Sell fonts directly from Glyphs?

1

We’ve got an idea for a feature in LTTR/SHOP and want to hear what you think about it.

Currently, there is a standard process:

  1. export font files in various formats
  2. upload files to the e-shop
  3. build a sales list
  4. put it on a website and sell

The idea is to skip steps 1. and 2. and start with step 3. within the Glyphs.
There could be some interface where you create a sales list e.g. styles hierarchy, bundle, language subsets.

What do you think about this?
What is your preferable process?

2

What happened to step 1.5, verify and test your export results? IOW how would I check and try my font in this process?

3

I think that designing and selling a font are quite different operations that warant different apps. Step 2–4. do not benefit from being inside Glyphs.

There might be some opportunity to store/build metadata alongside the .glyphs file.