Nobody is buying fucking coloring books off gumroad lol wtf
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Talk about Gumroad turns on whether things actually sell: creators post first sales and earnings, but the largest single group, 4 people, say a shop goes up and no one buys. Payout limits, a steep cut and a handful of named alternatives sit behind that.
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Tone· 15 posts from 14 people· written 27 Oct
How do people feel about Gumroad?
Doubt is the largest strand: 4 of 14 people here say Gumroad does not sell things for them, and that you still have to bring the buyers yourself. Level behind it at 3 and 3 people are personal earnings reports and straight praise, with smaller mentions of shops run through an AI assistant and of a quick setup.
The doubt is concrete: coloring books don't move there, prompt packs die because freelancers already have ChatGPT, and a promo thread draws the reply that "You still need to promote to sell".
Earnings posts are personal results rather than claims about the platform: a first digital comic sold, about fifteen dollars in a month, and Notion products at over a thousand dollars in earnings.
Praise is about the mechanics. One person put a free file on Gumroad just to watch the download count, one likes the Gumroad page style and customised their site with animations and fonts, and one calls the Canva + Gumroad combo an underrated side hustle.
The AI-agent posts describe handing an assistant a prompt to build the product page, and a Claude connector that carries a shop from draft to published to checking sales and payouts. 2 people find setup quick, one calling it "very easy to setup".
- Skeptical anything sells4
- Making money on it3
- Speaks well of it3
- Handy through AI agents3
- Easy to get a shop live2
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btw i put it on gumroad just so i could see how many people download it because im curious haha but it is free! just offer 0$ and click i want this!
So far, my Notion products have generated $1,016+ in earnings on Gumroad, alongside 4,593 free downloads on Notion Marketplace. I'm still learning. But every launch, sale, and failed experiment gives me data I didn't have before.
I've actually never had a @gumroad shop of my own until today, however I have been a customer a number of times! So while i was setting up my first shop, i found out that gumroad has a feature that lets you hand your AI agent a prompt to build your product page, how cool! So, i gave @Muse 'Bizie' the prompt and my brief for 'Chug A Mug!', including what I wanted in the page, functions, yada yada. 4revs and 42 minutes later I had a cute ascii mug css game that empties itself, you can refill it, and copy my css code for it. Oh, and speaking of coffee, you could buy me one too. ☕️ link
For now, whop and gumroad are available to collect payments. whop is the good option, but i've used gumroad in the past as its very easy to setup.
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Pain points· 12 posts from 11 people· written 27 Oct
What do people complain about with Gumroad?
The biggest complaint is that the first paying customers don't arrive: 4 of 11 people describe a shop that is up and not selling. Payout trouble and paid orders that go wrong are level behind it at 3 and 3 people, and 2 call the fee steep.
The main complaint is selling, not building: 4 people have a shop up and no buyers. One made an account to sell articles and sold nothing in a month; others frame the first ten paying customers as harder than people expect, one noting how much work goes into getting anyone to buy at all.
Payouts: a US bank account is required, one seller will move elsewhere after clearing the 100-dollar payout minimum (about 70 dollars short at the time), and one asks why payouts are on hold with emails unanswered.
Buyers' failed orders: two bundles paid for at 29.99 dollars each and never delivered a month later, a purchased product that does not open, and a refund a buyer still believes they are owed.
2 people call the cut steep — 10% + 50¢ for "not touching tax", and one groups Gumroad with Whop and Shopify on higher transaction fees.
- First customers are hard4
- Getting paid out is hard3
- Paid orders go wrong3
- Fee is steep2
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Haha. I tried with Muse, created a Gumroad account to sell articles, and a month later sold nothing.
I’m at the stage where getting my first 10 customers would be a pretty big deal lol. Just put together my first digital product and realizing how much work actually goes into getting people to buy something.
Due to Gumroad not allowing a payout unless it's over $100, I'll be moving to a different service after I reach that goal. In the mean time, I'm about $70 away from being able to pay out. consider buying a commercial license? :3 link
hey @gumroad my pay outs are on hold for a longer period of time right now , been sending emails but have not gotten a response yet. Could you please indicate how I could escalate my case ?
I ORDERED THE VA PLAYBOOK 1 MONTH AGO AND THEY didn't send what I paid for 2 separate bundles @$29.99. There's no way to contact to complain until I found X account. Please contact me @ malikent347@gmail.com @gumroad
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Alternatives· 7 posts from 6 people· written 27 Oct
What are the alternatives to Gumroad?
2 sellers say they are leaving Gumroad, one over the 100-dollar payout minimum and one over "no visible plan" for conversion, and neither names where they are going. The services people name instead — Nocut, Lemon Squeezy, Whop and Stan Store — are each mentioned by one person.
