Building a micro-SaaS from Bangladesh to fight the 10% platform tax

Hey everyone,

I’m officially kicking off development on my new micro-SaaS project this week, and I wanted to share the exact problem I’m trying to solve for international digital creators.

If you’ve ever launched an ebook, code snippet, design asset, or Notion template from outside the US or Europe, you know that the biggest hurdle isn’t writing the code or finding the customers.

It’s getting paid.

Legacy storefront infrastructure relies entirely on traditional banking lines that frequently flag, pause, or restrict international accounts without warning. To make matters worse, platforms like Gumroad take a flat 10% minimum off your gross revenue before transaction costs even hit. Stan Store traps you in heavy monthly subscriptions.

I believe that if you create 100% of the value, you shouldn't hand over 10-15% of your hard-earned cash just for a checkout link.

Enter Dropanda
I'm bootstrapping Dropanda to be a borderless, low-friction flash sale platform for digital assets.

Instead of bloated storefronts, it allows a creator to drop a high-converting, time-limited sales page in 5 minutes, collect earnings securely, and keep 95% of their money.

The Math: We keep a flat 5%. You keep 95% of your gross earnings.

The Freedom: No monthly retainers. No complex configurations.

The Control: Payouts accumulate securely in your dashboard, and you control exactly when to withdraw them directly to your digital wallet.

Current Build Status
The UI design is completely finished, the database architecture is finalized, and I am officially opening up the codebase this week to start building out the MVP.

One specific feature I'm focusing heavily on during this development cycle is the scarcity logic: building server-side countdown timers that live on the backend, ensuring they can’t be tricked or reset by buyers simply clearing their browser cookies.

I’m building this completely out in the open from Bangladesh, day by day.

I'd love to hear from other indie hackers who sell info-products or developer assets: What has your experience been with platform fees, and how do you protect your business against regional platform risk?

The waitlist is officially open for our first batch of founding creators. If you want to track the build progress and protect your margins on your next digital drop, grab a spot below.

👉 Join the founding waitlist: https://ayesha-builds.kit.com/b7954b2f09

Drop it. Sell it. Keep 95%.