Comment on Bandcamp... What now?

• rglullis@communick.news ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If we are going down that route: why Kofi or Patreon? Just use bank transfers. Payment via SEPA is commonplace, FedNow is already a thing. Even third-world countries like Brazil and India have digital payment networks.

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  • DmMacniel@feddit.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Just use bank transfers. Payment via SEPA is commonplace

    I mean, yeah, that would work as well. But would you trust any stranger/on the internet with your IBAN which is tightly linked to your person?

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    • rglullis@communick.news ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What can people do with an IBAN? They are not meant to be sensitive/protected information.

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  • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That Indian payment network won’t be able to deliver money to an American band

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    • rglullis@communick.news ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Then use Wise.

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      • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Doesn’t support every country and currency pair

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• iopq@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  The payment processors take a big fee, like 3% + $0.30

  You can’t just sell one song for a penny.

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  • ttmrichter@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What are the “gas” fees for Ethereum like again. You know, one of the two you touted above as being viable alternatives to actual money.

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    • iopq@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you think that’s too much, use a different crypto. I’ve exchanged some crypto with a friend for local currency and it cost me less than a penny to make a transaction.

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      • ttmrichter@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Typical crytobro bullshit. Moving goalposts.

        YOU touted Ethereum. Then you talked about “one cent songs”.

        Be at least a little consistent in pushing your scam? I mean this constant whirling around is just making you dizzy and making your scam ever so obvious to onlookers.

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    • ttmrichter@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The best part of Ethereum:

      When a transaction has failed due to an “Out of Gas” error, this means the gas limit set for a transaction is below the required gas needed to execute it. The transaction value does not leave your address but gas fee is deducted because of the computational cost incurred.

      You pay the gas fee whether your transaction goes through or not. What. A. Fucking. Scam.

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• iopq@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Because I’ve tried getting money from countries like Kazakhstan and it’s not straightforward

  Sure, if you have a merchant account and want to pay 2%+ on a credit card purchase it would work, just set up visa and Mastercard

  But for the smaller band, they would not be taking credit card payments themselves

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