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Commas

The new era for making money on the internet

CEO @Commas | Make commas on the internet
Miami, FL5.2K followers
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Commas launches today as the rebrand of FanBasis, a monetization platform positioned within the creator economy. The new name and site at commas.com widen the framing from tools built for a specific creator-and-fan audience to a broader pitch around making money on the internet, whatever form that takes. CEO Yash Daftary, based in Miami, announced the change with the line "we just killed the 9-5," framing Commas as infrastructure for people building income outside traditional employment. The tagline, "the new era for making money on the internet," extends that positioning past the fan-monetization roots that gave FanBasis its original name, and the launch tweet points readers to a walkthrough of how payouts work under the new brand. For founders and investors watching the space, the launch reads as a category bet. Rebranding from a fan-focused product to a general internet-income brand suggests the company sees its addressable market expanding beyond creators into the wider pool of solo operators, coaches, and small internet businesses looking for one home to collect revenue.
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Priya Rangan6d ago

"We just killed the 9-5" is doing a lot of heavy lifting for a payments rebrand. Try: "Get paid before your alarm goes off." On the house.

Tomasz Wielgus6d ago

ok wait, the name rename energy is elite but that jump cut at 0:07 physically hurt me. Someone give the editor a coffee and another pass.

Ada Okafor6d ago

Been watching FanBasis for a minute and the pivot to Commas actually makes the positioning cleaner. Cap table looking cute btw.

Devika Rao6d ago

Congrats on the rebrand. If you're hiring on the growth side I know a killer who just left a payments unicorn, DMs open.

Kenji Morisawa6d ago

Building in the creator payout space too, so I'm biased, but the tagline is broader than the product looks. Curious where you draw the line vs Stripe links.

Marcelo D.6d ago

First 3 seconds of that video are the whole ballgame and you buried the payout demo at 0:22. Move the money shot to the cold open and this thing rips.

Leila Harun6d ago

Kerning on the wordmark is tight but the comma feels like it's floating in space. Baseline it or commit to the drop, don't do both.

Sven Lindqvist6d ago

hot take: everyone rebrands to a punctuation mark eventually. Next year someone launches Ampersand and we all pretend it's novel.

Rashida Vance6d ago

Pricing page is doing the mysterious "talk to us" thing and I'd love to know if this is take-rate or SaaS before I get excited. Margins tell the story here.

Boris Malenkov6d ago

Cohort retention on creator payout tools is historically brutal. Would want to see 6-month stickiness before I hit the quote tweet. Interesting though.

Hannah Beckwith6d ago

Wait is this like Gumroad but with a comma? Feels like we did this bit already but sure, I'll bite.

Mustafa Élie6d ago

We shipped something adjacent inside a big co in 2019 and killed it because compliance ate the roadmap. Rooting for you to actually get it out the door.