Sellfy vs Gumroad vs shopspace: Which Is Better for Creators?
Sellfy vs Gumroad: at $2,000 a month in sales, Gumroad keeps $240 and Sellfy needs its $59 plan. See the math, plus a 0% option at $19 a month.
Sellfy vs Gumroad comes down to how you want to pay. Gumroad has no monthly fee but takes 10% plus $0.50 of every direct sale. Sellfy charges a subscription from $22 a month billed yearly and takes 0% per sale, up to a yearly sales cap. Once you sell more than about $200 a month, Sellfy usually costs less.
That flat-fee logic is also how shopspace works: 0% per sale for $19 a month billed yearly, with a 7-day free trial, so it belongs in the same comparison.
Sellfy vs Gumroad pricing at a glance
Here is how each platform charges, as of September 2026 (sources: Sellfy pricing, Gumroad pricing).
| Gumroad | Sellfy | shopspace | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | None | Starter $22 billed yearly ($29 monthly) | Creator $19 billed yearly ($29 monthly) |
| Platform fee per sale | 10% + $0.50 (direct sales) | 0% | 0% |
| Free plan | No monthly fee at all | No | No |
| Trial | Not needed | 14 days | 7 days |
Two details the headline numbers hide. Gumroad's 10% + $0.50 applies to sales from your own links; sales that come through its Discover marketplace pay a flat 30% instead. And Sellfy's 0% only holds while you stay under your plan's yearly sales cap, which is covered below.
What you keep at $500 and $2,000 a month
Percentages are hard to compare in your head, so here is the platform cost on real revenue. The example assumes a $25 average product, so $500 is 20 sales and $2,000 is 80 sales. Card processing (Stripe or PayPal) applies on every platform, so it is left out to keep the comparison fair.
| Monthly sales | Gumroad fees | You keep (Gumroad) | Sellfy cost | You keep (Sellfy) | shopspace cost | You keep (shopspace) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $500 (20 sales) | $60 | $440 | $22 (Starter, yearly) | $478 | $19 (Creator, yearly) | $481 |
| $2,000 (80 sales) | $240 | $1,760 | $59 (Business, yearly) | $1,941 | $19 (Creator, yearly) | $1,981 |
At $500 a month the gap is modest: Gumroad costs you about $40 more than either flat-fee option. At $2,000 a month it is $181 to $221 a month, which adds up to more than $2,100 a year.
Notice the Sellfy line switches plans at $2,000. That is not a typo. $2,000 a month is $24,000 a year, well past the Starter cap, so Sellfy expects you on Business.
At $2,000 a month, Gumroad keeps $240 of your sales and Sellfy's sales cap moves you onto a $59 plan. Start a 7-day free trial of shopspace and pay a flat $19 a month billed yearly with 0% per sale.
Sellfy's sales cap, explained
Every Sellfy plan has a yearly sales limit: $10k on Starter, $50k on Business and $200k on Premium. The Starter cap works out to roughly $833 a month. If you pass the cap and do not upgrade, Sellfy says it "may start to charge a 2% overage fee" on the revenue above it.
So Sellfy's real price depends on your revenue:
- Up to about $833 a month: Starter, $22 a month billed yearly or $29 month to month.
- Up to about $4,170 a month: Business, $59 a month billed yearly or $79 month to month.
- Up to about $16,700 a month: Premium, $119 a month billed yearly or $159 month to month.
None of this makes Sellfy a bad deal. It just means "0% transaction fees" and "one flat price" are not quite the same promise. If you want the full plan-by-plan detail, the Sellfy pricing breakdown goes deeper.
Where Gumroad wins
Gumroad is the better pick in three situations, and it is worth being honest about them.
You have no sales yet. With no monthly fee, a month with zero sales costs you nothing. If you are testing whether anyone will buy, that matters more than the per-sale cut.
You want marketplace traffic. Gumroad Discover can put your product in front of buyers you did not bring. The 30% cut is steep, but it is paying for customers you would not otherwise have. shopspace has no marketplace, so there you bring your own audience.
You sell to many countries and hate tax paperwork. Gumroad acts as the merchant of record, which means it collects and remits sales tax and VAT for you. shopspace does not do that.
If you mostly sell from your own links, though, the 10% + $0.50 is the price of those conveniences on every sale. The Gumroad fees breakdown shows what that costs at different price points.
Where Sellfy wins
Sellfy's strengths are about the store itself.
- Merch and physical products. Sellfy sells digital products, physical products, subscriptions and print-on-demand from one store. If merch is your main line, print-on-demand built in is a real advantage.
- Custom domain on every plan. Sellfy lets you connect your own domain even on Starter.
- Instant payouts. Money goes to your PayPal or Stripe account right after each purchase.
One thing to check before you rely on it: Sellfy's pricing table lists email marketing credits on every plan, but its own FAQ says monthly credits come with the Business or Premium plan. If email is important to you, confirm what Starter includes before you commit.
If you'd rather not pay either one's fees
Gumroad costs you a slice of every sale. Sellfy costs you a subscription that climbs as you grow. shopspace is built for creators who want neither.
It charges 0% per sale on every plan. Creator is $19 a month billed yearly ($228 a year) or $29 month to month. Payments go straight to your own Stripe account, and shopspace never holds your money. The only per-sale cost is standard Stripe processing, the same kind of cost you pay on Gumroad and Sellfy.
Creator also covers more than a product page:
- A storefront with checkout for digital downloads, physical products, courses with progress tracking, memberships, bookings for calls or coaching, webinars, bundles and lead magnets.
- Community, memberships and unlimited products and members.
- Email campaigns and sequences, plus automations that run on store events.
- Instagram automations, such as sending a DM automatically when someone comments a keyword on your post.
Pro, at $39 a month billed yearly or $49 month to month, adds a custom domain, a custom email sending domain, AI automation steps, Meta pixel and Conversions API for retargeting, and API access.
What shopspace does not do matters too: there is no marketplace sending you buyers, and it does not handle EU VAT or act as merchant of record. If you are weighing more options, selling digital products without transaction fees compares the zero-fee field.
Which should you pick?
Choose Gumroad if you are still testing an idea with no sales, if marketplace traffic is part of your plan, or if you need someone else to handle sales tax and VAT. Choose Sellfy if print-on-demand merch is your main business.
If you sell from your own audience and expect to make more than a couple of hundred dollars a month, a flat price with 0% per sale is the cheaper model, and shopspace is the lower flat price of the two, with courses, memberships, email and Instagram automations included. At $2,000 a month that is $1,981 kept instead of $1,760 on Gumroad.
A card is required at signup, but nothing is charged during the first 7 days, and if you cancel inside the trial you pay nothing. Try shopspace free for 7 days and see what your store looks like with 0% taken from every sale.