Hey guys,
Quick story. A while back, I launched a desktop tool and realized I was losing about $3,000 out of every $10,000 just to "convenience fees" from marketplaces. It wasn't even about the payment processing—it was mostly for the license key generation and basic gatekeeping.
The worst part? I didn't even "own" my customers. No emails, no direct feedback, nothing.
I decided to stop being a tenant on those platforms and built my own backend to handle the heavy lifting.
The logic we went with is pretty simple:
Keep your 30%: We don't touch your sales. We're just the infrastructure. If you sell a $500 seat, you keep $500.
Instant Payouts: Since it connects to your own Stripe/PayPal, you aren't waiting a month for a payout.
Actually own the data: You get the customer emails and can manage activations/notifications directly.
Clean API: It’s basically an "invisible brain" for the app.…