Ben Stokes (Tiny Projects 💡) retweeted
400 GitHub stars! ⭐
The payment rails are open and free now.
So why is the software built on top of them so closed?
Let's change that.
The payment rails are open and free now.
So why is the software built on top of them so closed?
Let's change that.
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Ben Stokes (Tiny Projects 💡) retweeted
Fee comparison: 1000 payouts/month, $50 each
‣ Stripe: $40,500/year
‣ PayPal: $19,500/year
‣ Zoneless: $26/year
‣ Stripe: $40,500/year
‣ PayPal: $19,500/year
‣ Zoneless: $26/year
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Woke up to 100+ stars on the repo, thank you for the support! ⭐️
I've never built open-source before, so this is all pretty new
Back to building now 🫡
I've never built open-source before, so this is all pretty new
Back to building now 🫡
First post in 4 years
I’ve been busy bootstrapping PromptBase to 450k+ users
But I was burning $9,400/mo in opaque Stripe fees for seller payouts
So today I’m launching Zoneless: an open-source clone of Stripe Connect using USDC
Identical API, except payouts cost $0.002
I’ve romptBase for 3 months:
- 2,200+ sellers onboarded
- 1,400+ payouts completed
- $9.4k/mo in Stripe fees → ~$5/mo
- 73% of sellers chose Zoneless over Stripe
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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.
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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.
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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)
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