightly less frictionless than standing up a half-million dollar website with options to pay via CatCoin? Yes, but is it really worth it to optimize for 1% of customers who can't be arsed to pay with anything other than their favorite, obscure method of payment?

ipaddr 3y ago
"Payment processors are in the business of making it easy to pay people." The most important role is to prevent fraud and keep reputation high. Making it easier to pay is way down the list or using a US credit card from Laos location wouldn't trigger alarms and prevent the transaction requiring a manual override

scoot 3y ago

> then you need to either setup the online store yourself. Or?