dudes its over. Im going to officially start switching fully to Itch dot io and jinxxxy when I can. - ThreadSky

tokyozilla.bsky.social • 1 day ago

dudes its over. Im going to officially start switching fully to Itch dot io and jinxxxy when I can.

Wait.
Just found out that the CEO of Gumroad now works at DOGE? And that he saved up loads of money 'cause he fired everyone and replaced them with AI?
I'm leaving the platform as soon as I get my money. Jesus christ.

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realsnowman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Welp, that's a trashfire of a decision that I have ever seen.

realsnowman.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why did they even choose work at DOGE of all the places they could do?

bernaue.bsky.social•22 hours ago

What about Kofi?

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

ok also but what if all vrchat avatar creators hike their prices up on gumroad and sell cheaper on other sites to convince folks to use the alternatives...

marshiepup.bsky.social•1 day ago

As long as you advertise the alternatives absolutely. Call it the gumroad tax.

ironicsoap.bsky.social•1 day ago

I did this and needed to roll it back because it hit my income really bad, people really don't want to switch >_<

kyderra.bsky.social•21 hours ago

My suggestion (and likley plan) is to not have sales on gurmoad during Furality, but only on other websites like https://ferune.com/ and Jinxxy

verdantdargon.bsky.social•7 hours ago

50% markup minimum *nodnod*

fungusfactory.bsky.social•7 hours ago

i did this and it made most people switch to my main site so i recommend doing it for sure

moonstalker.net•1 day ago

A Gumroad tariff

rookshocksshack.bsky.social•1 day ago

And to add to that, just openly say "its literally cheaper at [this] website"

Might as well right?

ryethkaul.bsky.social•1 day ago

I read @jhelisajhyena3d.bsky.social tried exactly this and people still paid more on gumroad

jhelisajhyena3d.bsky.social•1 day ago

Till now I still haven't gotten paid. They completely have given up trying to get stuff sorted for people who live outside of NA and EU. Jinxxy is your next best bet, I've been using it ever since gumroad's mistake and it's been lovely.

ryethkaul.bsky.social•1 day ago

Absolutely brutal to hear. Unfortunate those scumbags swindled you (and apparently a lot of others) out of your rightful livelihood :(

jhelisajhyena3d.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, it devastated me. Thankfully I'm lucky enough to have people who is willing to tip or donate and followed me to Jinxxy to support me, so even though I lost basically months worth of salaries here in my country I'm glad I can pick things back up on another better website 🥹

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

oh shit wow, I guess win win situation? hopefully? 😭

ryethkaul.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, they also said gumroad stopped paying them at all a while back, so not really unfortunately

tanzureir.bsky.social•1 day ago

jesus yikes. that's essentially breaking the contract, no?

jeroastra.bsky.social•1 day ago

Isnt that basically theft at that point?

ryethkaul.bsky.social•1 day ago

Pretty much. Here's their post about it from a few months back: https://bsky.app/profile/jhelisajhyena3d.bsky.social/post/3lc3xnageo22k

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

fuuuck :[

emberphoenix.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Been wishing people would do this for like a year 😭🙏🏾

realsnowman.bsky.social•1 day ago

So basically, a tariff

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

im gonna cry

amortes.bsky.social•1 day ago

we really do live in the dumbest timeline

blitz.spotcat.ink•4 hours ago

I'm doing this to my clothes/accessories, and honestly thinking of hiking it up higher.

Already got my stuff in Jinxxy but also moving it also to Itch, it's so frustrating 😭

kiritora.bsky.social•1 day ago

Holy shit, thanks for the warning. Gonna try selling zurg mods elsewhere now. Or probably do the same.
Make sure you link to the cheaper site.

purpzie.com•1 day ago

I fully nuked mine because I don't want a penny going to gumroad, but for people whose income really depend on it, this might work. Although I've heard they'll keep buying from gumroad anyways for some reason???

thepredaqueen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeah, been trying that and people just pay the higher price

thepredaqueen.bsky.social•1 day ago

Tho I do have a lot more sales on Jinxxy now thankfully

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

Im fucking exploding dude, I can't keep up with anything and its already exhausting going from one place to another so often. I might still have to upload my newest avatar on gumroad to ensure financial stability but Im hoping we all switch over to something else soon. this sucks.

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel like I shouldve read the writing on the wall when I could've. the past incidents with the CEO should've been tell tale and I feel like a fool for sticking with this fucking website for as long as I have

tevruden.bsky.social•1 day ago

I feel like people shouldn't have to be hyperviligant about a CEO's personal feelings.

Nothing I've seen come from a CEO has been any better than what I've seen from an LLM-- and that bar is on the ground.

marshiepup.bsky.social•1 day ago

You're not a fool, it's hard to tell ones motives and switching like you said is VERY DIFFICULT. You're going to lose business by switching as not everyone will follow across, or discover you in new locations.

It all around sucks.

tokyozilla.bsky.social•1 day ago

yeah, the whole twitter to bluesky situation already was dramatic and a huge gut punch to my connection with the community, im hoping I can push through all of this orz

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