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12 tools that solve a similar problem. Compare what each costs and what it covers.
Digital product sales with the tax handled
Lemon Squeezy sells digital products the same low-setup way and handles sales tax as merchant of record, also free to start with no monthly fee.
Merchant of record for digital products
Paddle acts as merchant of record for digital products, a heavier but tax-compliant route that suits software sellers more than one-off file sales.
A hosted store priced against how much you sell
BigCommerce is a hosted store priced against how much you sell, from $29 a month with a free trial rather than Gumroad's per-sale cut and no monthly fee.
A free store plugin that takes no cut at all
WooCommerce is a free WordPress store plugin that takes no cut at all, worth the setup work Gumroad avoids once the 10 percent fee starts to hurt.
Game server monetization at a flat five percent
Tebex is built for game server monetization at a flat five percent, free to start, the pick if the digital goods are in-game items rather than files.
One page for tips, memberships and sales
Buy Me a Coffee folds product sales into one page alongside tips and memberships, free with no monthly fee, a fit for casual sellers rather than a catalog.
Digital delivery billed flat, with no cut of sales
SendOwl delivers digital files for a flat monthly bill from $32.50 and takes no cut of sales, which beats Gumroad's 10 percent once volume is real.
A store that bolts onto a site you already have
Ecwid bolts a store onto a site you already run, from $5 a month, for selling alongside existing content instead of a standalone payment link.
A storefront whose card rate falls by plan
Shopify is the full storefront upgrade, from $29 a month with card rates that fall by plan, for sellers who outgrow a payment link.
Checkout pages built for testing offers
SamCart at $79 builds checkout pages made for testing offers, where Gumroad optimises for selling something today with no setup.
Card and wallet payments with no monthly fee
PayPal just takes the payment, free with no monthly fee, for anyone who already has delivery and a page sorted and only needs checkout.
Self-publish to Kindle and keep 70 percent
Amazon KDP publishes straight to Kindle and pays 70 percent in royalties, free to use, the route for a book rather than a generic digital file.
