January 22, 2025
Hello, BFFs!
Welcome to 2025! It’s a brand new year, and if you’ve been in indie publishing for a bit now, you know what that means. Changes! Lots and lots of changes! Because indie publishing is always changing. Sometimes we wish it would just slow down a bit and let us all catch our collective breaths, but the world of indie publishing just doesn’t work that way.
Speaking of changes, we’re working on some exciting new things over at BookFunnel HQ. One thing that is not changing is the rise of authors selling direct. As more and more evidence mounts, it becomes clear that selling direct is the future of publishing.
“But, what about the taxes??” you hear (mostly U.S.) authors cry! Well, admittedly, that’s a bit of a bugbear. Especially for U.S. authors where taxes are… well, let’s just say murky. “Can’t someone else do it?!” we hear you say. And, the answer is, yes!
Selling with Fourthwall
Fourthwall is what we in the biz call a Merchant of Record seller. Which is a long, fancy way of saying, they take care of the taxes. For a small fee. The beauty of MoR sellers like Fourthwall is that you can just sell your products. Paperbacks, ebooks, audiobooks, swag, whatever. They take care of all the money stuff and distribute the profits to you. And, with BookFunnel handling all of your digital delivery and support, you really can set it and forget it!
On top of setting up a store and selling direct, Fourthwall also has really strong subscription features built right in. So, if you’re thinking about maybe starting up your own subscription service for your readers, you’ve got everything you need in one place.
You Sell, We Deliver
Fourthwall joins our existing sales platforms (Gumroad, Payhip, Shopify, Thrivecart, and WooCommerce) but is the first Merchant of Record seller to join our ranks. Though, it will not be the last. Just you wait.
Fourthwall is available today on your BookFunnel dashboard as a sales integration. Once you set up a Fourthwall account and link it to BookFunnel, you can start building your store and let BookFunnel handle all the digital delivery. As with all things we do, it’s really quite seamless!
So, if you’ve been holding off on setting up direct sales because you fear the taxman, fear no more! With BookFunnel and Fourthwall, you can have it all.
Learn more about integrating BookFunnel and Fourthwall
Until next time!
