How we made our first streamlit micro-saas app?

[Vania]

Hey everyone!

So I’ve been trying to monetize my Streamlit apps, and wow - spent 3 weeks just trying to add a simple login page and payment button. Honestly a nightmare.

Got tired of rebuilding user authentication and subscription logic over and over, so we created a template that handles all that boring stuff.

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Here’s the screenshot:

Quick question - what’s been your biggest headache with Streamlit monetization?

I’m curious about your experience, and if you try the template, would love to hear how it goes!

support@3droid.trade | GitHub - 3-droid/3droid_template_lite: 3Droid Template lite

[karelin]

Interesting!
Can you perhaps write a little bit about your journey: what was the biggest headache, which approaches have you discarded and what are the principles behind your solution?

[Vania]

Hey! Thanks for asking.

We initially tried building our own payment system with PayPal, but ran into production verification issues. After checking with their support and researching online, we think it was because of compliance issues as a non-US business without a US bank account. We tried linking our local bank account but couldn’t get it to work.

We also evaluated Lemon Squeezy and Paddle, but Patreon ended up being the best fit for our situation. It made receiving payments much easier since it doesn’t require a US bank account, which solved our main issue.

We just wanted to get to market quickly, even if it meant giving up some control over the payment flow, and finding a solution that works for international businesses.

Curious what others think about the speed vs. control trade-off when choosing payment solutions?