Just revolutionized how I sell my digital products! π
No more juggling different services for licensing, affiliates, downloads or support. It's all in a single self-hosted platform.
Not on the market yet, but who would be willing to self-host their business operations?
It all started while I was looking for an affiliate platform to integrate with
Paddle.
There was a problem: customer data must then be sent to that third party, so we get into all sorts of GDPR issues.
I already had a licensing and distribution system. With the added affiliate system, it started to feel like most of what's needed to sell my products lives in a single self-hosted system.
It does make sense to have everything in one place: everything is logically coupled.
πGot a sale? Store the affiliate next to the license.
πCustomer support? You have to check their license key.
β¬οΈThey want to download the product? License check!
Why scatter your data?
I am very happy with this system. It feels liberating to not have to worry about 4 different SaaS subscriptions, integrations, privacy of shared customer data or be worried that I would soon reach the plan limits.
I can now break out of vendor lock-ins, surprise price increases and random downtimes.
The only integration required is with the payment provider (e.g. Paddle, Stripe).
Is anyone else interested in having their own self-hosted platform to sell digital products?
You can follow me on Twitter to know when it will be ready to download.