If you missed the news, Gumroad announced a pretty steep increase to their fee structure. If you’re looking for some alternatives you’re in the right place and we’d like to share some highlights of each but first what is Gumroad and why do creators gravitate there?

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Gumroad is a platform for selling all sorts of digital assets it’s built a top a payment processor (Stripe), if you’re not a developer or just need something quick having to set that up through Stripe can be taxing and Gumroad also offers a helpful consideration (they act as a merchant of record which is extremely helpful if you’re looking to operate in Europe)

And tried them out so you don’t have to

1/Lemon Squeezy |@lmsqueezy

Fees: 5% + 50 c on every transactions

Additional payment processing fees: No

Merchant of Record: Yes

Pros: You can host all your products on their store so you don’t have to worry about a separate landing page or website for users or overlay a checkout on your current website. They also have an API for complex integrations. Also acts as a merchant of record which is something Gumroad does but few other platforms consider. Strong multicurrency support and accepts a variety of payment methods (including apple pay and google pay!). It’s clear that they’re attacking the entire experience of making it easy for creators to sell