I was just thinking about how it could be made easier for Americans to pay for kiwigold.
I think someone brought up something like this (i think it was slightly different though), but I thought it wouldn't hurt to float the idea, because I think it would make a real material difference in the number of sign ups.
I think making 2 tiers on gumroad/locals (or 3 whatever makes more sense), with one tier being for people that actually want to just pay for the gumroad/locals content. Then another tier that is effectively just a payment method for kiwigold and the forum.
The only issue I could maybe see is anonymity, but I'm not sure if that would be an actual problem or not. I think the amount if money this could help the forum make would be worth the effort to find a way to make it work.
Because the way I see it, the only way to really get the support the forum directly needs will be to process payments in a "normal" way like gumroad or locals are able to do.
Anyway. I figured I would throw that out there. There probably are some complications that would come from doing this, but it seems like it worth considering.