Payhip vs Sellfy vs shopspace: Which Is Right for You?
Payhip vs Sellfy: Payhip's free plan takes 5% per sale, Sellfy is 0% from $22 a month with a sales cap. Below about $440 a month, Payhip wins.
Payhip vs Sellfy comes down to your monthly sales. Payhip has a free plan that takes 5% per sale, dropping to 2% on Plus ($29 a month) and 0% on Pro ($99). Sellfy has no free plan but takes 0% per sale from $22 a month billed yearly, within a yearly sales cap. Below about $440 a month, Payhip's free plan costs less.
Above that point a flat price usually costs less, and shopspace is one of the cheaper ones: 0% per sale for $19 a month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial.
Payhip vs Sellfy pricing at a glance
Prices as of September 2026 (sources: Payhip pricing, Sellfy pricing).
| Payhip | Sellfy | shopspace | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plans | Free, Plus $29, Pro $99 (monthly) | Starter $29, Business $79, Premium $159 monthly ($22, $59, $119 billed yearly) | Creator $29, Pro $49 monthly ($19, $39 billed yearly) |
| Fee per sale | 5% on Free, 2% on Plus, 0% on Pro | 0% on every plan, within a yearly sales cap | 0% on every plan |
| Free plan | Yes | No | No |
| Custom domain | Every plan | Every plan | Pro plan only |
Payhip gives every plan all of its features, so the free plan includes a custom domain and email marketing; the plans differ only in the fee. Payhip's pricing page shows monthly prices only, so its figures here are monthly.
What you keep at $500 and $2,000 a month
Here is the platform cost on real revenue. Card processing (Stripe or PayPal) applies on every platform, so it is left out to keep the comparison fair. Because Payhip only lists monthly prices, both month-to-month and yearly lines are shown for Sellfy and shopspace.
| Plan | Platform cost at $500 | You keep | Platform cost at $2,000 | You keep |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Payhip Free (5%) | $25 | $475 | $100 | $1,900 |
| Payhip Plus ($29 + 2%) | $39 | $461 | $69 | $1,931 |
| Payhip Pro ($99, 0%) | $99 | $401 | $99 | $1,901 |
| Sellfy, monthly (Starter $29 at $500, Business $79 at $2,000) | $29 | $471 | $79 | $1,921 |
| Sellfy, billed yearly (Starter $22, Business $59) | $22 | $478 | $59 | $1,941 |
| shopspace Creator, monthly ($29) | $29 | $471 | $29 | $1,971 |
| shopspace Creator, billed yearly ($19) | $19 | $481 | $19 | $1,981 |
A few honest readings of that table:
- At $500 a month, Payhip Free is hard to beat on monthly billing. It costs $25, less than any $29 plan. Only yearly billing on Sellfy or shopspace comes in lower.
- Payhip's plans cross over at specific points. Plus beats Free once you sell about $967 a month. Pro only beats Plus above $3,500 a month.
- Sellfy switches plans at $2,000 because $2,000 a month is $24,000 a year, past the Starter plan's $10k yearly cap.
At $2,000 a month, Payhip's cheapest option still costs you $69 and Sellfy's sales cap pushes you onto a bigger plan. Start a 7-day free trial of shopspace and pay a flat $19 a month billed yearly with 0% per sale.
Where Payhip wins
Payhip has real strengths, and for some sellers they settle the question.
- EU and UK VAT handled for you. Payhip collects and remits EU VAT and UK VAT automatically. If you sell digital products to buyers in Europe and do not want to register and file for VAT yourself, that is worth a lot. shopspace does not do this.
- A free plan with every feature. No card is required to sign up, and nothing is locked behind a paid plan, custom domain included.
- Fast payouts. Payhip pays out immediately after a transaction completes.
- Broad product types: digital downloads, online courses, coaching, memberships and physical products.
For the full picture, the Payhip pricing and fees breakdown covers each plan.
Where Sellfy wins
- 0% per sale from the first plan, as long as you stay within the cap.
- Print-on-demand and physical products in the same store as your digital products.
- Custom domain on every plan and instant payouts to PayPal or Stripe.
- A 14-day free trial.
The caveats are the sales cap and email. Each plan has a yearly limit ($10k Starter, $50k Business, $200k Premium), and above it Sellfy "may start to charge a 2% overage fee" if you do not upgrade. And while Sellfy's pricing table lists email credits on every plan, its FAQ says monthly credits come with Business or Premium, so confirm what Starter includes. More in the Sellfy pricing breakdown.
If you'd rather not pay either one's fees
Payhip charges a percentage until you pay $99 a month. Sellfy's price rises as you grow. shopspace charges one flat price and 0% per sale on every plan.
Creator is $19 a month billed yearly ($228 a year) or $29 month to month. Money goes straight to your own Stripe account, shopspace never holds it, and the only per-sale cost is standard Stripe processing.
What Creator includes:
- A storefront with checkout for digital downloads, physical products, courses with progress tracking, memberships, bookings for calls and coaching, webinars, bundles and lead magnets.
- Community, with unlimited products, courses and members.
- Email campaigns and sequences, plus automations triggered by store events.
- Instagram automations: auto-DM on comment, keyword triggers and DM replies.
Pro, at $39 a month billed yearly or $49 month to month, adds a custom domain, a custom email sending domain, AI automation steps with 10,000 AI actions a month, Meta pixel and Conversions API for retargeting, and API access.
The limits are worth stating plainly: shopspace does not collect VAT for you, it has no marketplace that sends you buyers, and a custom domain needs Pro. If avoiding any monthly cost is your priority right now, selling digital products without monthly fees covers those options.
Which is right for you?
Choose Payhip if you sell digital products into the EU or UK and want VAT handled, or if you sell less than about $380 a month, where its 5% costs less than even a $19 flat plan. Choose Sellfy if print-on-demand merch is central to what you sell.
If you sell from your own audience, are past a few hundred dollars a month, and want courses, memberships, email and Instagram automations in one place, shopspace keeps the most of each sale in this comparison: $1,981 of every $2,000 on yearly billing.
A card is required at signup, but nothing is charged for the first 7 days, and if you cancel inside the trial you pay nothing. Set up your store on shopspace with a 7-day free trial and run your own numbers on a live store.