Gumroad is a place that obviously allows pornography listings and profits from pornography sales.
I would never willingly list my product on the same page right next to extremely graphic Porn images for sale. For many professional reasons! Unfortunately Gumroad allows that.
kidmo?recommended_by=search
Response from GumroadFeb 12, 2020
We will be adding more search features to filter out adult results in future. For now, you have the ability to turn off Gumroad Discover on your products: https://help.gumroad.com/article/79-gumroad-discover
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Gavin S.
Appalling customer support and buggy platform
At this point, it's just hilarious, and I feel like I must be on a tv show where they prank people and laugh at their frustration.
A user bought digital assets from my store but gumroad was not allowing them to download them. When I reported this to gumroad, they blamed the user for the problem and provided advice that was not relevant. I refunded the user, and asked gumroad if they could still try to look into the issue, and gumroad said that they couldn't fix the issue now, blaming ME because I refunded the user! The response I got was "I literally can't rectify anything right now, sorry. There's no solution right now besides the customer buying the product again."
Later, all of the files (about 50) in my subscription product suddenly disappeared. And when I asked what happened or how to get them back they replied: "We didn't delete them, sorry. Best, Cheryl, Manager of Support Gumroad". That's the whole email. I asked what they could do to help fix the issue, and they said "I'm sorry that I'm not providing you with the service you expect, but I'm not sure what you'd like me to do Gavin? You deleted the product. You don't want to sell the product anymore. What steps can I take to make you happy?"
The platform has issues and the customer support (at least from Cheryl) is unhelpful and condescending.
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JA
Horrible
Horrible customer service. I purchase books during Black Friday Sale through a mobile browser. The seller name says “REEF ID BOOKS”. The product title says “TRAVEL SET”. The product image shows physical books. So I expect to get physical copy and click to pay. It was just simple three steps from cover page, select product and then payment with CVC.
I noticed that something was wrong when the delivery address is missing and there wasn’t any step to review my order. I emailed the seller and Gumroad right away.
The seller never replied. After couple of emails, Gumroad said it is ebook and no refund even I clearly said I’m not aware it is ebook and have no intention to take any ebook. I clearly showed them screenshot of my purchase processes - no e-book clearly states anywhere.
My first time purchasing from this Gumroad. Never again. Unprofessional and misleading.
Response from GumroadDec 11, 2019
The URL of these products is https://gumroad.com/reefidbooks
On none of these products is it mentioned that you will be shipped a book. Most, if not all product descriptions clearly state that you are paying for a PDF.
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Aleksey S.
Gumroad scammers
I sell my product on many platforms such as CGtrader, unity and Unreal marketplace. The following happened in the Gumraod store: one person bought from me 10 goods for about $ 200, after which within a month he returned 8 of them without explanation and without my permission. After that, the Gumroad administration blocked my account without trial, accused me of fraud, and now also of money laundering. I am an honest person, I pay taxes in my country, I have never been involved in money laundering, and these unfounded accusations are strange to me. I also looked at the reddit topics on the gumroad and you know what? - I'm not the only one, many people write that they were also lied to, that one or two returns of your goods mean blocking your store and returning all funds to customers. Gumroads are essentially fraudsters themselves, instead of investigating the situation with the support service, they immediately blame and expose honest people as criminals, and then appropriate honestly earned money.
edit 13.11.2019
Here is a quote from the pay-pal return statement: "This user was using PayPal and Gumroad to launder money. No money should have been sent to them." You definitely didn't blame me? Stop lying Gumroad!
Here's how normal stores do: block a dubious buyer. Of course, you must return the money if the credit card was stolen. But you accused me of fraudulent activities and blocked my account. Why did you file a report for this review? If you consider yourself right, then why are you shy? Let everyone see how you do business.
Why did you find time to discuss this here, but did not find time to sort out the situation and write to me privately about it?
edit 13.11.2019
Let's take it in order: there were 10 purchases from 1 person in total (I know this for sure, because the mailing address was 1), I have no idea how many cards he has, how many of them were stolen, I'm not interested. Further, the purchases were made on November 7, and the pay-off payment was made on 15-18, so it is set in the settings and happens automatically. In NORMAL stores like Unreal or Unity, there are also cases where fraudsters steal cards and make purchases, but there the issue of return is calm, no one blames the author and does not block accounts. Do you think that I would not return the money? Have you tried just to write me an explanation of the situation? No, you just immediately started to push, blame and lie, moreover you are not just asking for a refund of 10 purchases, you also want $ 65 already in July .. why? Again they didn’t bother to explain anything, they simply wrote that I was a thief and laundered money. As a result, it turns out that the real criminal received a bunch of my goods for free, you returned the money ($ 65) to honest customers, and they deprived me of the account and lied. Therefore, I want to leave this review here so that people are careful.
