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What is Gumroad's competitive advantage? It doesn't look like it's its technology but its brand.
by igorsyl 14y ago
What is Gumroad's competitive advantage? It doesn't look like it's its technology but its brand.
- hansef 14y agoBrand and product simplicity, elegance of implementation. What is Dropbox's competitive advantage, or Instagram's?
- rudiger 14y agoDropbox and Instagram both have much stronger network effects.
- joering2 14y agowell, if Gumroad is first of its kind, or the biggest one, and will not turn out a rip-off, don't you think that people who recommend it would be a "network effect" ?
- abhaga 14y agoNetwork effect means that the more people use a service, the more useful it becomes. That doesn't seem to be the case here. But there is the built-in marketing aspect since every user must send a lot of people around them to Gumroad in order to benefit from it.
- zashapiro 14y agoGumroad's advantage is the obnoxious ease of use compared to similar players in the space. For anyone currently using Paypal, Amazon or Google's comparable services, Gumroad's simplicity makes it a no-brainer.
- pbreit 14y agoLike most competitive advantage: great execution.