This is what I thought. I'm surprised Squadmail (link in opening post) has posted their product more than once on HN and has gotten nearly no comments or upvotes.
According to their pricing at 2.9% + 30c per charge that leaves you with 18.55c. Paypal is 5% + $0.05, a massive 47.45c. If Stripe could even partially match that I'd be delighted. I'm currently looking into Amazon's aggregated option and haven't come up with numbers yet.
You are allowed to have two accounts (this is even officially recommended by PayPal), one with micropayments and the other with normal payments; as you know the amount of money being requested before transferring the user to PayPal, you can use the two accounts to get the best possible rate in all cases.
Given the huge size of fandalism, Phil would probably be better of hiring an investment banker or business broker to sell the it (not that it's his goal here)... Flippa's specialty is under $250K, once you start approaching 7-figures, the transaction gets more complex, the buyers get bigger, and it makes sense to have a professional involved.
It may be poor advice but it is an option nevertheless. pud asked for what to do next and selling the site is a potential road to take. I'm disappointed that some people have down voted this to death. I am following the rules of the site. I feel bullied after expressing an opinion.
I believe downvoting is only available to users with high karma. This makes me believe that downvoting is meant to fight misbehavior. Unfortunately there is no way to report misbehavior of downvoting. If you already have high karma you have a conflict of interest in reporting downvoting misbehavior.
I believe a taboo has slowly been growing among the entrepreneur community regarding selling startup businesses. I think it started with Mark Z. turning down offers from major tech players and it has continued with Dropbox turning down an acquisition from Apple.
I am not taking sides on whether entrepreneurs should sell their companies. But I think there is a problem when bringing up the subject is frowned upon on. I am unsure whether this is a problem with Hacker News' moderation system or it really is a taboo.
In their recent blog entry they say that it is, but in other countries you can sync up with your friends. In the US you can share rss feeds of what you have watched and me and my friends use that.
Netflix used to have friends features in the US too, you could see what they'd watched, and take quizzes where you guessed what movies they liked. It was pretty fun.
