Money & Finance

Compare Gumroad, Lemon Squeezy, Polar, Ko-fi, and Payhip fees, tax handling, and Asia payout options to find the right platform for your products.

This week’s Product Hunt signal is clear: AI agents are moving from chat to execution, while open source, approvals, evaluation, and cost controls catch up.

In August 2025, Etsy permanently closed Taiwan seller accounts. But the digital product market opportunity is bigger than ever. From fee breakdowns to alternative platforms, this is the only honest guide that tells you the full story.

Breaking down indie maker AI tool costs across three stages: $0 exploration, $20-40 prototype, $85+ post-launch, plus hidden free plan traps and consumption pricing risks.

ChatGPT has made creating stickers effortless, but making money from them is a different story. This guide breaks down the revenue split, AI labeling policies, and the full publishing workflow so you can decide before you start.

2026/05/14–05/21 Product Hunt standout players: AI agents move from helper to autonomous executor, memory layer infrastructure becomes the new battlefield, Google Gemini Omni seizes the video creation entry point with multimodal capabilities

In 2026, DBS cut rewards, E.SUN devalued points, and CUBE improved Japan Airlines redemption — Taiwan's miles card landscape just reshuffled. Use a spend-scenario framework to find the right card combination from CTBC Splendor, CUBE, Taishin Soar, and E.SUN.

17+ crypto cards and five reviews later, you still don't know which to pick? Crypto Card Finder replaces static comparison tables with scenario-based filtering — from travel to DeFi hodl-spend — delivering personalized recommendations in 30 seconds.

Taiwan had 23 listed active ETFs with over NT$520 billion in AUM at the end of April 2026. This guide gives digital workers a practical framework for evaluating active ETFs: fee structure, manager quality assessment, and how to spot 'pseudo-active' funds.

The May 1 award chart is now in effect, Amex transfers lost 20% in March, and Cathay still reviews fuel surcharges every two weeks. Here's what Asia Miles holders should check now.

Crypto cards promise 3%+ cashback, but airline ticket failures, hotel pre-auth freezes, hidden FX spreads, and volatile reward tokens tell a different story. Here's what nobody warns you about.

Compare 10 crypto cards by net rewards, FX costs, mobile wallets and platform risk, with practical guidance for users in Taiwan.