[Lab] Introducing TugBits.com - a marketplace for makers.

Wed Jun 8 15:57:12 EDT 2011

Hi Jean-Marc,

As long as you've purchased the item you can continue to re-download the
item as many times as you need.  Your transaction is saved in your profile
so once logged in you can re-download items via your dashboard.

There is no download expiry for purchases.

Cheers,
Tom

On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc <
jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:

> So a buy can download as many times of only for a period of time?
>
> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> ---
>
> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi Jean-Marc,
> > Yes.  A seller can update their sale file for an item and a buyer can
> > re-download the item.  This works today.
> > In the future, we will add notification services so that if you buy an
> item
> > and it is updated, you will get an email or note next time you log onto
> the
> > website.  We also plan on adding traditional social networking features
> like
> > "following" a seller to see when they list new items as well as "groups"
> so
> > people can find hackerspaces near them and what other locals are up to.
> > Cheers,
> > Tom
> >
> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Jean-Marc LeBlanc
> > <jeanmarc.leblanc at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Would a buyer be able to download patches or update the software for
> free?
> >>
> >> say I put some source for sale some people buy it later on some one
> >> finds a major bug and I fix it
> >>
> >> Jean-Marc Le Blanc
> >> ---
> >>
> >> "Do you pine for the nice days of Minix-1.1, when men were men and
> >> wrote their own device drivers?" Linus Torvalds
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:38 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > Hi Darcy, thank you for your response!
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:53 PM, Darcy Whyte <darcy at siteware.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> The site looks nice.
> >> >> 25%? You might find that wanting 1/4 of sale amounts will provide
> >> >> significant friction to adoption (for buyers and sellers).
> >> >
> >> > I understand and agree.  Once we are running for awhile we will have
> >> > some
> >> > knowledge of our costs and plan on scaling our cut accordingly.  We'd
> >> > rather
> >> > claim 25% up front and bring it lower in the future than vice-versa
> and
> >> > be
> >> > accused of bait & switch.  Out of interest, considering the service
> >> > offered,
> >> > what would you consider to be a fair percentage?
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> It doesn't have any measures for authenticity (ebay has reviews, web
> >> >> pages
> >> >> have in-degree). How can buyers and sellers have as much confidence
> as
> >> >> they
> >> >> have with ebay without those measures?
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > The state of the site right now is "minimal viable product", so a lot
> of
> >> > features are missing but planned.  Buyers will be able to rate items,
> >> > and a
> >> > seller's rating will be a weighted average of their item's ratings.
>  As
> >> > of
> >> > right now a logged-in user can comment on an item which gives a simple
> >> > means
> >> > to provide feedback, but a lot more is planned.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> If a person were to list a product for sale on their own Web site,
> why
> >> >> would your Web site sell more? Especially given that having a Web
> site
> >> >> is
> >> >> either free or next to nothing and you keep all the revenue.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > We offer a few benefits compared to doing it yourself:
> >> > - We are actively marketing this website.  Our success is derived from
> >> > your
> >> > success, so we are trying hard to drive customers to our site, to buy
> >> > your
> >> > product.
> >> > - Marketplace visibility.  You will gain exposure by having your items
> >> > listed alongside other similar items.
> >> > - Simplicity.  You want to spend your time designing and building
> >> > things,
> >> > not writing PayPal integration code.
> >> > - Security.  Items purchased with our service are only downloadable by
> >> > the
> >> > buyer.  The payload content is stored on Amazon's S3 servers and
> without
> >> > a
> >> > generated download key, access is denied.
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> I clicked through to the "Domain Name Finder" product at your site.
> >> >> What you've done there is avoided putting the name of the product in
> >> >> the
> >> >> Title Metatag. You put your own buyline there instead. You also
> didn't
> >> >> put
> >> >> product name or information in the H1 tag. In fact you have a blank
> H1
> >> >> tag.
> >> >> With that situation, it reduces the chance that someone can google
> the
> >> >> product successfully.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!  That is completely a bug.  I've added it to our immediate
> TODO
> >> > list.  We need to fix our SEO, I completely agree.  You should see a
> fix
> >> > for
> >> > this in the next 48 hours.
> >> >>
> >> >> So what would be the reason someone would list on your site rather
> than
> >> >> just make a simple site of their own?
> >> >
> >> > The list I provided above enumerates what I see as our advantages.
>  It's
> >> > a
> >> > good question!
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Tom
> >> >
> >> >>
> >> >> Darcy
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 1:25 PM, Tom Burns <tom.i.burns at gmail.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> I'd like to introduce the community to a website I've been working
> on
> >> >>> with a few friends.  I would love to hear your feedback on the idea
> >> >>> and the
> >> >>> site, http://www.tugbits.com .
> >> >>> Our dream goal is to help people quit their desk jobs and pay their
> >> >>> bills
> >> >>> doing what they love, making things.
> >> >>> TugBits.com is a digital marketplace for makers.  You upload your
> >> >>> design
> >> >>> files, list them for sale, and collect money via PayPal when your
> item
> >> >>> sells.  Likewise, you can use the site to find quality, reviewed
> >> >>> designs
> >> >>> suitable for printing on your 3d printer, milling on your CNC,
> running
> >> >>> on
> >> >>> your Arduino, etc.  Also suitable would be e-books, schematics,
> source
> >> >>> code
> >> >>> libraries and tools, etc.  Only after the PayPal transaction is the
> >> >>> buyer
> >> >>> able to download the files.  There are no physical items sold on the
> >> >>> TugBits
> >> >>> store, only files.
> >> >>> Our goal is to help talented makers easily profit from their hard
> >> >>> work.
> >> >>>  We do not want to replace the existing "free/open source" model,
> but
> >> >>> we
> >> >>> want to augment it. We think that if you can get paid for your work
> it
> >> >>> will
> >> >>> compel you to go the extra step and make it that much better.
>  Market
> >> >>> driven
> >> >>> innovation.
> >> >>> Registering and listing items is free.  We charge 25% of your gross
> >> >>> revenue and bill monthly.  Depending on our costs and community
> >> >>> feedback
> >> >>> this number is probably going to change, but it's similar to the
> costs
> >> >>> associated with putting an app on an app store or a musician listing
> >> >>> with
> >> >>> iTunes.
> >> >>> Currently you can register on the site and list items for sale,
> which
> >> >>> is
> >> >>> what I would love for any of you interested to do.  We are in the
> >> >>> final
> >> >>> stages of getting PayPal to sign off on the site, at which point
> >> >>> sellers
> >> >>> will be able to collect money and items will be able to be sold.
> >> >>> Please visit the site and let me know what you think!  Even if you
> >> >>> hate
> >> >>> it, please reply to tell me why.
> >> >>> Thank you,
> >> >>> Tom Burns
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
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