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One of the nice things about being exactly That Kind Of Open Source Nerd is every time something tries to sell me some tech product they are so desperately trying to convince me I both want and absolutely must have as a matter of utmost importance is I will then spend four hours finding a way to get precisely that but for free

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in reply to tiddy roosevelt

@babe, honestly, I thought this was going to end in "…four hours explaining why I would never want that." xD
in reply to Jesus Michał 🏔 (he)

@mgorny oh I'll still do that too, just from the ivory tower of still having the thing anyway just because I can, without paying for it
in reply to tiddy roosevelt

As my granny says, "If I need it, you likely shouldn't be charging for it and if you have to pay someone to sell it, I probably don't need it."

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in reply to tiddy roosevelt

Never pay good money for something that could be a simple script and/or cronjob.
in reply to tiddy roosevelt

Now that I have hyperfixated up a respectable and functional portfolio website complete with shop i don't quite know what to do with myself
in reply to tiddy roosevelt

That is to say, I feel like I need to do something with myself to avoid the boring and arduous task of editing email templates.

The problem with the exciting bit winding down is that my brain wants to keep going with it, particularly since I'm running on not much sleep. It's the really involved stuff that I seem capable of absorbing when I'm tired, the monotonous stuff is just hard to focus on

in reply to tiddy roosevelt

I will share it soon, I just wanna get some more stuff loaded on it first. I've uploaded a heap of things but there's still some to be published
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

@me That's actually one of the things I'm umming and ahhing about my options on still, because really there aren't any good options. The entire website is entirely safe for work and so is everything that'll be in the shop, but that doesn't necessarily stop a lot of them from pulling the rug on reputation.
in reply to tiddy roosevelt

@tiddy roosevelt If you ever find a good solution let me know. I've been looking for a solution to that forever.
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

@me @JenJen I don't suppose you eventually landed on a good solution to the payment processor question in the end? I know you've been through the wringer with them
in reply to tiddy roosevelt

@tiddy roosevelt @JenJen In the past for freelance stuff, I've just used GnuCash to generate invoices, submitted them, and had the clients mail cheques. This works okay-ish for corporate clients, but even still I quickly learned that there's a big difference between an invoice and a payment.

I've also used Interac e-Transfers, but those aren't a thing that exist outside of Canada, so probably not helpful.

in reply to tiddy roosevelt

@me I am currently using CCBill and Elavon for my monthly studio subscriptions (patreon alternative), and WooCommerce for my regular shop and bulk buying of memberships.

I am also about to use Elavon's payment machine for my conventions this weekend and the next, so I'll find out if it works in place of Zettle/etc

I don't have Stripe so no BuyMeACoffee, and I've closed my KoFi because of their ToS. I'm also not using libera pay because of their ToS.

So at the moment I have no "tip jar"

in reply to JenJen

@JenJen @neil @me
I once worked for a major UK bank that decided it was cheaper to pay a payment processor than do PCI compliance themselves despite having all the legal, accounting and tech staff needed to do so.

So well done you for taking on something that can scare a major bank and getting it done! 🎉

in reply to JenJen

@JenJen @me WooCommerce is where I've landed too. I confess I had seen they have apple and google pay as options so just assumed they used stripe but I guess without t hose enabled, not so
in reply to tiddy roosevelt

@JenJen @me I've been exploring this for QueerPinups.com and we got kicked off of Helcim so now we're looking into PaymenrCloud.

As best we know we got kicked because the receiving bank couldn't confirm we were not selling nudity.

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