Shopify, etsy, crowdsupply, a custom website. All have their problems, i’m not endorsing. I sell on tindie. Well, i don’t sell much there, but i list on tindie. Most of my sales come thru my own store site.

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serf 3 hours ago | parent [-]

that just resolves back to the original problem that Tindie solved, discoverability.

It's like saying people are fleeing ebay for Shopify. Yeah, I guess -- but that only really solves the merchant sales problem.

I buy from indie elec shops directly when I can, but the problem is that I commonly discover those shops thru tindie. Word of mouth/discord/etc isn't nearly as a great a tool as a searchable refreshing index.

	▲	sixothree 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		For myself at least, discoverability is a huge thing for tindie. I'll go there for something specific and pretty much every single time just poke around until I find something else too. It's kind of like shopping for clothes - I want a new shirt, but some fancy new pants can't hurt.