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Disclosing upfront: I’m the person who built this.I bought vocalpresets.com in 2021 along with its existing preset catalog. For several years it ran as a Shopify store before I started to rebuild it from scratch about three months ago.
Why rebuild
Shopify doesn’t really have a native concept of audio previews for digital audio products. For preset packs or sample libraries, the ability to audition the sound before purchase is basically the core UX. Over the years I ended up patching in third-party audio players and other workarounds, which were always fragile and never ideal.
The other issue was seller infrastructure. I wanted to allow producers to list their own preset packs, but Shopify’s multi-vendor support is very limited without stacking several plugins together.
So the goal of the rebuild was to make something purpose-built for selling audio presets, rather than forcing a general ecommerce platform to do it.
What’s live now
The rebuilt platform includes:
Native audio previews
Each preset pack has waveform players built directly into the listing page rather than iframe embeds or external players. Preview clips are rendered from the original audio so they’re still representative and not overly compressed.
Seller accounts (70 / 30 split)
Producers can upload packs, set their own prices, and receive 70% of each sale. Payouts are handled through Stripe Connect.
Filtering by DAW and genre
Listings can be filtered by DAW (FL Studio, Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, etc.) as well as style/genre tags so buyers can find presets that actually match their workflow.
Review queue for new listings
New preset packs go through a review queue before going live. The goal is to keep the catalog focused rather than letting it turn into an uncurated dump.
The original catalog from the acquired store is still there, and new sellers have started listing packs.
For those curious about the technical side: the new platform runs on a Next.js + Supabase backend with Stripe Connect handling payouts.
Current state
The platform itself is stable and functional, but it’s still early in terms of growing the seller side and refining discovery.
What I’d genuinely be interested in hearing from people here:
Does the curation model make sense for something like this?
Is 70 / 30 a reasonable split for preset creators?
What would actually make you consider listing presets on a marketplace versus just selling through Gumroad or your own site?
I’m actively iterating on the platform right now, so feedback from people here will directly influence what gets built next.
If anyone wants to take a look:
https://vocalpresets.com (https://vocalpresets.com)