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[Bonus] Sahil Lavingia — Gumroad’s Pricing Disaster
Arvid asks Sahil why Gumroad changed their prices and how he's dealing with the community backlash.
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Show Notes
Yesterday, the creator economy learned that Gumroad, a platform where creators have been building their businesses by selling their services and products, increased their prices significantly. That caused a lot of backlash in the community, with people threatening to switch to other platforms and criticizing how the price hike was communicated. It’s been an intense topic of community discussion.
Today, I am talking to Sahil, the CEO of Gumroad, about what prompted this change, what happened to cause such a stir, and where Gumroad is heading in the future. Here’s Sahil.