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Gumroad

An all-in-one solution to sell your work and grow your audience.

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  1. Stories Sahil Lavingia called Gumroad a failure, then kept paying creators
  2. Stories Gumroad’s millions in these essays are creator payouts, not a billion-dollar exit

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An all-in-one solution to sell your work and grow your audience.

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Gumroad’s millions in these essays are creator payouts, not a billion-dollar exit

Sahil Lavingia’s January 2021 work essay reports Gumroad creators earning over $175 million a year and $11 million of company annualized revenue after he returned to a one-person company, a different ledger from the week

Sahil Lavingia called Gumroad a failure, then kept paying creators

Sahil Lavingia says he left Pinterest for a weekend product that raised more than $8 million, missed the growth a Series B required, laid off most of the company, and later treated a profitable, smaller Gumroad as succes

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