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Re:I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer by reacharavindh on Friday February 03, 2023 @03:50AM (#34638843)
I feel like there is a business waiting to bloom here. Imagine a stripe like company that says “we are the unified B2B transaction company” who takes both sellers of software and buying enterprises as customers and create a easy to use purchase system where a software dev in the US could sell to a company in New Zealand without worrying about 1. Currency conversion 2. Local tax collection 3. Invoicing 4. Any other local formalities

That is totally worth day 10% of the value of the product!

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Re:I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer by midoridensha on Friday February 03, 2023 @04:12AM (#34638986)
>That is totally worth day 10% of the value of the product!

It won't work: this company will eventually crank up their fees to 30+% of the value.

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Re:I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer by rgbrgb on Friday February 03, 2023 @10:34AM (#34642392)
Sounds like Open Collective.
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Re:I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer by nickstinemates on Friday February 03, 2023 @01:09PM (#34645304)
These companies exist, at least domestically in varying regions of the world.

A lot of software/B2B sales are procured through a channel whose primary purpose is an existing business relationship with the company you're trying to sell to.

They take a % as a transaction fee. Anywhere from 10-30%, depending.

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Re:I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer by julianlam on Sunday February 05, 2023 @12:24AM (#34662202)
Ah, procurement.

They exist. They suck, they all suck... and I say this as a vendor "procured" by these companies.

It's a necessary evil, one that's ripe for disruption.

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Re:I’m Now a Full-Time Professional Open Source Maintainer by nickstinemates on Sunday February 05, 2023 @02:43PM (#34668354)
I think it's a logical next step for companies like Crossbeam[1]. You have a network of partners, some of which are fulfillment partners. They can be the middlemen to expand your network and take a piece.

1: https://crossbeam.com

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