Comment on SmallRun.net Enters the Marketplace Market by phil barrett

SmallRun is actually well thought out and worth considering if you want to try selling your creatings. I am surprised that the way SmallRun came about is not part of this article. Once upon a Time geeks like me were happy selling their creations to other geeks on Tindie. Then, big bad Siemens told SupplyFrame that Tindie was not an appropriate mix in their portfolio. In the dark of night they solid it to a Chinese Holding Company. With absolutely no announcement, Tindie went dark for 11 days (claiming "routine maintenance"). When they returned there was little communication to us sellers. But more importantly, they had no way of disbursing the funds owed to us sellers. They kept saying they are working on it "ASAP" (note, not back ASAP but working on it ASAP). TL:DR, us sellers finally got got about a month later but their bumbling left suck a sour taste in the sellers' mouths that things like SmallRun got created. Personally, I moved to Shopify and am glad I did - professionally run, good automation and lower costs. You can find a blog that goes into more detail about this at grbl.org, look for "Tindie Saga".