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Gumroad

Sell digital products with no monthly fee and a per-sale cut.

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Counts, not a score. 6 of 8 things we look for are published by Gumroad, 1 are not, and 1 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.No signup or subscription cost to start selling; Gumroad's cut is 10% + $0.50 per transaction on sales through your own profile or links.10% + $0.50 per sale, nothing upfront · source · checked 2026-09-07

What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.No monthly or annual fee to keep a store open; the only recurring cost is the percentage deducted from each sale.No monthly fee · source · checked 2026-09-07

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.Gumroad does not publish thisNot published on the pricing page, the terms of service or the privacy policy; the payout help articles that would carry a minimum sit behind a sign-in wall.Minimum payout not published · source · checked 2026-09-07

How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.No fixed payout schedule in the terms; above a 15% refund rate Gumroad reserves 25% of a seller's pending funds for 90 days on a rolling basis.25% held 90 days above a 15% refund rate · source · checked 2026-09-07

Is it yours or theirs

Who owns what you buildYours, or a room you are allowed to sit in until the rules change?Sellers keep ownership, but grant Gumroad a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable licence over their content.Seller owns it; licence is perpetual and irrevocable · source · checked 2026-09-07

Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?Not freely sellable: handing your account and username to another party without Gumroad's consent is listed as prohibited conduct.No transfer without consent · source · checked 2026-09-07

What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.Gumroad may halt sales and suspend or terminate an account at any time, in its sole discretion, without cause or notice.Termination without cause or notice · source · checked 2026-09-07

How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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