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Gumroad

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

7published0not published1not checked yet2026-09-08last checked

Counts, not a score. 7 of 8 things we look for are published by Gumroad, 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 · different for you?

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 · different for you?

The gate before the first cent

The gate before it pays anythingThe traffic, sales or balance you must reach before a single cent moves.$100 USD balance, with higher local minimums in a long list of countriesPays out at a $100 balance · source · checked 2026-09-08 · read the page · different for you?

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 · different for you?

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 · different for you?

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 · different for you?

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 · different for you?

Put Gumroad next to something else

The same questions, asked of two or three at once, with the source and the date still attached to every answer. These pairings come from articles here that already cover both, not from a ranking of rivals.

Gumroad and Lemon Squeezy8 of 8 answered

Gumroad and Payhip6 of 8 answered

Gumroad and Amazon KDP8 of 8 answered

Gumroad and Mediavine8 of 8 answered

OR PICK YOUR OWN

Where these figures come from

Every page on this site that carries a checked figure about Gumroad. Nothing here was typed twice: the profile above and the pages below read the same lines.

Gumroad vs Lemon Squeezy: Same Tax Answer, Very Different Cut20 figures

PayPal and Stripe Skip Your Country. Payhip Pays You Through 13 Processors, at the Moment of Purchase9 figures

A $20 File Pays You $19 at Payhip and $7 at Amazon. List It Where the Money Stays Yours7 figures

A Site Netting $500 a Month Lists at $10,200 to $30,000. What a Content Site Sells For, From the One Formula That Is Published1 figures

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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