First post in 4 years
Iโve been busy bootstrapping PromptBase to 450k+ users
But I was burning $9,400/mo in opaque Stripe fees for seller payouts
So today Iโm launching Zoneless: an open-source clone of Stripe Connect using USDC
Identical API, except payouts cost $0.002
Iโve been dogfooding it on PromptBase for 3 months:
- 2,200+ sellers onboarded
- 1,400+ payouts completed
- $9.4k/mo in Stripe fees โ ~$5/mo
- 73% of sellers chose Zoneless over Stripe
Woke up to 100+ stars on the repo, thank you for the support! โญ๏ธ
I've never built open-source before, so this is all pretty new
Back to building now ๐ซก
First post in 4 years
Iโve been busy bootstrapping PromptBase to 450k+ users
But I was burning $9,400/mo in opaque Stripe fees for seller payouts
So today Iโm launching Zoneless: an open-source clone of Stripe Connect using USDC
Identical API, except payouts cost $0.002
Iโve been dogfooding it on PromptBase for 3 months:
- 2,200+ sellers onboarded
- 1,400+ payouts completed
- $9.4k/mo in Stripe fees โ ~$5/mo
- 73% of sellers chose Zoneless over Stripe
First post in 4 years
Iโve been busy bootstrapping PromptBase to 450k+ users
But I was burning $9,400/mo in opaque Stripe fees for seller payouts
So today Iโm launching Zoneless: an open-source clone of Stripe Connect using USDC
Identical API, except payouts cost $0.002
Iโve been dogfooding it on PromptBase for 3 months:
- 2,200+ sellers onboarded
- 1,400+ payouts completed
- $9.4k/mo in Stripe fees โ ~$5/mo
- 73% of sellers chose Zoneless over Stripe
@bdlowery It was a surprising result! We are an AI marketplace so probably a big crossover AI x crypto users, but the main incentive was that sellers can get their sale funds faster - which is a big motivator to push through & use it.
@ryanseanbadger Thanks Ryan! PromptBase might be a bit skewed as AI x Crypto has some crossover, but we've definitely found that sellers have a big interest in using it and will push through if it means faster access to funds + payouts.
@ybouane Thanks for the feedback Yassine, I 100% agree on the pay-in side its going to be a while before cards are not the #1 choice. Zoneless is just for the payout-side currently - you can definitely use it alongside Stripe! (we do this on PB)
@levelsio Got hit by 1.5k fraudulent transactions from 'jake minas' in PH early May - was super scary especially with the threat of dispute fees.
Have been blocking PH using Radar for the past month + other mitigations.
Tip: Stripe will refund the attack transaction fees if you email