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No. Gumroad hosts and sells digital products from a store. This site...well, I can't even tell what it does aside from creating a paywall link that requires $X
by SomeCallMeTim 4y ago
No. Gumroad hosts and sells digital products from a store.
This site...well, I can't even tell what it does aside from creating a paywall link that requires $X to bypass. And on that payment page there's no hint as to what you're buying.
And after you've gotten a new link...then what? Someone can just post that link everywhere? Or is there some kind of API that unlocks a link? Or...?
The service has very questionable usability. Gumroad has obvious utility. That's the difference.
- geysersam 4y agoI assume they won't just give you the link, only read the content from the link and pass it on to you. Although, I haven't tried. Edit: I assumed wrong.
- czx4f4bd 4y agoThis is literally how Gumroad started, though. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34068230 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34068230
- SomeCallMeTim 4y agoWell, starting with a service that has already pivoted to a better service isn't a great strategy, IMO.
- TheHappyOddish 4y agoThat's exactly what Gumroad was 11 years ago!