Blink vs SellApp
Blink
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| Figure | Blink | SellApp |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $199.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 3 | 2 |
| Spec score · Digital Product Selling Platforms | 9.1 (#2) | 7.9 (#14) |
| Company | Blink’s terms identify the platform provider as Blink Global LLC. | The privacy policy identifies the company as Toffee, Inc., a Delaware C-Corp. |
| Payments | Blink says it supports 85+ currencies and handles tax calculation, collection, and remittance automatically. | Listed payment options include PayPal, Stripe, Square, Paddle, Apple Pay, Google Pay, regional methods, and cryptocurrencies. |
| Payouts | Stripe payout fees listed by Blink are $2 per month for active payouts and 0.25% + $0.25 per payout; sellers can trigger payouts manually. | SellApp says customer payments go instantly to the seller’s linked payment method and that it does not hold funds or perform payouts. |
| Privacy | Blink says it does not sell personal data and shares information with service providers only as needed to operate the platform. | The privacy policy says SellApp does not store credit card information except as necessary to complete transactions or meet related obligations. |
| Product | Blink provides a storefront, custom checkouts, and growth tools for selling digital products, templates, services, and other products. | SellApp is a platform for selling digital products such as software, memberships, videos, templates, and paid community access. |
Plans
In their own words
Blink
Blink provides a storefront and checkout tools for selling digital products, templates, services, and other products. Sellers can adjust storefront layout, colors, visual style, and light or dark mode. They can create unlimited product-specific checkout flows, share checkout links, or embed overlay checkouts on their own sites. Growth tools include cart recovery, checkout bumps, one-click upsells, affiliate programs, geo-pricing, email broadcasts, revenue splits, newsletters, and analytics. Blink runs on Stripe and supports Google Analytics, tracking pixels, and custom code; the site also links to a Framer plugin. Blink says it supports 85+ currencies and automatically calculates, collects, and remits tax. Payouts are available to sellers in 118 countries, while customers can buy from almost anywhere except restricted regions. Blink says it includes fraud protection and payment risk monitoring, with full payment data handled by its payment partners. Its terms identify Blink as the merchant of record, which charges customers and issues invoices. The Starter plan is listed at free, with a 5% + 50¢ fee per transaction and all features unlocked. Standard processing is 5% + $0.50 per sale; other listed charges can apply.
SellApp
SellApp is a web and API platform for selling digital products, including software, memberships, videos, templates, and paid community access. Its no-code store builder offers templates and premade sections, and AI assistance can help create and personalize a storefront. Sellers can accept PayPal, Stripe, Square, Paddle, Apple Pay, Google Pay, regional methods, and cryptocurrencies. Once a customer pays, the platform can deliver downloads, license keys, memberships, or community access automatically. Sellers can set recurring billing intervals and offer percentage or value discounts, pay-what-you-want prices, and bulk discounts. Community integrations can grant configurable roles after purchase and remove access after a dispute or lost subscription. Developer tools include an API, webhooks, scoped API key permissions, webhook secrets, and product-linked fulfillment hooks. The Standard plan is free, with fees calculated per sale and billed at the start of the following month; it includes unlimited products and resources and a custom domain. Advanced costs $199.99 a month and lists 0% platform fees. SellApp says payments go directly to the seller’s linked payment method and it does not hold funds or perform payouts.