Iām in the UK and we had to be patient when Stripe first rolled out, even though it was developed by two fellow Europeans
Another solution would be to offer free apps, and then make your money on support plans using your payment processor of choice.
They can contact you via the dashboard, as is the case for all templates downloaded from the store.
You could also add your contact details to the app.
There was quite an interesting comment from @david earlier in this thread; Iāve emphasised the important bitā¦
People who copy templates usually do not know CSS, and have no idea about Google Scripts (they also usually donāt know how to use Glide, either)
The bottom line is: if you want to make money you will find a way to do so. E-commerce is a bit like water; you just need to find a way to make the money flow to you.
OK, so I might have been overly optimistic here
The ābuyā button is also exclusively linked to Stipe, so Iām back to square one (or should I say square zero, as in no-go). I was hoping (silly me) that the buy button can connect to other payment processors.
When you say the ābuyā button are you referring to the in-app purchases in Glide?
You wouldnāt be able to sell your service plans via the Glide app, instead you would conduct that off-app in your own website, and one that supports payments such as WordPress (with the Woo plugin), or Squarespace maybe, or even something cheaper & leaner like the Pro version of this:
Yes, I was referring to the in-app button.
Carrd is great and indeed they offer a very easy solution. However, the actual purchase process is actually the easier part (assuming we go off-Glide). The challenge will be the actual data. What I mean is that I cannot use the same app for multiple users, due to cross-contamination of data. This it true even if we assume Iāll use the Row Owner function. Even if we assume that Row Owner solved it, weāre still create a huge data base which will quickly become problematic.
The other option is to setup one app per client (business), but this will generate a $30/month fee (plus extra fees per user). This is challenging because these $40/month will be my estimate for the user monthly fee.
This all brings us back a full circle back to Templates and my inability to get paid for them
Yeah, I tried most of them I think. Glide takes the podium its ease of use and wonderful UX.
In an perfect world, Googleās own AppSheet would be the natural choice for apps based on Google Sheets. Sadly, as we all know, AppSheet is one of the more complicated systems out there.
Any ideas for a platform similar to Glide?
Stripe Atlas, whilst expensive and ongoing, is looking like it might offer you a route in to making money with Glide. Though you would need to research this fully.
Not sure how many web businesses you run or own but they could all go through the same company and bank account.
We donāt offer more than Stripe right now because we donāt have time to build it. There are a lot of things we wish we could do, but we have to prioritize.
I estimate it would cost us at least $60k to support another payment processor for templates. Itās not like we can just turn another one on with a switch.
Also, the experience for people purchasing templates would be pretty annoying if they had to use different payment gateways depending on where the template author lives. Right now they just use their payment info on file and do not have to enter anything when they purchase, since Glide subscriptions also use Stripe.
I think this should be a pinned post somewhere on this forum because this query has been raised a lot of times and this response makes perfect sense and I canāt imagine anyone going further with queries after seeing this response.
Hi!
For my student penultimate project (Product Management), I need to give some realistic estimations on how many templates a Glide Dev can sell pro month or any duration you find fit to share.
I donāt pretend to sell myself, it just for my student project.
Best Case & Worst Case scenari. A rough range is OK too.
Do you sell high price templates as well as the ālowerā ones?
Is it a fixed 30 % fees/costs?
Thks for your help @Robert_Petitto@sardamit@eltintero@Wiz.Wazeer ? The Glide Team? in case you can easily compute average/total/min-max stats/seller/period?
Especially for Education/Self-learning/Remote, Team, Misc and Games.
If you prefer to message me, please do.
Glide says they will charge 30% but they havenāt yet deducted any fees. (Thank you, Team Glide! <3)
I have 30+ paid templates published and the frequency of sales keeps changing.
3 - 4 sales a month is not a bad expectation to set, assuming the template serves a purpose and is built really well.
I have had the most revenue from templates that sell at $99.99, and have had the most unit sales from templates that sell at $14.99. Having said that I have sold templates from $4.99 to $199.99 too.
In a little more than 15 months, I have had almost 100 template purchases.
Hi, Sardamit, awesome answer exceeding my expectations. Thks so much!
And happy for you: such heart warming acknowledgement of your works and quality of service.
Kudos to you and wishing you the best productive & fulfilling empowered time to come!
@L.M My templates are ooooold, so they donāt sell as well anymore. A lot of new templates have showed up recently who do things in an easier way, leveraging new computed columns and components that werenāt available when I built mineā¦ I probably sell 2-3/mo? Iām more focused on full custom builds vs templates.
Thks, Jesus You were 1 of the 1st to sell I believe? This helps me deepen my case study. As a business that is not that āpassiveā. Good luck & fun with your current āGlideliverablesā and āGlidaringsā.
@eltintero & @sardamit - sorry to jump in but I am following this with interest as I am planning to sell some Templates in the store.
Do you find yourselves being contacted by customers of your themes via the āContact Authorā button in the dashboard? And if so, are they looking for technical help if theyāve messed something up?
Thatās my biggest concern because it could get messy with a popular Template that is aimed at less tech savvy customers who do not know what Glide is, let alone know their way around it.
I think @sardamit had a template before I did. But yes, we were kind of the first ones around here. Eventually I moved to lowcode.agency full time.
@garrison sometimes they do, I havenāt up-sold anyone either a full blown app or a consultation, thoughā¦ I usually send them to my YT channel or back here to the forum.
Yes, I came accross your YT (Youtube is very clever to suggest videos). As a newbie, they were at time somehow too technical for me, sorryš , I could not afford more hours than I have. Looks like at least 3 people here work / are co-founders of / for this agency. How does it work when customers outside the US request your services? I assume thereās additional āexport taxesā to add to the total billing? To get an accurate cost of investment?
Thks, Jesus.
One of the potential pitfalls of selling a Template to less tech savvy people, especially if itās popular (which I hope it will be), is managing expectations and scope of service. Putting Glide in their hands is a lot of power and I can see problems with that. When you look at the UI of Glide it effectively looks like a graphics program which, of course, is one of the main attractions for me.
One solution Iām looking at is creating a custom portal with WP where people can login and update the content of their Glide app in a tightly focussed way, i.e. just fields and inputs etc, that map to a Google Sheet which powers their Glide app. My WP skills are reasonable enough to accomplish this.
However, once you start going down that route then the next logical question is: why do we even need Glide for this use case?
warming acknowledgement of your works and quality of service.
You were 1 of the 1st to sell I believe? This helps me deepen my case study. As a business that is not that āpassiveā. Good luck & fun with your current āGlideliverablesā and āGlidaringsā.