| I'd never heard of gumroad, so I took a look into it. The Wikipedia isn't much help, but does do a decent definition. "Gumroad enables creators to sell digital products, such as e-books, music, videos, software, and physical goods." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gumroad -- Then MakeUseOf has an article, which makes it sound good. They compare it to Etsy as another site for selling things on. see:
https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-gumroad-what-can-you-sell-... -- Checking on scamadvisor, the site rates it pretty highly, but user score is low. I'm guessing this has to do with creators getting burned by their history and/or price increases. see:
https://www.scamadviser.com/check-website/gumroad.com -- Some reddit posts have positive things to say. With a common theme of BYOA (Bring Your Own Audience), as gumroad seems to do a minimal job of pushing content; Which matches up with my experience of never having heard of it before. see:
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfpublishing/comments/h02pls/anyo...
https://www.reddit.com/r/artbusiness/comments/17ij8nz/is_gum... -- Checking pitchbook and crunchbase shows it's a private company with pretty good financials. And so there's minimal risk of being "Actively Evil" that public companies can be; i.e., selling out the company for short term profits while grifting customers for all their worth. see:
https://pitchbook.com/profiles/company/53830-99
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/gumroad/ -- One caveat is that they don't seem support commissions; That is, paying a fee to an artist or creator for a customized piece. see:
https://www.reddit.com/r/selfpublishing/comments/h02pls/anyo... |