[thenomad]

It's trivial to make your content available to purchase. It's very, very, VERY hard to get anyone to purchase it.

One of the main issues is simple: there are over 10,000 feature films made a year. How many feature films do you watch a year?

Generally it is considered a remarkable achievement - considerably beyond "noteworthy" - in the indie world (and I get this from various communities of indie filmmakers) if your independent films manage to make you minimum wage, never mind any more.