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Show HN: breeziee.com - add a paywall to any link for free
- interwho 14y agoI first created Breeziee about 6 months ago, but it could only accept credit cards, was costly to run (because I had to host the files), and it seemed like no one wanted to use it. So rather than letting my work go to waste, I rebuilt it to be cheap to run, and to act as a PayPal gateway and provide paywall services for free - There are no fees or cuts taken by me. Let me know what you guys think!
- freeslave 14y agoLooks pretty cool. I have something I want to sell via paypal and this could save me a lot of time. How will you make money?
- interwho 14y agoI don't really know. I was thinking about either adding tons of extra features and making a $10/year subscription to access them or offering paid "featured" file promotion.
- der8lub 14y agolooks quite cool actually - just didn't understand the part with the "file link"
- interwho 14y agoI'll try my best to explain this: To sell something on Breeziee, you'd have to first upload the file to a web server or hosting service (ie. imgur, Dreamhost, mediafire, etc...), put the url of your file in the link field on Breeziee, and finally, share the link to the paywall page that is created for you.
- jonnymkramer 14y agoWhat happens if the hosting server, or web server drops the file? If someone pays for a file and they find it is unreachable they will have a negative view of your service.
- geuis 14y agoI'm glad I took a second look at this. By using the "paywall" terminology, I thought inititally this was meant to annoy visitors by hiding content away like the NYTimes. Rather, I see the potential uses for selling ebooks, video lessons, access to Minecraft servers, etc.
- interwho 14y agoExactly.
- Xk 14y agoYou have a very severe security vulnerability on your site. Please provide an email address in your info I can contact you at. (The email field is hidden to others.) Edit: interwho has fixed the vulnerability. There was a CSRF allowing you to take over someone else's account if they visited your site.
- interwho 14y agoDone. You can also contact me via the contact link at the bottom of the page. Thanks for letting me know.
- vnorby 14y agoThe site is asking for an email which also happens to be a PayPal account (Placeholder text is "Email (and PayPal) address..."), along with a password. The user is not a known quantity and it's his/her first submission to HN, it's very possible he/she is hoping that PayPal email addresses/passwords that you put in match. There is no HTTPS, no seals or verification, no guarantees of the security of any of your data and that your password is not being stored in plaintext. There is a security vulnerability and the site was a purchased template. It's quite possibly legit, but without more information I would avoid.
- interwho 14y agoI'm bcrypting the passwords. Exact method: sha1(bcrypt(sha1(md5.'othersalt').'salt').'anothersalt') and a few more salts + sha1s
- stevejalim 14y agoRelevant/similar in the UK: https://gocardless.com/paylinks https://gocardless.com/paylinks
- waxy 14y agoDid you take the design from http://socialcroc.com/ http://socialcroc.com/?
- thfc06 14y agoIs this any better/different than Gumroad?
- interwho 14y agoNo fees, you don't need a credit card to buy something.
- sontek 14y agoIf you guys are interested in this you might also want to check out https://gumroad.com/ https://gumroad.com/ which seems to be in the same space but a little higher quality
- tk999 14y agoLet me know if you need an extra programmer hand to help out. I think it will work.
- interwho 14y agoThanks! Please email me through the address here: http://breeziee.com/contact.php http://breeziee.com/contact.php
- kgen 14y agoWhy don't you have an example on your site?
- interwho 14y agoThere's the directory at the bottom of the page: http://breeziee.com/directory.php http://breeziee.com/directory.php Do you think I should put a demo link at the top of the page?