Skip to content

Comment on Facebook To Make ‘Facebook Credits’ Mandatory For Game Developersparent

Comments

If they start allowing the sale of non-digital goods on Facebook, they had better drop the 30% cut

Agreed, 30% is a ludicrous amount for anything outside of Facebook. Now, if they could offer comparable rates to PayPal, I for one would sign up overnight. Is it that crazy to think that they could topple PayPal's current monopoly on low-end[0] payments?

[0] I couldn't think of a better way to describe it, but if you aren't based in the USA, UK, Australia etc, there aren't a lot of options for getting your first buck for your web app etc.

if you aren't based in the USA, UK, Australia etc, there aren't a lot of options for getting your first buck for your web app etc.

http://flattr.com? They hail from Sweden, and are quite eurocentric.

flattr.com? They hail from Sweden, and are quite eurocentric.

I've only had a brief look, but it seems like a fairly unsatisfactory way of implementing billing for a web app. I accept that I could be missing something obvious - can you let me know if I've got it wrong? :)

You're right, I'm sorry.

It lets you transfer small amounts on the web, but it's not for billing.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.