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I would love to support creators directly, but there are some hard problems that creators need to solve before they begin direct-to-consumer sales: 1. Discover
by firejake308 2y ago
I would love to support creators directly, but there are some hard problems that creators need to solve before they begin direct-to-consumer sales:
1. Discoverability
2. Payments
3. Shipping
While it is theoretically possible to handle all of these without a middle-man, the middlemen running the marketplaces have thus far done a much better job than individuals could ever hope to.
- wrasee 2y agoPersonally I've never discovered anything on Gumroad itself. It's always been from some other source (here on HN, reddit, social media) and then followed a link to Gumroad. Payments and shipping are precisely the kinds of things that could act as services directly to the creator itself. I thought that was somewhat the point of his conclusion - put these services directly in the hands of the creator. Otherwise Gumroad is just acting as a payment + shipping wrapper. And if they're replacing what service they had left with AI, what value-add is left exactly?
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