The easier you want it, the less profit you will get//the more fees you will encounter. I have spent a lot of time finding the most 'economical' way to set things up.
The solution I use was modelled after Embertone (I don't know if they still do this, but it's how they did things about 2-3 years back)-
Customers buy things via Cartloom -> payment processing by Stripe OR Paypal -> product delivered via Amazon S3
Cartloom is the best ecommerce platform imho, because it charges no fees per transaction, just a $10 monthly rate (just a tad over Netflix!). Pretty much everything else I found charges per-transaction fees around the standard rate of $0.30 + 2.9%. All you do to set it up is add their javascript snippet and add-to-cart snippet to each page and it handles the rest.
Stripe is popular for credit card processing and is super easy to integrate with cartloom, and can deliver directly into your bank account, or, into paypal (note that you will be hit with a fee again with paypal). Customers buy more valuable products with stripe than they do with paypal.
Paypal is, well, paypal. About 70% of our business is via paypal. People love it, people hate it, but everyone uses it because it's safe and reliable.
Amazon S3 charges only for use. I hear you have unlimited bandwidth on your hosting. If you can spare the storage space, use it, don't bother with S3 or other hosting options.
Essentially with this system, each transaction only loses at most $0.30 + 2.9% (although paypal charges approximately an extra 1% for currency conversions).
Here's the deal... if you were to have a particularly messy payment system, say:
Ecommerce system ($0.30 + 2.9% fee) + Credit card Processor ($0.30 + 2.9%) -> Paypal Account ($0.30 + 2.9%) ... you would pay over 2.5x the fee that you would above.
Here's another option:
Bandcamp (15% fee) + Paypal ($0.30 + 2.9%) - ouch! With a $10 or $20 pack on the market, that could add up quickly.
Now, if you were to go and sell it via a reseller/botique/store out there, do not expect more than 50% commission! That's a huge hit, and in my opinion, more or less highway robbery (but, most of those places will cover hosting, distribution, ecommerce, and even advertising, so I guess it is a bit of a trade-off). Sampleism is a good place to start; the guy who runs it is really nice and it is open to both Kontakt instruments and just sound packs.
The solution I use was modelled after Embertone (I don't know if they still do this, but it's how they did things about 2-3 years back)-
Customers buy things via Cartloom -> payment processing by Stripe OR Paypal -> product delivered via Amazon S3
Cartloom is the best ecommerce platform imho, because it charges no fees per transaction, just a $10 monthly rate (just a tad over Netflix!). Pretty much everything else I found charges per-transaction fees around the standard rate of $0.30 + 2.9%. All you do to set it up is add their javascript snippet and add-to-cart snippet to each page and it handles the rest.
Stripe is popular for credit card processing and is super easy to integrate with cartloom, and can deliver directly into your bank account, or, into paypal (note that you will be hit with a fee again with paypal). Customers buy more valuable products with stripe than they do with paypal.
Paypal is, well, paypal. About 70% of our business is via paypal. People love it, people hate it, but everyone uses it because it's safe and reliable.
Amazon S3 charges only for use. I hear you have unlimited bandwidth on your hosting. If you can spare the storage space, use it, don't bother with S3 or other hosting options.
Essentially with this system, each transaction only loses at most $0.30 + 2.9% (although paypal charges approximately an extra 1% for currency conversions).
Here's the deal... if you were to have a particularly messy payment system, say:
Ecommerce system ($0.30 + 2.9% fee) + Credit card Processor ($0.30 + 2.9%) -> Paypal Account ($0.30 + 2.9%) ... you would pay over 2.5x the fee that you would above.
Here's another option:
Bandcamp (15% fee) + Paypal ($0.30 + 2.9%) - ouch! With a $10 or $20 pack on the market, that could add up quickly.
Now, if you were to go and sell it via a reseller/botique/store out there, do not expect more than 50% commission! That's a huge hit, and in my opinion, more or less highway robbery (but, most of those places will cover hosting, distribution, ecommerce, and even advertising, so I guess it is a bit of a trade-off). Sampleism is a good place to start; the guy who runs it is really nice and it is open to both Kontakt instruments and just sound packs.
Sample library developer, composer, and amateur organologist at Versilian Studios.
