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Put two or three platforms side by side

Pick the ones you are actually choosing between. The same questions get asked of each, the answers come off the company's own pages, and every figure carries the day we read it.

Places that pay youThings you build on

Eight questions about what it costs and who owns the result, asked of each one.

2 PLATFORMS · 8 QUESTIONS · 7 ANSWERED BY ALL

Gumroad
Mediavine

What it costs you

What it really costs to startAll in, not the first-year promotional price.
Gumroad10% + $0.50 per sale, nothing upfrontNo signup or subscription cost to start selling; Gumroad's cut is 10% + $0.50 per transaction on sales through your own profile or links.source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineA revenue split, not a feeNo upfront fee. The entry cost is the split: the publisher's minimum revenue share is 75% of gross ad proceeds, the remainder to Mediavine.source · checked 2026-09-07
What it costs to keep alivePer year, once the introductory pricing is over.
GumroadNo monthly feeNo monthly or annual fee to keep a store open; the only recurring cost is the percentage deducted from each sale.source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavinePayout fees onlyNo platform fee to stay on. The recurring cost is the payout fee: $15 per U.S. wire transfer, $20 per international wire in local currency, $26 in U.S. dollars, all charged to the publisher.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.
GumroadPays out at a $100 balance$100 USD balance, with higher local minimums in a long list of countriessource · checked 2026-09-08 · read the page
Mediavine$5,000 a year in ad revenueA site must generate a minimum of $5,000 in annual ad revenue to qualify for Mediavine Ad Management.source · checked 2026-09-07
How long before the first paymentThe gap you have to fund out of your own pocket.
Gumroad25% held 90 days above a 15% refund rateNo 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.source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineNET 65 daysPaid in U.S. dollars NET sixty-five (65) days after the end of the month in which the revenue was earned.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?
GumroadSeller owns it; licence is perpetual and irrevocableSellers keep ownership, but grant Gumroad a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, non-exclusive and fully sublicensable licence over their content.source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineMediavine owns the numbersThe publisher keeps the site, but Mediavine owns every figure in the Dashboard outright. Only the data supplied in the application is excepted.source · checked 2026-09-07
Can you take it with youThe domain, the list, the content. What actually leaves with you.
GumroadWe have not checked this one yet
MediavineExport before access endsThe site and its content leave with the publisher. Dashboard access ends at the close of the 30-day notice period, but every section of the dashboard has an export option over the date range you set, so the earnings history can be taken out as a file first.source · checked 2026-09-07
Can it be soldIs there a resale market, and what does it pay?
GumroadNo transfer without consentNot freely sellable: handing your account and username to another party without Gumroad's consent is listed as prohibited conduct.source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineSite sells, account does notThe site is sellable but the Mediavine account is not. The buyer must apply to Mediavine from scratch, and the seller's loyalty bonus does not carry over.source · checked 2026-09-07
What takes it all awayThe single rule, ban or dependency that ends it overnight.
GumroadTermination without cause or noticeGumroad may halt sales and suspend or terminate an account at any time, in its sole discretion, without cause or notice.source · checked 2026-09-07
MediavineTermination at any timeMediavine may end the agreement or cut off Program access at any time, and may remove ads from any part of the site without notice.source · checked 2026-09-07

There is no winner at the bottom of this table

Nothing here gets added up. A score would have to decide that these questions weigh the same for everyone, and they do not. A lower cash-out bar is better if you need the money this month and worse if it arrives as a gift card you cannot spend on rent. One payout method is fine right up until it is the one that does not work where you live.

The rows worth your attention are usually the ones where the columns disagree about whether to answer at all. A platform that publishes its fee and a platform that does not are not two platforms with different fees. One of them has told you, and you can hold them to it.

Rows marked as not checked are about us, not about them. They mean nobody here has gone looking yet, and they stay visible for that reason. Found a figure that has moved? Tell us, and it gets a new source and a new date rather than a quiet edit.

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