The 5-Step Countdown to Launching Your Product
You know you need a launch plan. You’ve heard time and time again that you need to build buzz and warm up your audience before asking them to hand over their money. But you’re overwhelmed with what to...
View ArticlePercentage-Based Offer Codes
One of our most-requested features of late has been percentage-based offer codes. Well, we’re with you 100% and are excited to announce that feature today.When setting up a new offer, you can now...
View ArticleTools for Getting to Know Your Audience (Part 1)
This post is part one of Getting to Know Your Audience, where we focus on three free Google tools to kickstart your research. Stay tuned for more tools and tactics! Who cares?No really, its a serious...
View Article360 Degrees of Sketchfab Integration
Or is it 360^? Or 64,800? Or 41,253 square degrees? Or maybe the question itself is conceptually flawed. Let’s move on before someone gets a nosebleed.Depending on your source, the 3D printing market...
View ArticleTrigger Email Sequences After Your Sale With Drip + Gumroad
This week we’re dropping not just one, but two new integrations for your selling pleasure. The newest collaboration on the block is email marketing automation tool Drip, which allows you to keep track...
View ArticleTools for Getting to Know Your Audience (Part 2 - Social)
This post is part two in the “Tools for Getting to Know Your Audience” series, where we look at how to access and interpret data on your customers (and potential customers). In part one we dove into...
View ArticleRenaming and Reordering Files
You run a tight ship. Your condiments are arranged alphabetically. Your books are ordered by dominant spine color in the ROYGBIV spectrum. You eat out of sectional plates. Everything is in its right...
View ArticleHow to Use Webinars to Build Your Audience
You have a lot of options when it comes to producing content: blog posts, videos, infographics, podcasts, newsletters…the list goes on. Sometimes it can be difficult to decide which ones to focus...
View ArticleDiscover Meteor Case Study: Making $300,000 From a Single Programming Book
In May, 2013, authors/developers Sacha Grief and Tom Coleman released their book, Discover Meteor.Like many products, they had a pretty big launch day, but we’ve been keeping an eye on them and noticed...
View ArticleGumroad Picks: Films
This month, we’re back with another round of Gumroad Picks, aimed at showcasing a few of the many wonderful creators and projects on Gumroad. This time, we’re highlighting five awesome films worth a...
View Article7 Ways to Engage Your Audience on Instagram
Did you know that entrepreneurs in Kuwait use Instagram to sell sheep? Or that a vintage clothing store in Vancouver sells out of items on Instagram before they even hit the shelves?Since its release...
View ArticleWant to Help Design Gumroad?
We’re thrilled to announce our participation in Designer Fund’s Bridge program. Bridge is a professional development program that connects experienced designers with top, design-forward startups in San...
View ArticleChris Guillebeau on His New NYT Best Seller, Writing, and the Road
We’re thrilled to host a small event in San Francisco on September 29th with author, entrepreneur, and modern-day explorer Chris Guillebeau. Chris’s new book, The Happiness of Pursuit: Finding the...
View Article10 Strategies for Selling Art Tutorials (That Can Work for Any Product)
Art tutorials are so hot right now, with creators from Dominic Qwek to Will Terrell inspiring thousands of budding artists to create their own work.Naturally, we needed to take a closer look into the...
View ArticleWeekend Reading
From Netflix-binging tips to a stack of New York Times best-selling authors to gadget performance at home and (way, waaay) abroad, here are your weekend reading recommendations from the Gumroad team....
View ArticleGumroad Library for iPhone
We’ve been growing pretty fast. There are now more than 10,000 individual filmmakers, musicians, authors, artists, designers, developers, and other creators around the world selling via Gumroad, with...
View ArticleThe 4 Elements of a Killer Creative Website
A few weeks ago I had the privilege of attending a Sundance #ArtistServices workshop at the IFP Filmmaker Conference in New York. It was a full day of phenomenal discussions and presentations from some...
View ArticleWeekend Reading
From DANG-TV-is-getting-awesome to why you should wear a lab coat to seeing how many times an airline can cram lobster down your throat in one flight, here are your weekend reading recommendations from...
View ArticleGrow Your Audience and Promote Your Work with Instagram
After years studying how nutrition can help us heal our bodies and our skin, Lina Saber decided to create a platform where she could share everything she was learning. Lina chose Instagram because of...
View ArticleWeekend Reading
Whether you plan to spend your weekend spying on meerkats via white space spectrum, besting an opponent in an argument, or honing your content marketing strategy, we’ve got you. From hard-won wisdom on...
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