The exits are stated as decisions rather than debates: one seller wanted out because there was "no visible plan" for conversion on a product they still thought fairly priced, and another will move after reaching the payout threshold, then about 70 dollars short of cashing out.
The named comparisons each come from one person. Nocut, raised twice by the same person, is described as a Gumroad alternative without the 10% cut. Lemon Squeezy appears as a question put to Gumroad's account asking why it is better. Whop is called the good option by someone who has used Gumroad in the past because it is very easy to setup. Stan Store is raised for its upsell and downsell features, in a post that also groups Gumroad with Whop and Shopify on higher transaction fees.
- Leaving for another service2
- Nocut2
- Lemon Squeezy1
- Whop1
- Stan Store1
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Due to Gumroad not allowing a payout unless it's over $100, I'll be moving to a different service after I reach that goal. In the mean time, I'm about $70 away from being able to pay out. consider buying a commercial license? :3 link
I still believe, the price I asked was fair (1300). But I wanted to exit considering there was "no visible plan" for conversion. So I take this.
nocut a gumroad alternative without the 10% cut
For now, whop and gumroad are available to collect payments. whop is the good option, but i've used gumroad in the past as its very easy to setup.
Why is @lemonsqueezy better than y'all?
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Questions· 11 posts· written 27 Oct
What do people ask about Gumroad?
Two kinds of question run level at 4 and 4 people: how to get anyone to buy, and what the platform can and cannot do. Behind those, 3 people are buyers asking a creator where on Gumroad to find their product.
The selling questions are about traffic and reading the stats: how to get ten people to pay, how to market better on Gumroad, which number in Gumroad's stats shows most clearly where visitors drop off, and whether what keeps the "gumroad half" is the audience or just habit.
The capability questions are short and practical: can a product be used commercially, does Gumroad print physical books like Amazon KDP, can it work with a bot, and what it takes to open an account with just an ID.
Buyers' questions are about finding a specific thing: whether a v2 has been pushed to Gumroad, which course a post refers to, and how something is spelled or listed after a purchase failed elsewhere.
- How do I find buyers?4
- What can it do?4
- Where can I get it on Gumroad?3
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My kits are on Gumroad, so for now I just read the stats Gumroad gives me. Your line about a good page with nobody looking at it stuck with me. Which one shows you most clearly where visitors drop off?
“Can I use it commercially?” would be my first row.
Does gumroad print physical books like Amazon kdp ?
What you suggest for one who wants to open a gumroad account with his ID?
Tu as déjà push la v2 sur gumroad?
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Wishes· 2 posts· written 27 Oct
What do people want from Gumroad?
Few wishes, and no agreement between them: 2 people, one wanting native plugins for whatever they are connecting to a shop, the other wanting to be paid in crypto rather than by card.
One asks for native plugins, in a thread about connecting something else to the shop — a request for the integration to be built in rather than bolted on.
The other is a consultant who takes payment only in crypto and asks what would let a client pay by card in euros while BTC, USDT or USDC arrives in their own wallet. They name Gumroad only as a fallback — they could set up a service there and have the money paid in — but say plainly that this is not crypto, and crypto is what they want.
Nothing here is a pattern: two single posts, each from one person, and no sign of either being raised more widely in the conversation yet.
- Native plugins1
- Crypto payouts1
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gumroad needs native plugins for that
Tengo un problema, es posible que muchas empresas no me contacten para hacer auditorías, consultorías o buenas prácticas porque se piensan que solo cobro en cripto, y en cierta parte es verdad. De momento mi idea es sólo aceptar pago en cripto. Y ojo, no es tan difícil, para enviarme cripto solo tenéis que bajaros Bit2me o Bitvavo entre muchas otras, comprar cripto con vuestra tarjeta o transferencia bancaria incluso, enviarme las cripto y fin, no hay más. La cosa está si desde vuestra empresa NO os permiten descargaros ninguna aplicación ni comprar cripto en esas aplicaciones. Entonces os pregunto... ¿Qué herramientas u opciones existen para que un usuario puede comprar con su tarjeta (€) y que me llegue a mí, a mi dirección cripto, ese dinero en BTC o USDT o USDC? ¿Conocéis alguno fiable? Yo sí conozco alguno que otro, pero no con la fiabilidad que me gustaría. Por tanto, si me podéis ayudar, mejor. A unas malas también puedo crear un servicio en Gumroad y que me lo ingresen ahí, pero claro, eso NO es cripto y sí me gustaría tener cripto. Se agradece ayuda.
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