Yes, I appreciate what you wrote to me in the mail and want to discuss something, but don't you think it's too late?
Response from GumroadNov 13, 2019
We apologize for the stress caused by account suspensions, but this person states out that we return all funds to customers, then accuses us of stealing this money. Which one is it? Are we refunding it or stealing it?
In any case, to be clear: if an account is suspended, we refund all sales. We are required to do this. We do not profit from suspended accounts. Unity and Unreal have different banking partners than we do, so they can afford to handle chargebacks the way they do. We do not have that luxury.
Edit to address the PayPal return:
In this specific case, the creator made multiple sales - all of which showed extremely strong signs of being fraudulent. Hundreds of dollars in sales were made on a handful of stolen credit cards. That money was paid out to this creator, and then refunded out of our accounts to the owner of the stolen cards. That money should never have been paid out to the creator, as it was stolen. The money was, in effect, laundered from a stolen card into their PayPal account, and we were looking to scrape it back.
Edit 11/13
The creator was automatically notified about one of his sales resulting in a chargeback. This money does not come out of his accounts - it comes out of ours. We did not ask him for $65.
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One
Big scam
This company is a total fail for sellers. Trust me.
Response from GumroadNov 20, 2019
This doesn't appear to have any specific information about the person's interactions with Gumroad, so I'm not sure how it's helpful to anyone.
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Pulze
I always receive the things i purchase…
I always receive the things i purchase and if noone get his money why would anyone sell on there ?
The other reviews seem fkn sketchy.
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Mike
They suspended my accounts a second time after reactivating it.
They suspended my accounts a second time after reactivating it.
First they suspended my account, I've contacted them, they said it was a mistake, so they reactivated it, but all my money collected until that were gone, they said that the users got the refunds and I had to deal with the loses. I though ok, mistake happens, but after a few weeks they suspended my account again, later I found out they didn't refund my users, and they kept their subscriptions active, because I got emails that some users canceled their subscriptions manually, this is how I know. And also I told one users that he should get the refund soon, but he never did, when he opened a PayPal dispute, they asked my to pay for that, but that transaction should have been refunded in the first place.
Also, their customer support is the worst I had to deal with, and I dealt with a lot of bad customer support, but the gumroad one is on a whole new level, from responding after 3 days, to name-calling, to false accusations about our business and so on.
Response from GumroadNov 6, 2019
Happy to clarify the situation!
This user was suspended for a high chargeback rate on their sales
https://help.gumroad.com/article/160-suspension
Their existing customers were all refunded as their balance was zeroed out. There was no name calling in the email thread. There were no false accusations in the email thread (besides the user accusing us of being scammers, which we're not). We explained to them in the email thread why their account was being suspended.
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Angela W.
Company run by immature kids
Company run by immature kids. Their app has 2 out of 5 ratings. Cheryl "support manager" was as useful as a broken toaster. Only canned responses are sent. There is no technical talent working here, and it's obvious the owner is on serious introverted burnout. Don't bother asking for the owner, he's hiding in a basement somewhere working on his novel and pretending everything is fine. With the company disappointing so many investors and laying off all the friends they hired (instead of hiring IT talent), you would think the owner would have a better handle on things. The company will continue to fail because they want to have a party full of friends pretending to work instead of actually working. I had a solid business venture that could take Gumroad in a new direction and 20 years experience in high end systems that would make Gumroad a killing, but these kids are too immature to listen to anyone else's points of view but their own. They are in over their heads, and it painfully and blatantly shows.
Response from GumroadDec 14, 2019
Angela does not seem to understand what the purpose of Gumroad is. She wrote in to us with an idea of how to run our business. After we directed to the right sources and attempted to explain how Gumroad runs, she became abusive and started listing off, unsolicited, all of her accomplishments and business triumphs. She then harassed our CEO directly in an attempt to get our support team fired, and is now trying to smear us on different review sites. Overall, a very strange response to what began as a very normal support ticket. Seems like Angela could be putting her time to better use.