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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by CrackpotGonzo on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:54AM (#23440007)
It’s very small at the moment, but I built a simple way to stand up a landing page, collect payment, and send out a link.

Primarily have yoga instructors using this as a better way to collect payment for Zoom classes compared to collecting payment on Venmo or using another tool they’re not comfortable with such as Gumroad.

Only charging .6% on top of Stripe’s fees and no monthly. Only making a little money at the moment but it’s scaling and seeing interest from lots of random online instructors.

ClassUp - https://www.classup.io

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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by jimmijazz on Sunday June 07, 2020 @08:33PM (#23452396)
This is really cool - how have your customers found you? I imagine a lot of people would do content through Instagram?
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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by CrackpotGonzo on Monday June 08, 2020 @08:24AM (#23455882)
Thank you! All word of mouth so far. I’ve personally reached out to instructors I’ve found on Instagram but am considering doing more traditional marketing.
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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by mrfusion on Saturday June 06, 2020 @01:58PM (#23441021)
Why is it better than gumroad?
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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by CrackpotGonzo on Saturday June 06, 2020 @02:26PM (#23441252)
Yogis and fitness instructors I've spoken to see Gumroad as being too "techie" and the few that have tried it felt it was more geared towards selling online assets, rather than live classes.

For now it's very basic, but I'm working on a few features that are specifically geared to helping live class creators sell more easily, primarily calendar integration, support for multiple classes being sold, and support for monthly subscriptions to all classes from an instructor.

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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by yowlingcat on Saturday June 06, 2020 @07:46PM (#23443371)
Wow, fascinating how important branding is with payment collection. I wonder if the same is true for other kinds of small businesses outside of the fitness vertical.
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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by wastedhours on Sunday June 07, 2020 @09:36AM (#23447222)
I didn't think you could use Gumroad for selling "services"?
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Re:Ask HN: Side projects that are making money, but you'd no... by zatel on Saturday June 06, 2020 @07:45PM (#23443368)
this is a really inspiring little payment processor
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