ExtPay

I noticed a HN post promoting an extension which seems to modify your cursor to sparkle. There are several extensions like this. So I downloaded (not installed) it and had a very quick look at it and noticed it installs a script called ExtPay.js (https://github.com/Glench/ExtPay) This looks very shady to me so I wonder: Why would Google allow such scripts in the first place?

Yep! I run ExtensionPay, a service to allow browser extension developers to take payments in their extensions: https://extensionpay.com I made it after Google shut down their Chrome Web Store Payments system and I realized how annoying it was to take payments in extensions. So I made it for my own extensions and also for anyone who wanted to try monetizing their extensions with payments. The included library is open source if anyone is curious: https://github.com/glench/ExtPay So far it's made extension developers around $175k. Pretty cool!

I made a service that lets developers take payments in browser extensions. I made it to monetize my own extensions but other devs have used it to make over $69k and counting which feels really cool. The API is open source, really easy to use, works across browsers, and doesn't cost anything until someone pays for the extension: https://extensionpay.com Lib: https://github.com/glench/ExtPay

- Good point, I'll add a setting in the next update to always show icons. - Parent / context are in the menu just to keep the design clean. But I understand that's not what everyone wants, so I will add a setting to show these with the other icons, instead of in the menu. - Prev / next are moved to the "control pad" (pro feature), but my intention is for the free version to support all current HN features, so I will add those back in the next update. - The permission to firebase is to access the HN API [1] to grab user profile info etc. The other is for the pro upgrade using ExtPay [2] [1] https://github.com/HackerNews/API [2] https://github.com/glench/ExtPay

The extension uses ExtensionPay [1] to accept payments via Stripe for the Pro upgrade. It's open source and created by HN user Glench [2]. [1] https://github.com/glench/ExtPay [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=glench

Mine is a service to take payments inside browser extensions without needing to run your own server backend! https://extensionpay.com :D I made it so I could use it in my own extensions. Definitely lowers the barrier to making profitable side-project extensions. Open-source library is here: https://github.com/glench/ExtPay

> How does this compare to using Stripe out of the box? Basically you don't need to run your own server / database / custom Stripe integration code / user management system / custom extension integration, which is annoying to write yourself and costs money to run a server. With ExtensionPay you just add a little code in your extension [open source here](https://github.com/Glench/ExtPay) and register your extension in the web UI. I made it for use in my own extensions :) > BTW I think someone was trying to start a browser extension developer guild on HN, can't remember which thread... You should tap into that community. Cool, I'll check it out, thanks. Any other hints to how I could find it?