Talking to 8 creators about platform fees before I build further. Anyone here sell on Gumroad, Patreon, Ko-fi or Etsy?
I'm building Owelet (owelet.app), a dashboard that shows creators the real gross / fee / net on every transaction across the platforms they sell on, using actual API data instead of estimates.
I've got the fee tracking working. What I don't have is a clear picture of how sellers actually think about fees day to day. Do you track them? Ignore them until tax time? Get surprised by payout gaps? Switch platforms over it? I want to hear the messy version.
Looking for 8 people who sell digital products or run memberships across at least two platforms. 20 minute call or async in DMs.
In return I'll hand-build a breakdown of exactly what each of your platforms is taking, based on your real setup, and send it over afterward. Yours to keep regardless.
If you sell on any of these, reply here or DM me. And if you're a founder who's done customer interviews for a fintech-adjacent product, I'd take advice on how you structured them too.
The decision to stop building and first understand how creators actually perceive the fee gap is a strong signal. The differences between “I track it,” “I notice it at payout,” and “I only care at tax time” could be quite revealing.