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that's great. Amazing. Does it mean Gumroad will drop its high prices now when it no longer needs to pay to humans? Because that's what actually be interesting

that's great. Amazing. Does it mean Gumroad will drop its high prices now when it no longer needs to pay to humans? Because that's what actually be interesting news. "How do you know someone's AI hypeman? Don't worry, they'll tell you"

netdevphoenix 2y ago
> Does it mean Gumroad will drop its high prices now when it no longer needs to pay to humans? Why would they give that money away rather than keeping it as profits?
- acaloiar 2y ago
  It's not an unreasonable question. Though when reworded, it sounds less palatable if you have people-oriented business morals. "Why would they delight their customers when they can delight themselves?" I like to do right by customers, and if we can both win, it's better than just me winning. Customers know when they're not winning, which decreases goodwill and your business' future prospects.
kamranjon 2y ago
I’m curious, why do people use gumroad instead of just starting a Shopify store?
- omnimus 2y ago
  Gumroad is completely different service. Its merchant of record so it resells stuff for you and is liable for all the tax troubles. But if you modify it to why not use paddle.com or polar.sh? Then i actually dont know.
  - kamranjon 2y ago
    Do you have any more info about what tax troubles it resolves to use gumroad instead of Shopify? I’m just curious - I run a Shopify store but have never really felt the tax situation was overly complex and assumed I’d have a similar tax process when using a service like gumroad.
    - t-writescode 2y ago
      Every country that you sell your product in expects taxes on those products to be collected. Every city, every state in the United States has its own tax situation and nexus that needs to be followed, applied, paid to. The __actual__ tax situation for SaaS and similar is incredibly complicated and I suspect / feel that a lot of small SaaS businesses and/or creators are simply ignoring it.

netdevphoenix 2y ago

> Does it mean Gumroad will drop its high prices now when it no longer needs to pay to humans? Why would they give that money away rather than keeping it as profits?

acaloiar 2y ago
It's not an unreasonable question. Though when reworded, it sounds less palatable if you have people-oriented business morals. "Why would they delight their customers when they can delight themselves?" I like to do right by customers, and if we can both win, it's better than just me winning. Customers know when they're not winning, which decreases goodwill and your business' future prospects.

kamranjon 2y ago

I’m curious, why do people use gumroad instead of just starting a Shopify store?

omnimus 2y ago
Gumroad is completely different service. Its merchant of record so it resells stuff for you and is liable for all the tax troubles. But if you modify it to why not use paddle.com or polar.sh? Then i actually dont know.
- kamranjon 2y ago
  Do you have any more info about what tax troubles it resolves to use gumroad instead of Shopify? I’m just curious - I run a Shopify store but have never really felt the tax situation was overly complex and assumed I’d have a similar tax process when using a service like gumroad.
  - t-writescode 2y ago
    Every country that you sell your product in expects taxes on those products to be collected. Every city, every state in the United States has its own tax situation and nexus that needs to be followed, applied, paid to. The __actual__ tax situation for SaaS and similar is incredibly complicated and I suspect / feel that a lot of small SaaS businesses and/or creators are simply ignoring it.