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Payhip has a website option, and I believe you can link a domain to it.  They have integration with BookFunnel and they take care of UK and EU VAT.  (Not all European countries are covered, but they'll list which ones.)

As for US state sales tax, they do not take care of that (like LS or 4th wall), but they do have a tax option that I need to investigate further.  I believe they'll keep track of it, but we have to pay it.

Since I'm getting a lot more free downloads than paid ebook sales, I'm not too concerned at the moment.  If I decide to use BookVault direct integration, that will make a difference.  Or I may just sell a few signed paperbacks or hardcovers through 4th wall. 

Merchandise and tips are on 4th wall and they have a membership option.  (So does Payhip), but I prefer someone else tracking and paying taxes as much as possible.  :angel:

ETA: I'm not really taking advantage of any membership options at the moment since I'm using Substack, but I may turn that more into a free newsletter and try posting WIPs on a membership.

Also a few links that might help. 
Payhip Store Builder  https://help.payhip.com/article/129-store-builder
And Payhip - Switching Themes  https://help.payhip.com/article/245-switching-themes
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Hmm... I see many writers are still going with payhip. But payhip doesn't provide the webpage like Lemon Squeezy and Fourthwall. Why won't Lemon Squeezy and Fourthwall just work with Bookfunnel? That really is all that's keeping me from moving forward.

Are you able to deal with the tax problems with payhip now?
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A quick update.  I had an author takeover party in a Facebook group (which was great!) but I really need to integrate with BookFunnel.

So...yesterday, I went back to Payhip with the ebooks and turned Fourthwall into a gift shop.  We'll see how it goes, but so far I'm pretty happy with how it turned out.
Just in time for Halloween shoppers!  :catrun
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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by Gregg Bell on September 13, 2024, 05:06:38 AM »
Thanks a lot, Timothy. I was just gathering information from all over. Yeah, it was a KDP Help guy. Super nice. Maybe I heard him wrong or melded what I'd heard from somewhere else with him though. I came across this helpful Kindlepreneur video that is pretty current https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vinXgGNxEzk and I'll do some tweaking of the keywords but what I had (sans the p word) is at least in the right ballpark. And yeah, Kindledprenuer for the most part is for filling the boxes, most of them anyway. Appreciate the help.
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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by TimothyEllis on September 12, 2024, 12:26:10 PM »
Despite what the KDP rep said?

Is this a real rep, or just KDP Help?

No-one in KDP Help, even when you get a real person, has any real clue about anything.

I've never heard of 3 words per field before, or been dinged about it. It's either very very new (as in the last 2 weeks), or the person who's telling you that is clueless.

Other than the p word you shouldn't be using, that image looked good to me.
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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by alhawke on September 12, 2024, 09:19:24 AM »
I was referring to the word "pornography". I wouldn't use that word in your keyword choices.

Multiple words are a good idea. A few years ago, KDP Publisher Rocket advised a string of multiple words per line.
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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by Gregg Bell on September 12, 2024, 08:17:51 AM »
I'd get rid of "pornography" in "police infidelity pornography mob mafia"
Algos can easily dungeon your book into erotica for keywords that also fit erotica (it's happened to me before and I had to change keywords)

Thanks A.L. So you're saying the way I did it (save the "pornography") was right? Despite what the KDP rep said?

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that there is a three word maximum per keyword slot, and that the 7 new keywords I've chosen would work out to all kinds of combinations like legal thriller, courtroom drama, legal suspense, legal novel, legal mysteries etc. And that filling up each search box tended to confuse things in terms of the search.
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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by alhawke on September 12, 2024, 05:51:55 AM »
I'd get rid of "pornography" in "police infidelity pornography mob mafia"
Algos can easily dungeon your book into erotica for keywords that also fit erotica (it's happened to me before and I had to change keywords)
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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by Gregg Bell on September 12, 2024, 04:25:45 AM »
Thanks, Timothy, but I'm confused. This is what I have now for keywords for The Perfect Lawyer.



Just yesterday, I was told by a KDP rep that there is a three word maximum per keyword slot, and that the 7 new keywords I've chosen would work out to all kinds of combinations like legal thriller, courtroom drama, legal suspense, legal novel, legal mysteries etc. And that filling up each search box tended to confuse things in terms of the search.

Which I thought would be more effective than what I had.

I definitely would add "murder" now that you mention it, but why would "novel" be redundant? People search for "legal novels."


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Marketing Loft [Public] / Re: Keyword feedback for a legal thriller?
« Last post by TimothyEllis on September 11, 2024, 12:01:56 PM »
You get to fill those 7 fields with up to 50 characters each.

So triple the number of words at least.

What was the nature of the crime? What sort of lawyers involved?

Think of every word that someone might search on to find your book, and cram it in somewhere.

Novels is redundant. Urban would be a category. murder trial should be there.
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