Gumroad vs Shoppy

Gumroad is a platform for selling digital products and services such as books, memberships, and courses. Creators can customize a storefront, connect a custom domain, or place payment and follow widgets on an existing site; adding those widgets requires the ability to edit its HTML. Payment options include one-time, recurring, fixed-length, and pay-what-you-want charges in different currencies. Memberships can provide a content library with billing periods including monthly, quarterly, biannually, and yearly. Digital product support includes PDF, ePub, and Mobi versions, plus generated software license keys and lightweight DRM. Creators can import email lists, export follower and customer details, send broadcasts, and create automated workflows. Sales analytics and tracking support Google Analytics, Meta Pixel, and TikTok Pixel. Gumroad also provides an API and buyer apps for Android and iOS. Payout methods vary by country; direct deposit or PayPal may be available. The maker says it handles worldwide sales-tax collection and remittance as merchant of record. Direct sales cost 10% + $0.50 per transaction; Discover sales to new customers cost 30% per transaction.

Shoppy is a web and API e-commerce and payment-processing service for selling digital products. Sellers can use customizable store templates, analytics, financial reports, personalized coupons, and developer support. The platform automatically delivers files, serial numbers, services, and API-generated goods. Delivery options include email, custom email templates, and a replacement system. Buyer queries and interactive feedback support real-time customer communication. Shoppy lists cryptocurrencies and other payment processors among its payment methods. The Free plan costs nothing, forever, with unlimited orders and products, a 5% fee on crypto, and free PayPal. Business costs $29 a month, billed annually, and lists unlimited views and products, no processing fees, custom domains, priority support, and 99% SLA uptime on the plan card. Shoppy supports custom domains and API access. The company identifies as Shoppy Ecommerce Ltd, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Israel.