How do the platforms for selling digital products compare?
Every comparison and platform explainer on this blog, in one place. Each page checks fees, payouts and checkout tools at the platform's own pricing page or help center, and the date it was checked is in its first paragraph. Stakk is one of the platforms being compared, so every page also says where another platform is cheaper or a better fit.
Which head-to-head comparisons are there?
Two platforms side by side, on fees, payouts and checkout tools. Stakk is in each table for reference, but it is not one of the two being compared.
- Gumroad vs Etsy: which is better for digital products?
- Gumroad vs Payhip: which is better for digital products?
- Gumroad vs Stan Store: which is better for digital products?
- Ko-fi or Buy Me a Coffee: which should you use?
- Linktree vs Beacons: which is better for selling?
- Stan Store vs Beacons: which is better for selling?
- Stan Store vs Linktree: which is better for selling?
- Stan Store vs Shopify: which is better for digital products?
Which alternatives pages are there?
For when you already use one platform and want to know what else fits. Each one says when you should stay where you are.
- Which Beacons alternatives let you sell digital products?
- What can you use instead of Buy Me a Coffee to sell digital products?
- Which Gumroad alternative pays you directly?
- What are the Ko-fi alternatives for selling digital products?
- Which Linktree alternatives can sell digital products?
- What are the alternatives to Payhip?
- Which Stan Store alternatives have no monthly fee?
What does each platform cost?
One platform per page: every plan, the cut it takes, card processing on top, and the arithmetic on a real sale.
- What are Buy Me a Coffee's fees?
- What are Gumroad's fees?
- What are Ko-fi's fees?
- What are Payhip's fees?
- What are Skool's fees?
- What are Whop's fees?
- What does Beacons cost?
- What does Linktree cost?
- Stan Store pricing: what does it actually cost?
- What does Systeme.io cost?
Which comparisons cover many platforms at once?
The questions that cut across the whole category: who holds your money, whose Stripe account it is, and which checkouts have an order bump.
- Which platforms hold your money, and which pay you directly?
- Which creator platforms let you use your own Stripe account?
- Which platforms have order bumps and one-click upsells with no monthly fee?
- Which link in bio tools have a real checkout?
What is each platform and how does it work?
If you have only just heard of a platform, start here. Each page explains what it is, who it is for, how it charges and how you get paid, without a verdict.
- What is Beacons and how does it work?
- What is Buy Me a Coffee and how does it work?
- What is Fourthwall and how does it work?
- What is Gumroad and how does it work?
- What is Ko-fi and how does it work?
- What is Linktree and how does it work?
- What is Payhip and how does it work?
- What is Stan Store and how does it work?
- What is Systeme.io and how does it work?
Where does Stakk fit?
Stakk is a checkout for digital products with no monthly fee. It takes from 10% + $0.50 a sale with card processing included, the money lands in your own Stripe account, and every account gets an order bump and a post-purchase upsell. Whop and Systeme.io cost less per sale, and the pages above say so wherever it matters.