Let\'s say I spend a week creating a data file in order to sell it to a very sma
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Let's say I spend a week creating a data file in order to sell it to a very small niche market (maybe 100 buyers worldwide).
Is there an online platform where people could download the file in exchange for money, which I would get minus a margin/fee?
Requirements:
Online.
Supports any kind of file, even binary presumably-opaque data.
Sharable landing page for my file with at least a bit of metadata.
Users can download updates for free after they have paid once.
Users can pay with mainstream credit cards, the more payment options the better.
No set up fee.
Explanation / Answer
eBay may be suitable for your project, given the small market. The eBay site has a policy for downloadable content This doesn't address your other hosting requirements directly, you would need to generate and email out links for each order on your own site. If you keep each link active and allow latest version to be downloaded then that would deal with updates.
Links could be a simple as a long random number that you generate for each confirmed order. This makes it secure against simple guessing by someone who has not ordered, but does not protect you from people sharing links or just directly sharing the content.
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