Show HN: Create a paid link to anything
I&#x27;m not convinced this isn&#x27;t a solution in search of a problem. What is it good for?<p>For most things being sold you&#x27;ll want an account attached. If this is a song or a book then you probably want to at least have functionality like reviews, ratings and recommendations.<p>Whatever it is that you&#x27;re selling probably forms part of some sort of established relationship -- I don&#x27;t recall ever getting out my credit card and paying $5 for something from a random link on Twitter.<p>It also seems abuse prone. If we&#x27;re supposed to share these paid links, that creates an incentive for scammers and trolls to create their own links and get people&#x27;s money while delivering nothing. That means customers will lose confidence in the system, vendors will get screwed, and the company will be hit with chargebacks. This seems like a dangerous business model.<p>For the vendor side, this seems to be a redirector, so once the first person pays, they can share the URL they got redirected to. This doesn&#x27;t seem like a good business plan.<p>EDIT: I just got one to load. This is all I get:<p>&quot;This link costs $15.00 to access. You are trying to accessed a link through PaidLink.to, which requires payment to proceed. Fill out your payment details below.&quot;<p>What the heck am I even paying $15 for? I haven&#x27;t a clue. Not only there&#x27;s no preview, there&#x27;s not even a description!<p>Screenshot for anyone having issues: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;YIsypEN" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;imgur.com&#x2F;YIsypEN</a>