Ask HN: Software distribution and payment processing platform suggestions?

3 pointsby mistermannvor 11 Jahren2 comments

I'm wondering if anyone has any knowledge of software distribution / payment processing platforms that they could recommend. In my case, I am dealing with downloadable Windows software, and I am hoping to find a service that provides homepage hosting & downloads as well as payment processing so I can (at least in the short run) forego the whole merchant account process & online payment acceptance (I've done it before and it's not that bad, but for now I'd really rather just pay a percentage of sales fee and be done with it).

According to this article: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/windowsstore/archive/2012/08/03/getting-paid-from-the-windows-store.aspx ....the Windows store takes a 30% cut, which is the same as Apple I believe. So I guess that is comparatively "fair", but it is a little steep, and whereas the Apple store has a literal monopoly and you have no other options, for Windows software you have much more freedom.

Is there anything like this out there?

1 comments

indoindovor 11 Jahren

you can sell on:

[1]sellz.com

cleverbridge.com (used by piritform.com)

gumroad.com

bitmicro.com(used by many game dev)

but alas those service doesn't available in my country(indonesia) I want to be software devloper like you ;-). Help me out,you see, my submission asking question about viable option to get paid.

mistermannvor 11 Jahren

"It's just 5% + 25¢ per transaction. There are no hosting fees, no monthly fees, no bandwidth fees, no refund fees."

Now that sounds more like it!