Our new direction - an FAQ.
There were a load of questions, and I tried to sum them up in a few buckets and answer them for you. So without further ado:Do I have to pay $10 a month? Nope. There will continue to be a free tier....
View ArticleA patronage model with Gumroad.
After seeing some great tweets by Lilith Saintcrow about her experience switching to Gumroad for her patrons, we asked her if she would be interested in writing an article for us! She said yes, and so...
View ArticleNew feature: Product duplication.
With our product duplication feature, you can copy any product with a single click. The product will be created with all of the options of the original product, such as its name (+ “ (copy)”), price,...
View ArticleYour customers can now sort your Gumroad storefront!
Your customers can now order the products on your Gumroad store by newest, price (low to high), and price (high to low). This is in addition to “Featured,” which is the default sort order that you’ve...
View ArticleSearch comes to your Gumroad store.
In addition to the sorting we added recently, your customers can now search your Gumroad products by their names and descriptions.In combination with sorting and tags, it is far easier for customers to...
View ArticleMaking Gumroad's revenue numbers public.
Like you, we’re creators. We build and sell a product, called Gumroad. :)Going forward, we want to make the business of Gumroad as open and accessible as the product is. Last year, we announced we are...
View ArticleImprovements to the Watch experience.
We’ve shipped a few improvements to our Watch player. For all videos on Gumroad, including previews:Customizable playback rate: your customers can now watch something at 50%, or at 200%.And if your...
View ArticleA Wild Filter Appears! Introducing: "Did Not Buy"
Target your customers more specifically with a new filter to exclude customers who have already bought a specific product of yours.You can use this feature to up-sell a bundle to folks that bought one...
View ArticleDefault Sort for Your Gumroad Profile
More and more often, creators are filling their profiles with tons of products–some folks add a product a day! And it’s a little annoying when you have to take twenty minutes to reorganize your...
View ArticleGifting from Creator Profiles
Gumroad products make great gifts. Plus, there’s no chance of a shipping delay! Tell your customers that they can now gift your products while checking out on your profile by clicking the present...
View ArticleRate Products on Gumroad
Products on Gumroad can now be rated between 1 and 5 stars by verified purchasers. Do so from the product page itself, or from the file download page.This is the largest feature we’ve shipped in a...
View ArticleIntroducing: The first batch of our Creators Fund recipients!
We’re super excited to talk about the first batch of Creators Fund grant recipients. They’re gonna do some great things for the world, and we’re excited to help them out a little bit.We had 358...
View ArticleAutofill your checkout form
You can now optionally autofill every field within the Gumroad checkout flow using URL parameters, including:EmailPay-what-you-want priceQuantityVariants and SKUsDuration for subscriptionsCustom...
View ArticleIntroducing: Themes.
We spend a lot of time making sure Gumroad is a combination of pretty and functional, all with the same goal in mind: more money in the pockets of creators.Part of that has been to relentlessly...
View ArticleIntroducing: Messaging.
Less email? Yes please. Messaging makes your life easier by putting customer requests right in the context of their purchase, so you can respond faster and with more relevant answers.How does it work?...
View ArticleIntroducing: Powerful customer targeting.
A week ago, if you wanted to email only:Your customers based in the US, to do a promotion for your releaseCustomers that bought before 2016, to give them a special discountFollowers you’ve gained in...
View ArticleIntroducing: sent and opened emails, per customer.
We’re really excited about this solution. Mainly because it feeds so many birds with one seed:A customer says they never got the most recent email you sent outA customer has lost their receipt, and...
View ArticleIntroducing: targeting for workflows.
Workflows are an incredibly powerful tool to turn followers into customers, and customers into repeat customers.Today, you can now apply the targeting filters we launched for updates, to your...
View ArticleA Gumroad Success Story: “6 things I learned selling picjumbo PREMIUM...
This post is written by Viktor Hanacek.It has been a while since we launched picjumbo.com PREMIUM Membership that is using Gumroad. We are using it to publish thematic photo collections and people can...
View ArticleA preview of what's to come.
First off, we’re working to disentangle payments from Gumroad. Currently, customers pay us, and we pay you. That means: weekly payouts, a higher fee (we need to cover our operational costs), and no...
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