And source identified! 🕵🏽 

It turned out I got a [shoutout](https://nitter.net/emeralizeapp/status/1748839422727262508#m) from Emeralize - It's great that I found you here @santos, and I did some digging, nice knowing the story behind it and seeing someone so passionate about building the [product](https://stacker.news/items/105420).

> emeralize's mission is to help individuals become the best versions of themselves and do what they love.

**Ikigai:** This is the way - there are quite some people who possess lots of real knowledge, and they can easily teach for a living while doing what they love. ( and I'm curious why named the platform Emeralize? )

**However, here is some feedback for you: the current stage is too much friction for both sides 👀**

### **Pros** 

- payment splitting
- auto withdrawal
- LN payment
- transaction history

### **cons**

#### **As a creator**

- Need a mail to sign up and set up PW - why not LN login?
- Marketplace discovery is bad - it was even hard for me to get the ebook page before, but I figured out I could get it by clicking the ebook and then adding the number there.
- The Creator dashboard is confusing - having four options for uploading is too much, and I needed to check all of them before deciding which one to choose from  - why not just one? Then creators can upload whatever they want, and I guess most are ebooks or vids, so basically two types? KISS.

#### **As a buyer**

- Need to sign up with mail to create an account too - it would be nicer if buyers didn't need to sign up at all.
- Nowhere to relook where the paid download is, and if the downloaded redirect was 404, where should people ask for help?

#### **Others**

- The design is a bit outdated, and the theme is really dark; maybe a lighter color helps the learning? Not sure did you checked out [gumroad](https://gumroad.com/), they have a really lively design.
- Socials, where is Nostr? I think most Bitcoiners use Nostr or X.
- The hosting is showing Amazonaws, so it's in Amazon - isn't it better to ditch big tech?


Here is what I've so far, and thanks for building on LN. ⚡️

Interesting, I didn't even share the link, but someone brought it there 👀 I hope he/she got the download file because the redirect link didn't work so well during my test. ( that's why I didn't share the link in public, but then I guess most likely brought by someone working or using Emeralize. )

![Emeralize with Alby.png](https://m.stacker.news/13180)

I do like the auto notification from Emeralize with Alby tho! I wish other tools could auto notify too.t

- BTCpay - need to configure with Zapier.
- Lifpay - need to check manually...

Natalia

FlashYellow

Just created an opportunity to test with 

 too, but the experience is average so far. 👀

The only nice thing I can see so far is that the sats goes directly to your LN wallet - curious why 

AGORA

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Just created an opportunity to test with [emeralize](https://emeralize.app/) too, but the experience is average so far. 👀

![emeralize.png](https://m.stacker.news/12935)

**As a creator**

- need a mail to sign up and set up PW - when LN login?
- marketplace is not really showing your creation.
- the hosting is showing amazonaws, so it's in Amazon.

**As a buyer**
- also need to sign up with mail to create an account - too much friction.
- nowhere to look where the paid download in.
- the downloaded redirect was 404, and then who to ask for help?

The only nice thing I can see so far is that the sats goes directly to your LN wallet - curious why @bitcoinplebdev is using it?

