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"Our fees are just 10% per successful transaction in addition to Stripe's fees. These fees are deducted from sales automatically."

Please remove "just" word. Or replace it with "EXORBITANT" to reflect the true value.

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Hosting is not cheap and we don't have a ton of money right now to host stuff at a loss. We plan to drop this to 5% in the near future if we won't lose money by doing so.

I'm glad you're focused on a sustainable business model, but try to connect cost with value. If I sell an album on your site for $1000 or $10, it doesn't cost you any extra but my fees are 100x.

If hosting is an issue, create monthly plans based on usage or additional features. That's your value, that's where the business cost is, so that's what users are paying for. You aren't a payments company, so don't make your money on payments.

I think you're probably right. Going to do some thinking on better approaches to this. Thanks

Do you delete files after they are purchased and downloaded, or do they persist? How long?

Are you encrypting the files on your storage servers in case you're subpoenaed?

How can I verify the file is what is described, before I pay for it?

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