Thoughts on Moonbase?

[dannytaurus]

I've got a demo call booked with Moonbase on Thursday this week and wondering who in this forum is using them.

If you use them, why do you use them? And if you looked at it and decided not to move, why not?

I'm looking forward to hearing more about how their system works and what advantages it can offer may business.

Context:

• I don't do software licensing and may never do it
• I currently sell only on Gumroad
• I'm a decent Ruby on Rails and, if pushed, JS developer so I'm happy building web applications, backends, etc.

[David Healey]

@dannytaurus I'm just putting the finishing touches on my reworked website using the embedded Moonbase storefront.

My main reasons for switching:

• Tax handling
• Reduced costs
• Less admin work

I'm using a WooCommerce site for displaying products and I've integrated it with the Moonbase embedded storefront using their drop in script. I'm not using the Moonbase WordPress plugin.

I'm also making use of Moonbase's webhooks and API to transfer customer data to my CRM. Although once Moonbase has its own marketing automation system I might not need this.

[Sifres]

@dannytaurus I used moonbase for my licensing and store setup. As a new developer I looked into Hise licensing and MoR around the same time. Moonbase tackles both, is easier to setup then alternatives and requires no synchronisation.

From there I simply tried to implement (Moonbase requires Juce8) and nearly got it. However I ran into a bug. Moonbase response was instantaneous and very helpful. In the end David stepped up and the issue was resolved within a day or two with the Moonbase developer being responsive as well.

Even though I didnt have much alternatives I really like the philosophy of having an integrated system. I met Tobias in Amsterdam and like his view on things and what he tries to accomplish. For instance the mailing integrations have seperate groups from the get go, allowing for trial reminders. Also the system has good API integrations and is very well documented. So right now, for a press release, I wanted to make a bunch of NFR codes. Took about 3 prompts for Claude to figure out the API call with the docs and created a big list. Would have taken hours tbh.

Only thing missing is an MCP

If you want to take a look at the total integration take a look at;
Https://dropout-audio.com/
Hit me up if you want an NFR license so you can see the entire flow.