Gumroad alternatives

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   Lemon Squeezy

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   Lemon Squeezy is a payments and storefront platform for software companies and creators. It acts as merchant of record, so it handles international sales tax and VAT, fraud and chargebacks on your behalf. It supports one-time products, subscriptions, software license keys, affiliate programs and email marketing. Stripe acquired it in 2024, and it charges a fee per transaction rather than a monthly plan.

   6 Lemon Squeezy alternatives

   Pros

   • Acts as merchant of record and handles global sales tax and VAT for you
   • Built-in license keys and subscriptions for software sellers
   • No monthly plan, only fees per transaction

   Cons

   • Fees are higher than using a payment processor directly
   • Product direction is less clear since the Stripe acquisition
   • Storefront customization is fairly limited

   Cost / License

   FreemiumProprietary

   Categories

   E-commerce Platforms

   Platforms

   Web

   Features

   API accessDigital productsPaymentsSubscriptionsWebhooks

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   Payhip

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   Payhip is an e-commerce platform for creators selling digital downloads, online courses, coaching, memberships and physical products. It provides a hosted store or embeddable buy buttons, handles EU and UK VAT on digital sales, and includes email marketing, coupons and affiliate tools. The free plan charges a fee on each sale, which paid plans reduce or remove.

   7 Payhip alternatives

   Pros

   • Free plan to start selling digital products, with fees per sale
   • Handles EU and UK VAT on digital sales
   • Courses, coaching, memberships and coupons in one storefront

   Cons

   • Store design options are fairly limited
   • Transaction fees on the free plan cut into margins
   • Marketing tools are basic compared with dedicated email platforms

   Cost / License

   FreemiumProprietary

   Categories

   E-commerce Platforms

   Platforms

   Web

   Features

   Custom domainsDigital productsPaymentsSubscriptions

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   Kit

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   Kit, previously called ConvertKit, is an email marketing platform designed for creators such as writers, podcasters and course authors. It combines landing pages and forms, visual automations, subscriber tagging and paid newsletters, and lets you sell digital products directly to your list. A recommendations network helps creators grow by promoting each other's newsletters.

   12 Kit alternatives

   Pros

   • Tag-based subscriber management suited to creators
   • Sell digital products and paid newsletters to your list
   • Recommendations network helps newsletters grow

   Cons

   • Email design options are deliberately simple
   • Gets expensive as the subscriber count grows
   • Advanced automations are reserved for paid plans

   Cost / License

   FreemiumProprietary

   Categories

   Email Marketing & Newsletters

   Platforms

   WebiPhoneAndroid

   Features

   Audience segmentationDigital productsEmail automationIntegrationsLanding pagesPaid newsletters

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   Shopify

   4.7(42.5K) · App StoreLike

   Shopify is a hosted commerce platform for creating an online store, selling on social networks and marketplaces, and taking payments in person with its point-of-sale app. It handles hosting, checkout, inventory and shipping, while a large app store and theme marketplace extend what a store can do. It scales from first-time sellers to large brands on the Shopify Plus tier.

   12 Shopify alternatives

   Pros

   • Hosting, checkout, payments and security are handled for you
   • Huge app store and theme marketplace
   • Sells online, on social channels and in person with its POS app

   Cons

   • Monthly app subscriptions quickly raise the total cost
   • Extra transaction fees apply when not using Shopify Payments
   • Checkout customization is limited outside Shopify Plus

   Cost / License

   Free trialProprietary

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   E-commerce Platforms

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   WebiPhoneAndroid

   Features

   Inventory managementMulti-currencyPaymentsPlugins & extensionsPoint of saleTemplates

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   Ecwid

   4.6(1.3K) · App StoreLike

   Ecwid, now part of Lightspeed, is an e-commerce platform built to be embedded: you manage products in one place and add the store to an existing website, a WordPress site, social networks and marketplaces. It also offers a simple standalone Instant Site and mobile apps to manage orders. It is aimed at small businesses that already have a web presence and want to start selling quickly.

   9 Ecwid alternatives

   Pros

   • Embeds a store into an existing website, WordPress or social pages
   • Manage products once and sell across several channels
   • Quick to start, with mobile apps to manage orders

   Cons

   • Store design options are limited compared with full platforms
   • Advanced features and larger catalogs need higher plans
   • Instant Site is basic as a standalone website

   Cost / License

   Free trialProprietary

   Categories

   E-commerce Platforms

   Platforms

   WebiPhoneAndroid

   Features

   Digital productsIntegrationsInventory managementMobile appPayments

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   WooCommerce

   4.8(7.8K) · App StoreLike

   WooCommerce is a free, open source plugin that adds a full online store to a WordPress site: products, cart, checkout, taxes, shipping and orders. Because it runs on your own hosting, you control the code and data, and a large catalog of free and paid extensions covers payment gateways, subscriptions, bookings and more. It is a natural choice for shops that already use WordPress.

   12 WooCommerce alternatives

   Pros

   • Free plugin that turns a WordPress site into a full store
   • Huge catalog of extensions for payments, subscriptions and bookings
   • Full control over code, data and hosting

   Cons

   • Hosting, security and updates are your responsibility
   • Paid extensions add up for features many stores need
   • Performance needs tuning as catalogs and traffic grow

   Cost / License

   FreeOpen source

   Categories

   E-commerce Platforms

   Platforms

   iPhoneAndroidSelf-hosted

   Features

   Digital productsInventory managementMobile appPaymentsPlugins & extensions

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   Substack

   4.9(549.5K) · App StoreLike

   Substack lets writers start a newsletter with a web archive, podcast and video hosting, and turn on paid subscriptions when they are ready. Publishing is free: Substack takes a share of subscription revenue instead of charging for a plan. Its reader app, Notes feed and cross-recommendations connect publications into a network that helps writers find readers.

   7 Substack alternatives

   Pros

   • Free to publish, with no setup or hosting to manage
   • Built-in paid subscriptions, podcasts and video
   • Notes and cross-recommendations help writers find readers

   Cons

   • Takes a share of revenue from paid subscriptions
   • Limited design and branding customization
   • Your audience lives inside Substack’s network rather than your own brand

   Cost / License

   FreeProprietary

   Categories

   Email Marketing & Newsletters

   Platforms

   WebiPhoneAndroid

   Features

   AnalyticsCustom domainsMobile appPaid newsletters

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