Introducing Conversion Tracking
When it comes to measuring the impact of your marketing, it all boils down to conversions.A conversion is when a visitor to your page or site did the thing you were hoping they’d do, like sign up for...
View ArticleGumroad Picks: Wintertime
Time to face facts: Fall has fallen. The Month of the Winter Solstice is upon us, along with its with promises of chilly nights, family gatherings, and gift exchanges. Speaking of gifts, we’ve pulled...
View Article7 Tips for Launching Your Product on Twitter
If you’re thinking of launching a product in the new year (you can do it!), here are some quick tips that will dramatically increase the effectiveness of your tweets. Be sure to also check out our...
View ArticleHow You Helped Us Build Our App
Applications aren’t built from scratch. At the very least, there’s some sketching done on the back of an envelope. These days, there’s a thriving community of creators and businesses putting out all...
View ArticleBuild and Grow Your List with Audience
It’s always been our goal to make selling your work as easy as sharing it. But even if you don’t have experience selling your work yet, you probably know that going live with what you’ve created isn’t...
View ArticleSend Scheduled and Automated Email Updates
Let’s say your book is being sold at a big bookstore. A customer walks in, makes a purchase, and leaves. They enjoy your book. In fact, they love your book. But that’s it. You never hear from them and...
View ArticleWhat's in a Name?
You did it. You made a thing. It’s time to get it online. But what to call it?Whether it’s a book, album, or app, the name is often the hardest part. You want a handle that’ll hook people. You need a...
View ArticleNew in the Resource Center: Content Strategy with Pat Flynn
What’s the best way to build your audience? Austin Kleon, author of Show Your Work says it best:Almost all of the people I look up to and try to steal from today, regardless of their profession, have...
View ArticleAre you Finished?
No, you’re probably not. Because you have eight projects going at once. Because you’re a chronic procrastinator. Because no matter what you’ve heard about starting, finishing something can be the...
View ArticleBefore You Hit Send
Fear of flying, fear of public speaking, fear of clicking send. These are today’s top three fears*. The moment before sending out a newsletter can be extraordinarily nerve-wracking, and that feeling is...
View ArticleSell on Your Site with Gumroad Widgets
Gumroad makes it easy to share what you make in your social channels. Now we’ve made it a little easier to sell on your personal site with two widget options.When you go to gumroad.com/widgets, you’ll...
View ArticleAnnouncing Our Android App
We’re happy to announce that our Android app is up and live in the Google Play Store. And for me, having the Android app as one of my first projects at Gumroad was really exciting. I had hacked...
View ArticleThe Creative's Guide to Building an Email List
We talk a lot about email here on the Gumroad blog, from your checklist before you hit send, to how you can use email to make sales. You might have also noticed a lot of fun (and free) features being...
View ArticleThe 30 Day Challenge is Over. Long Live the 30 Day Challenge.
We’ve come to the end of the Gumroad 30 Day Challenge to build an audience and start your creative business. We’ve really enjoyed hearing from all of you who participated along the way about your goals...
View ArticleMemberships: Are You on the List?
We recently added a new version of subscriptions that is perfect for filmmakers and distributors, as well as zine-making co-ops and anyone with a big bank of content to share.Now when you go to add a...
View ArticleHow We're Handling VAT at Gumroad
The EU recently made a major change to its VAT regulations that requires businesses to pay VAT according to the locations of consumers. This was meant mainly for large companies that have been avoiding...
View ArticleJason Comely's Rejection Therapy
There is one rule to Rejection Therapy: you must be rejected by another person at least once, every single day.Rejection Therapy is a personal experiment that Jason Comely came up with in 2009. After...
View ArticleAnatomy of a Payment
You put a lot into making your work. Long hours, sleepless nights, social life sacrifices. And when it’s finally finished and online, it’s time to start thinking about payments and content fulfillment....
View ArticleUpload from Dropbox
Do you have large movie files to upload to a Gumroad product? Is the Wi-Fi at the coffee shop painfully slow?If you live in the Cloud, you’re in luck. Now when you go to add files, you’ll see an option...
View ArticleGumroad Picks: Tools
Creators gonna create. And, as it turns out, creators gonna create for creators. From templates to fonts to plugins and patches, here’s a list of Gumroad products and integrations that are all about...
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