Gumroad
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy it if you're a first-time creator selling ebooks or digital downloads with zero upfront cost.
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Gumroad vs Sellfy
Gumroad and Sellfy both land on Depends.
Sellfy
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a solo creator selling digital downloads or simple merch to an existing audience.
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| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | First-time digital sellers | Solo creators selling digital downloads |
| Who it's not for | High-volume sellers . 10%+ fees compound brutally | Established retailers needing deep customization |
| Privacy | Runs a HackerOne bug bounty, but has a recent CVSS 7.1 missing-authorization CVE and a stored XSS flaw with no known fix.⁸ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed. |
| Support quality | Trustpilot complaints about held funds persist | No support-quality evidence found |
| Public sentiment | Creators love Gumroad's simplicity and free setup but widely complain about the ~10-13% effective fees, payout holds, and declining organic sales.⁴ | Reviewers praise ease of use and flat fees, while a vocal minority of long-time users complains about plan changes.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | Advertised 10% fee is really ~12.9% once hidden charges land⁶ | Plan changes angered long-time users; re-read current plan limits before committing annually15 |
Pick Gumroad when
- First-time digital sellers
- Ebook and template creators
- Testing product ideas cheaply
- No-monthly-fee side hustles
When Gumroad is not a fit
- High-volume sellers . 10%+ fees compound brutally
- Software vendors needing licensing and support tooling
- Thin-margin products where ~13% kills profit
- Sellers who can't risk frozen payouts
Pick Sellfy when
- Solo creators selling digital downloads
- Sellers with an existing audience
- Print-on-demand side hustles
- Non-technical store builders
When Sellfy is not a fit
- Established retailers needing deep customization
- Large catalogs or complex inventory operations
- Anyone wanting Shopify's app ecosystem
- High-volume sellers outgrowing flat plan caps
Sources
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- Gumroad's fees . Help Centergumroad.comofficial
- Gumroad Reviews | G2g2.comreview
- Gumroad Reviews | Trustpilottrustpilot.comreview
- Gumroad Reviews | Product Huntproducthunt.comreview
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- Sellfy . G2 rating and review countcheckthat.aireview
- Sellfy Reviews . Trustpilotca.trustpilot.comreview
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