Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by gnrl on Saturday December 19, 2020 @07:12PM
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Does stripe not charge more than 1% itself? How does the math work out?
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Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by anonytrary on Saturday December 19, 2020 @07:20PM
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The math doesn't work out: https://flurly.com/pricing. The real cost is 3.9% + $0.30 (which takes into account Stripe's fees). If you are a seller and price your item at $100, the platform charges $103.20 to the customer, gives $99 to you, takes $1.00, and gives $3.20 to Stripe.
The additional cost is covered by the customer, so they're not lying about only taking 1% from the seller... still a bit misleading, though.
Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by Wowfunhappy on Saturday December 19, 2020 @09:56PM
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OP, please fix this! It looks like you've made a cool product; there's no need to be misleading about how much it costs. Just give the real "after-fees" percentage straight out.
Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by flurly on Sunday December 20, 2020 @12:34AM
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This isn't correct. Re-pasting a previous answer to add clarity:
So if you sell a $10 item:
1%, or 10c goes to Flurly
2.9% + 30c or 59c goes to Stripe
$10 - 10c - 59c = $9.31 goes to the seller
There is no additional charge to the customer above $10.
Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by anonytrary on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:11AM
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Wait a second -- that means your claim that 99% goes to the seller is false, which is even worse in my opinion because you explicitly state that they get 99%. You can't have it both ways -- someone is paying for the Stripe fees, dude. You should change your wording immediately to make it clear that the seller does NOT get 99%, they get 99% LESS Stripe fees, which is a huge difference, since your entire marketing strategy seems to rely on them getting 99% (which is not the case).
Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by flurly on Sunday December 20, 2020 @01:38AM
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The copy has been updated to reflect that the 99% is after payment processing fees.
Re:Show HN: Flurly – sell any digital file online
by anonytrary on Sunday December 20, 2020 @02:33AM
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The fine print contains a larger fee (2.9% + 30) than the large print (1%), so it's still definitely misleading. It's like selling someone a $5 item with fine print that shipping will be $10. Shouldn't you be up front about the larger term? Anyway, good luck. Also, you forgot to update the gif.